18TH SOFIA MEETINGS PRESENTS
Case Study: Making Career in Cinema. A talk with Zeynep Atakan
19.03 / 3:30 PM CET
Zeynep Atakan, Producer, Turkey
Born in Istanbul, Zeynep Atakan was awarded the European Film Academy’s Best European Co-Producer award. The same year, she launched the Yapımlab Workshops. She is still the Vice President of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network. In 2014, Atakan was awarded the Uçan Süpürge Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award, and her production Winter Sleep won the Palme d’Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, the festival’s most prestigious award. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the European Film Academy and the Asia Pacific Film Academy.