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- Gizem Bayiksel was born in Ankara in 1989. She has been working as a photographer and cinematographer in the film industry for over 5 years. Since 2012 she has also been working for numerous events and film festivals as a coordinator, programmer and film curator. Currently she is the festival coordinator and programmer of Pink Life QueerFest, the first and only queer film festival in Turkey. In addition to serving on juries including Berlinale's Teddy Award, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival and Faroe Islands' International Minority Film Festival, she has been curating film programs with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima. Bayiksel's personal interest in film and photography focuses on the female gaze and queer theory. She is currently working on her first feature film project, a sequel for her short "Child's Play", a lesbian couple's story with Turkish politics on the background.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Gizem Bayiksel
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