2026 started well! My short animated documentary film project about migrant gastro workers will be funded my Hamburg Senate Department for Culture and Media.
Me and my team will be working on this film during 2026. I am planning to share some backstage photos in Instagram blog under Küchenklange account.
15. EU Human Rights Film Festival in Gender Equality category jury chose my film as winner.
Dear Prof. Dr. Ruken Öztürk presented the award. I got to know talented filmmakers and watched their movies in topics of human rights, climate crisis and gender equality.
“Brave Player” is an exhibition that celebrates the courage to remain true to play—despite the expectations of adult life. The works on display, including animations, illustrations, clay figures, and zines, explore how playful creativity shapes identity and artistic expression.
Exhibition Dates: 14.03-30.03.2025 Vernissage: 14.03.2025 19:00
Adresse: Galerie 23 Am Veringhof 23a, 21107 Hamburg
After 2 years silence, Buluntu’s new issue is ready to go! 😌🎉🎊 It will be available to purchase starting from 07.09.25 in Indiecon Festival, Hamburg. If you want to get one contact me via email: hello@zeynepsila.net
“The jury characterized Demircioğlu’s design as ‘a work that stands out with its different, innovative and original visual arrangement as well as its effective communication language that can reflect the spirit of the film festival, attract the curiosity of the audience from all walks of life and direct the audience’s attention to the festival’."
I am giving two zine workshop in Haus Drei Stadtteil und Kulturzentrum. Workshop is free of cost, pre-registration is required.
In 2022-2023 I was busy with making a new animated documentary film. I collaborated with HFBK, Susanne Haußmann, and we developed this film idea for Herz-Schlag Austellung by GWA St. Pauli.
My movie will be screened in these festivals: Animateka Film Festival 2023, Rising Lusitania Anidoc Film Festival 2023
On the 14th of October, I was in 7. Bundesfachkongress Interkultur to talk about my Buluntu Zine practice. Then we made mini zine exercise.
I am giving a stop-motion workshop in Ossara @ossaraev. It will be in English and German. Workshop hours: 29.07.2023 11:00- 16:00, 30.07.2023 12:00-16:00. It is open to all women and LGBTQIA+ . You just need to bring your own smartphone or tablet. We have still free space, if you want to join, please send an e-mail to inland@ossara.de .