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Film director
Country of origin
Turkey

Gürcan Keltek (*1973 in Izmir) studied film at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Dokuz Eylul University (DEÜ). He directed short films, commercials and music videos. His short documentaries, “Overtime” (2012) and “The Bourning Mountain” (2014) have been screened at more than 20 international film festivals including Visions du Réel Nyon, DOK Leipzig, and Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes. His medium-length film “Colony” (2015) premiered at FIDMarseille, won Best Newcomer Prize at Doku Fest Kosovo, and was also screened at AMDocs American Documentary Film Festival and Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. 

Festivals

Leipzig

Current issues

At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
Jacqueline Jansen’s ‘Sechswochenamt’ won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the achtung berlin 2026 film festival. The jury awarded a Special Mention to Katrin Sikora’s documentary ‘Schwarze Häuser’.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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