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Emin ALPER
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Emin Alper studied economics and history at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul and holds a master′s and doctorate in modern Turkish history — a scholar-turned-director who, alongside filmmaking, also serves as the artistic programmer of Cinematheque Istanbul. His feature debut, Beyond the Hill (2012), screened in the Berlinale Forum, where it won the Caligari Film Prize and received a Special Mention from the Best First Feature Award jury, while Frenzy (2015) won the Special Jury Prize at Venice. He made his first appearance in the Berlinale′s main competition with A Tale of Three Sisters (2019), and Burning Days (2022) was invited to Cannes Un Certain Regard. His latest film, Salvation, which follows two village communities torn apart by a long-standing land dispute as they′re swept into a spiral of fear and violence, had its world premiere in the main competition at the 2026 Berlinale, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize from a jury led by Wim Wenders.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
