Güliz Sağlam

Güliz Sağlam graduated from the Department of French Political Science and Public Administration at Marmara University. After working as an assistant director for various national and international feature films and documentaries, she worked voluntarily for Filmmor Women′s Cooperative in 2005-2009. Since 2007 as an independent documentary filmmaker and video activist, Sağlam has shot feature films and documentary films on various issues including immigration, women workers′ conditions, women workers′ strikes, and resistance in different parts of Turkey, such as "Kafesteki Kuş Gibiydik: Desa Direnişindeki Kadınlar" (2009) and Tepecik Hayal Okulu (2014). In 2014 Sağlam received FIPRESCI award in the Documentarist. Sağlam currently lives and works in Istanbul.

Reference: kameraarkasi.org, sinematurk.com, bianet.org, festivalscope.com, gulizsaglam.blogspot.com.tr