Tolga Karaçelik

Tolga Karacelik 1981 Istanbul is one of the promising new generation Turkish directors who is known for his own unique style After receiving law degree in Turkey he studied film in New York City In addition to writing and directing five short films that were screened and awarded in various festivals domestically and internationally he wrote and directed music videos and worked as director of photography on a documentary feature His award winning feature debut Toll Booth has screened at numerous prestigious festivals He was one of the youngest directors to win Golden Orange Best First Film Best Actor and Best Cinematography a prestigious Turkish Film Festival It was selected as the opening film for Global Film Initiatives Global Lens 2012 series and screened in more than 35 cities across the US and Canada in institutions like Smithsonian and MoMA New York His second feature Ivy premiered in Sundance and continues its festival circuit at prestigious festivals and acclaimed highly by the critics worldwide Butterflies won The Binger award at Meetings on the Bridge Film Development Workshop and was selected for Sundance Lab and CineLink CoProduction Market It also won the Grand Jury Award for World Cinema Dramatic at Sundance Film Festival 2018