Nurhan SEKERCI-PORST

Productrice

Germany

Nurhan SEKERCI-PORST © Søren Porst

Nurhan Sekerci-Porst has been working with scriptwriter, director and producer Fatih Akin since 2005. First as a tutor on Akin’s side at the HFBK University and later for his production company Corazón International which produced several awarded films such as Crossing the Bridge – The Sound of Istanbul, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen and Takva.
In 2012 she co-founded with Fatih Akin the production company Bombero International and produced The Cut and In the Fade, which premiered at the Festival de Cannes in 2017 and won the Award for Best Actress (Diane Kruger) and also the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 2018. Prior to her work as a producer Nurhan Sekerci-Porst studied English Literature, Politics and Film in Hamburg and Bristol (GB).

Jury attendance

  • Member Un Certain Regard, 2019