Ümit Ünal

Ümit Ünal was born on Apr 14, 1965 in Turkey. Ümit Ünal's big-screen debut came with Piano Piano Kid directed by Tunç Basaran in 1991. Ümit Ünal is known for 9 directed by Ümit Ünal, Ali Poyrazoglu stars as Firuz and Cezmi Baskin as Salim. Ümit Ünal has got 19 awards and 23 nominations so far. The most recent award Ümit Ünal achieved is Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ümit Ünal plays is Sofra Sirlari which will be released on Feb 16, 2018.

Born in 1965 in Turkey, Ünal wrote and directed nine feature films including Istanbul Tales (2004), Ara (2007), Gölgesizler (2008), The Voice (2010), The Pomegranate (2011), Serial Cook (2017). He has published five books: a collection of short stories, three novels and an autobiography. Themes related to class, as well as queer love, have often appeared in Ünal's films, in one way or the other, and in his latest, he elaborates such themes where they intersect and reveal various facades of power dynamics in a class-based society. Together with this, Love, Spells and All That is an elegant love story rendered through a fascinating visual language.Love, Spells and All That (2019), the latest film of Ümit Ünal has currently gained significant international acclaim receiving awards including Audience Award in Inside Out Toronto, Best Screenplay in Outfest LA, Best Film in Mostra Fire Barcelona, and Best Narrative Film in aGliff/ Prism in 2021, in addition to the Best Film award it received in 2020 in Istanbul Film Festival among various other national awards.