Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent
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Known For Director
Gender Female
Place of Birth Ankara, Turkey
Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent
Biography
Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent is a Turkish filmmaker from Ankara. Her passion and interest for art and cinema started at an early age and after college pushed her to pursue filmmaking abroad. She received MA degree in Media Studies in England. In 2007, with a full scholarship, she earned an MFA degree in Media Arts Production at SUNY, Buffalo, USA. Her first documentary Volga, Volga: Living with Schizophrenia (2008) was screened in international festivals and won the Jury Prize in the 19th Ankara International Film Festival. Her second documentary Girls of Hope (2012) received the 2012 Rome Independent Film Festival Honorable Mention Award. In her works, Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent’s art focuses on social issues, human rights, love and peace. Through her work, she hopes to contribute to make the world a better place.
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Sound
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Camera
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