Nadir Sönmez

Actor, writer and director. He studied theater at Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle University and completed a master's degree in acting at Kadir Has University. He produces theater, film and performance projects.

He wrote, directed, and acted in the plays “Peki” (2017 - Pera Museum, 2021 - Sabancı Museum), “Ama” (2019 Istanbul Fringe Festival, 2021 Dresden European Festival for Young Directors), and “Bro!” (2024). In 2022, he prepared and performed his solo lecture performance “Diyarbakır.Tourism.Romanticism.Activism” supported by CultureCIVIC in Turkey, and later at Athens Lala Queer House of Underground Arts and Berlin Apartment Project. He was invited to the Ljubljana Mladi Levi Festival in 2024.

In 2021, he was selected for the three-month Trame artist residency program at Paris Cité Internationale des Arts and staged a reading of his play written in French, “Sons of Heterosexuals.” He was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen International Forum in 2023.

In 2024, he released a Youtube video series titled “In Pursuit of Theater” set in Van, Dersim, Erzurum, and Kars. His first feature film “Ama” was featured on Mubi.