‘Daughter’

Played Loubna in Assia Lakhlif’s ‘Daughter’, a short film about a middle eastern family.

National Geographic-A Reading & A Film

First I’m off to Maine to shoot for National Geographic, playing a Denisovan Woman, a cousin-species to Neanderthals!

Next is a reading of Barbara Cassidy’s Anthropology of a Bookclub, a play in which muslim and non-muslim women get together and read, so they get to know each other better through books!

In November I will be part of an Indie feature called Colours, where I play an ex-dancer, who is trying to keep a healthy relationship to her husband, a bi-sexual father to her two kids.

DAVID

The movie ‘DAVID’, in which I play David’s mother is an official selection of the World Competition at the Montreal World Film Festival! Award  receivers to be announced Sunday Aug. 28th. Fingers crossed!

Update: ‘David’ won the Ecumenical Prize at the MWFF

www.david-themovie.com

Departures

Just completed the short film Departures directed by Ali Y. Akarcesme, where I play Mine, a wife coming to the US for the first time to reunite with her husband after 10 years seperation.

Trailer to follow!

Film and Play

I just wrapped another short black and white film called Best Friends, by Anita Gou. And in January 2011 I’ll be appearing in an Equity production of Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Chowig at the InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia.

Short Film and A Reading

I am currently shooting a short film called Hanan, about an immigrant single mother looking for her missing daughter. I’ve also been cast in a reading of a new play by Barbara Cassidy called Anthropology of a Book Club, about a book club that brings the diverse women in the Bay Ridge area together to talk about books and more. Stay tuned!

Wrapping Up Off-Broadway

Just finished playing Rima in the new Off-Broadway play Neither Heaven Nor Earth, a documentary theatre piece by PoliglotTheater about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, based on interviews the creators conducted over three months in the region. Sairica Rose of Women’s Voices Now interviewed me about the experience and gave us a rave review! You can read it here.

“Gamze Ceylan…delivers a mesmerizing
and powerful performance.”