THE WAITING ROOM

Zeki Demirkubuz (1964) graduated from the Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication. He directed Block C, his first feature film, in 1994. He first gained the notice of film critics with Innocence (1997), which premiered at Venice Film Festival, and The Third Page (1999), both winning national and international awards. This was followed by the successful reception of Fate (2001) and Confession (2001), which were both screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. Destiny (2006), the prequel to Innocence, was followed by Envy (2009), Inside (2012), Nausea (2015), and Ember (2016). Life (2023) is his latest film. His retrospectives were shown at Viennale, Boston Museum of Art, Toronto Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, University of Michigan, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Brussels Cinematheque, and New Horizons Film Festival, Cluj Film Festival, among others.