Biography

 

Cagla Demirbas (b. 1997, Ankara) got her BA from Istanbul Bilgi University’s Media and Communication (2020) and Film and Television (2022) departments as a salutatorian

and a valedictorian, respectively.

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Her photo series “Media Omitted” (2022), consisting of cross-processed double exposures that show the "what-if"s of a relationship, was awarded second place in the Best Series" category at the 2023 APA Awards, and was nominated for Best Landscape at 2022 Head On Photo Awards. The same work was exhibited internationally including at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Mall Galleries, Der Greif, the Month of Photography Denver, and Mixer Arts. The series was turned into a photobook in 2024 by FiLBooks publishing house. In the same year, the Musuem of Avant-garde in Switzerland included Media Omitted in their permanent collection. 

 

Her photography has been featured in various platforms like the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, TRT World, and Contemporary Istanbul. 

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Her first short screenplay titled “Room Service” was a finalist at the BAFTA- qualifying Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, and a quarter-finalist at Kerry International Film Festival. In 2024, she won the “My Sister - All Star” Grant by Ahbap Association and Coca-Cola Turkey to produce the film.