Ayşe Alacakaptan is a cinematographer from Istanbul, currently living in Berlin. Her work moves between fiction and documentary and is characterized by a distinct visual style. After studying film in Istanbul and Vienna, she continued her education at the DFFB in Berlin. She works internationally on 16mm, 35mm, and digital formats. Her documentary ‘Die Möllner Briefe’ premiered at the 75th Berlinale and was awarded both the Panorama Audience Award and the Amnesty International Prize. In 2025, she received the Best Cinematography Award at the Istanbul Film Festival for the fiction film ‘Athlete’.
Languages
Turkish (native) | German (fluent) | English (fluent)
Special Skills
35mm | 16mm | Greenscreen | Gimbal | Scuba diving license
Selected Credits
The Mölln Letters | Documentary Film | D: Martina Priessner | P : Inselfilm | Germany | 2025
Athlete | Feature Film | D : Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun | P: Vigofilm | Turkey, Germany, Romania | 2025
Unity and Justice and Diversity | Documentary Film | D : Philipp Awounou | P: Supa Stories | 2024
Then Suddenly Now | Medium Length Film | D : Mo Jäger, Melissa Isabell Jäger | P: Jägerinnen | 2023
Audition | Series (6 Episodes) | D : Semih Gülen | P: Vigofilm | 2023
Germania |Web Series | D: Negar Ghalamzan | P : Hyperbole & ZDF | 2021-2022
Rose Empire | Kurzfilm | D: Clara Zoe My-Linh Von Arnim | P: DFFB | Germany | 2018
