
Merve Bozcu
Directing
Biography
After completing her BSc in engineering, she started the M.A. program in Cinema and Television. She directed a feature documentary, Her First, about the challenges faced by women filmmakers in Turkey, a short movie, Plastic Dream, about the pressure/effects of beauty industry on women, a short documentary, Karin, about a disabled Armenian woman swimmer. Her movies was selected by many important national & international film festivals and won several awards. She was an alumni of Sarajevo Talents 2022, Pack & Pitch Programme. She has participated Birds' Eyes View's Filmonomics: Reclaim the Frame X International program and FilmNorth's Inclusive & Socially Conscious Filmmaking Lab. She had various roles in productions. She is working as a producer & director & writer.
Known For

Belma’s self-confidence gets damaged when the doctor she went to for her skin rash problem tells her that she should get botox. She becomes a woman who is uncomfortable with her skin and gets botox but things do not go as she expected.
Plastic Dream

Emre, an unassigned teacher, receives his education and becomes a security guard under the direction of his family. He worked in a bank first, but when the bank is not satisfied with Emre, the company assigns it to an empty plaza that has been idle for years. Emre is obliged to spend 12 hours in this 27-storey plaza in Istanbul, where there is no one else. In this plaza where there is no one, Emre will find himself in the unexpected events and a mixed love.
Plaza

A man with no recorded memory about his past finds himself in a bar, following a mysterious woman whom he finds familiar. This abrupt encounter leads him to the discovery of his repressed, hidden desires. But his reactions to this unfamiliar world backlash, and he finds himself enclosed in a never ending loop.
The Helix

Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record every moment of this journey of discovery and self-discovery. But the real journey is just about to begin.