İlksen Basarir (1978 -    )

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Ilksen Basarir was born in Istanbul in 1978. He completed his high school education at Saint-Benoit French High School. He received his undergraduate education at Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism. He stepped into the cinema industry by working as an assistant in the movie "Şellale" (2001), directed by Semir Aslanyürek. He shot his first feature film, "Love in Another Language", in 2009. "Love in Another Language", for which he also wrote the script, won the "Promising New Screenwriter" (İlksen Başkar, Mert Fırat) and "Selection Committee Special Award" (İlksen Başkar) awards at the 21st Ankara Film Festival. In 2011, he directed the movie "Atlı Karınca", the script of which he wrote together with Mert Fırat. “Carousel” received the “Best Screenplay” award (İlksen Başkar, Mert Fırat) at the 47th Antalya Film Festival.  In 2013, he wrote the script and directed the movie Male Side: Testosteron, which was adapted from a theater play to the big screen.

 

Screenwriter Filmography

Love in Another Language, 2009, Director: İlksen Basarir, Screenplay: İlksen Basarir, Mert Fırat, Director of Photography: Hayk Kirakosyan, Music: Uğur Akyürek, Erdem Yörük, Cast: Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Mert Fırat, Emre Karayel, Lale Mansur, Şebnem Köstem , Tuğrul Türek, Gizem Erden, Tuna Kırlı, Didem Balçın, Murat Okey, Ayten Uncuoğlu, Metin Coşkun, Producer: Bünhan Bengi.

Carousel, 2011, Director: İlksen Basarir, Screenplay: İlksen Basarir, Mert Fırat, Director of Photography: Hayk Kirakosyan, Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Cast: Mert Fırat, Nergis Öztürk, Sema, Çeğrekbaşı, Sercan Badur, Zeynep Oral, Oğulcan Güler , Eren Öner, Helin Çal, Hamit Ataç, Zuhal Çeşmeci, Producer: Hazal Dut.

Male Side: Testosteron, 2013, Director: İlksen Başkar, Screenplay: İlksen Başkar, Director of Photography: Hayk Kirakosyan, Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Cast: Mert Fırat, Onur Ünsal, Timur Acar, Emre Karayel, Tuna Kırlı, Metin Coşkun, Cihan Ercan Producer: Muzaffer Yıldırım.

 

Awards: 

Love in Another Language (2009)

46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2009) “City Council Special Jury Award”

21st Ankara Film Festival (2010) “Best Actress” (Saadet Işıl Aksoy), “Best Actor” (Mert Fırat), “Best Cinematography” (Hayk Kirokosyan),  “Promising New Screenwriter” (İlksen Basarir, Mert Fırat), “Selection Committee Special Award” (İlksen Basarir)

13th Berdyansk (Ukraine) Film Festival (2010) “Best Film” “Best Director” (İlksen Başkar)

3rd Türsak Foundation Yeşilcam Awards (2010) “Best Actor” (Mert Fırat)

Cyprus International Film Festival (2010) “Golden Aphrodite Award”, “Best Director” (Ilksen Basarir), “Best Screenplay” (Ilksen Basarir, Mert Fırat), “Best Actor” (Mert Fırat)

Carousel (2011)

47th Antalya Film Festival (2010) “Best Screenplay” (İlksen Başkar, Mert Fırat), “Behlül Dal Special Jury Award” (Zeynep Oral)

44th Cinema Writers Association Awards (2012) “Ahmet Uluçay Hope Award” (Zeynep Oral)

Carousel (2011)

30th Istanbul Film Festival (2011) “Best Music” (Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç) 

47th Antalya Film Festival (2010) “Best Screenplay” (Zeynep Oral) 

“Behlül Dal Special Jury Award” 44. SİYAD-Cinema Writers Association (2012) Zeynep Oral “Ahmet Uluçay Hope Award”

International Istanbul Film Festival (2011) “Best Music”

SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards (2012) “Promising Actress” (Zeynep Oral)

Male Side: Testosterone (2013)

Sadri Alışık Theater and Cinema Actor Awards (2014) “Best Supporting Actor” in the Musical Comedy Category (Onur Ünsal)

 

resources

Çolak, Sibel. (2013). Interview with İlksen Basarir.https://filmhafizasi.com/ilksen-basarir-ile-soylesi/ (Access Date: 23.12.2023)

Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.