Jury - Short film competition

Tevfik Başer studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. He then made the documentary film Between God and Earth. His first feature film, 40m2 Germany, was screened in the Critics’ Week at the 39th Cannes Film Festival. At the Locarno Film Festival, he received the “Silver Leopard,” at the Rotterdam Film Festival the award for “Best Debut Film,” and in Cannes the UNESCO Award. His second film, Farewell to False Paradise, received the “Grand Prize” at the festival in Strasbourg and participated in the competition of the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. His last film, Farewell Stranger, was shown in the competition of the 44th Cannes Film Festival. At the film festival in Verona, he won the award for “Best Director.” He received the Adolf Grimme Award for the screenplay of the two-part television film Time of Wishes. From 1991 to 2002, he was a guest lecturer at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Since 2003, he has been teaching at Kadir Has University in Istanbul.

Tevfik Başer launched the beginnings of German-Turkish cinema in Germany in the late 1980s and 1990s as a young director in Hamburg with his bold feature films. With his debut work 40m2, he created an international sensation from Cannes to Locarno. Farewell to False Paradise and Farewell Stranger followed the same path, portraying German society from the perspective of migrants. The Turkey-Germany Film Festival is delighted to welcome the founder of German-Turkish cinema in Germany as the Jury President of the short film competition in Nuremberg.