Faysal Soysal

Faysal Soysal was born in Batman. He left medical school to focus on poetry and cinema in 2000. Between 2003 and 2007, he finished MA on "Film Directing" in Tehran Art University-Iran and at the same time "New Turkish Literature" at Van Yuzuncuyil University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, which were awarded at international film festivals. With 'Dreams of Lost Time'(35mm), he's become closer to find his own cinematographic language. In 2008, with a scholarship, he attended to the New York Film Academy and directed 4 short films. He has been selected for Talent Campus of Sarajevo Film Festival at 2009. He did his first feature film 'Crossroads' in 2013, (Filmed in Turkey and Bosnia) and it got 13 awards from film festivals. He did documentary series for Al Jazire and TRT TV. He used to be voluntary of Doctors Worldwide and produced Africa documentaries about their aid. They have been screened on TRT Documentary Channel in the name Worldwide Stories as 11 episodes. He published books on poetry and cinema. He is the director of International Amity Short Film Festival since three years. He finished his second feature film Silenced Tree as a first co-production of Turkish-Iranian at 2020.