
Derya Durmaz
Born in Esslingen, Germany to Turkish guest‐worker grandparents and raised in Turkey, Durmaz returned to Germany in 2019. She has a BA in Economics from Hacettepe University in Ankara, an MA in Human Rights Law from Bilgi University in Istanbul, and received formal acting training. As a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist she explores borders and boundaries (physical/social/psychological), identity, sense of belonging and human nature, often highlighting the hypocrisies and inconsistencies in the rhetoric that defines political, social and personal spaces.
