
Person
Aysun Bademsoy
Directing · Born 1960-03-14
Biography
Aysun Bademsoy was born in Mersin in 1960 and aged nine moved to Berlin, where she still lives. She made her first foray into film as an actress, whilst also studying theatre and media studies at Berlin’s Free University. She got together with students from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and took on assistant editing and directing roles. Her first documentary film saw her working with young people, using their migrant experience to bring a fresh perspective to the social landscape of Germany. The various realities of life in Berlin are a recurring theme in her observational documentaries, juxtaposed with the counter-shots of people in Turkey who have left Germany. Her films have screened at numerous international festivals. Since 2024, the Deutsche Kinemathek (German audiovisual heritage institution) took on the task of preserving and digitally restoring her work.
Known for

Liebling Kreuzberg
Halide Günes

Direktion City
Jashas Freundin

Am Rand der Städte
Director

The State I Am In
Thanks
19 Portraits
herself
Zyklop
Director

Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe
Director

South
Thanks

Game Changers
Director

The Warm Money
Editor
Filmography
- 2025Game ChangersDirector
- 2020Spuren - Die Opfer des NSUDirector
- 2011EhreWriter
- 2008Ich gehe jetzt reinDirector
- 2006Am Rand der StädteDirector
- 2001The State I Am InThanks
- 1999Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine TruppeDirector
- 1997Nach dem SpielDirector
- 1996Cuba LibreFirst Assistant Director
- 1996Girl in the RingDirector
- 1995PilotsAssistant Director
- 1995Mädchen am BallWriter
- 1992The Warm MoneyEditor
- 1990SouthThanks
- 199019 Portraitsherself
- 1986Liebling KreuzbergHalide Günes
- 1979Zuhaus unter FremdenAyshe
- 1976Direktion CityJashas Freundin
- —Nirgends ist man richtig daDirector
- —ZyklopDirector
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