Oray


Deniz Orta, Zejhun Demirov
Oray by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
DEU 2019, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Christian Kochmann / filmfaust

Zejhun Demirov, Faris Yüzbasioglu, Ferhat Keskin
Oray by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
DEU 2019, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Christian Kochmann / filmfaust

Oray by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
DEU 2019, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
With
- Zejhun Demirov (Oray)
- Deniz Orta (Burcu)
- Cem Göktaş (Bilal)
- Faris Yüzbaşıoğlu (Tanju)
- Mikael Bajrami (Ebu Bekir)
- Fırat Barıs Ar (Abdussamed)
- Kais Setti (Muhammed)
- Ferhat Keskin (Süleyman)
- Şahin Eryılmaz (Hamza)
- Ramon Machtolf (Osman)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay |
Cinematography | Christian Kochmann |
Editing | Denys Darahan |
Sound Design | Armin Badde |
Sound | Armin Badde |
Production Design | Jeannette Bastisch |
Costumes | Marisa Lattmann |
Make-Up | Henrike Huppertsberg |
Casting | Kerstin Neuwirth |
Assistant Director | Tessa Langhans |
Commissioning Editor | Christian Cloos |
Production Manager | Daniela Dieterich |
Executive Producers | Bastian Klügel, Claus Reichel |
Producers | Bastian Klügel, Claus Reichel |
Co-Producer | Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay |
Co-Production |
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel Mainz |
World Sales
Pluto Film
Produced by
filmfaust

Deniz Orta
The actress visited the premiere.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 11, 2019

Zejhun Demirov
The actor at the premiere.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 11, 2019

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
The director at the Photo Call.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 11, 2019

Katja Eichinger, Vivian Qu, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Claus Reichel, Bastian Klügel, Alain Gomis
The winners in conversation with the jury.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Closing Gala · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 16, 2019

Film team
The winners on the Red Carpet.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Closing Gala · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 16, 2019

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Claus Reichel, Bastian Klügel
Overwhelmed.
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Closing Gala · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 16, 2019

Award Ceremony
Oray · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Closing Gala · GWFF Best First Feature Award · Feb 16, 2019
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Born in Bad Hersfeld, Germany in 1987, he studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. In 2019, his film Oray screened in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlinale where it received the GWFF Best First Feature Award before going on to win a number of international prizes. With his filmfaust production company, co-founded with Claus Herzog-Reichel, he has written and produced international and award-winning feature and documentary films including Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death), which screened in the 2022 Panorama.
Filmography (selection)
2013 Vor dem Tor des Ijtihad; short film 2019 Oray 2025 Hysteria
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025