About Selim

Selim was born and grew up in Berlin. His studies include Literature & Linguistics in Istanbul and Media & Communication Sciences in the UK.

After graduating Selim started working in Film & TV Production commuting mostly between Turkey and Germany.

Selim recently moved back to London completing an MA in Screenwriting at the London Film School. He participated in several international talent campuses and development schemes at festivals such as Sarajevo, Clermont-Ferrand and Moscow.

Selim's Project

On the Other Side

A troubled teenager from the projects of East Berlin sets out on a quest to find his lost father and is being confronted with his own racist prejudices, when he finds out his father is actually an immigrant with his own family.

This story is loosely based on facts, as previous to the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were about 6000 day visas per day taken by Turkish men with families in West Berlin, who had affairs on the other side in Communist East Berlin. The results after the reunification were family dramas and a generation of kids growing up in the East without knowing their real fathers.

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