Ruken Tekes

Rûken Tekes - born on 1976 in Diyarbakir -Turkey. She is a human rights expert worked a number of years for United Nations and following that as lecturer in the university. She is a self-made filmmaker; started to write scripts and direct on social, political and environmental issues in 2015. Her multi-award-winning first fiction short 'Hevêrk / The Circle' has participated to over two hundred festivals worldwide and was nominated for 30th European Film Awards - European Short Film 2017. Her feature documentary debut 'Aether' premiered in International Competition of Visions Du Réel 2019, received the Golden Orange Jury Prize at Antalya FF, and continues screening and receiving awards.