ela kazdal

Ela is an artist and filmmaker based in London and a video editor at MUBI. She has presented her films at Salt Beyoğlu in Istanbul (TR), Æden in Berlin (DE), Everyman Cinema, Firstsite, Fabrica, Royal College of Art (UK) The Film-maker’s Cooperative in New York (US) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL).  
















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September (TBC) xxx


past

Wild Iris
screening of ‘thread, chain, beads and tacks’
8 June 2025,  St. Peter’s Church, London, UK

if you seek amy
video installation
7 June 2025, vitruta, London, UK
(solo)

Leiden Shorts
screening of ‘if you seek amy’
1 and 3 June 2025, Leiden, NL

Fringe Gallery, Filmverkstaden
· 24 May - 22 June 2025, Vaasa, FIN
(solo)

Xposure Queer Film Festival
· 30 May 2025, Wolf Kino, Berlin, DE

Onion City Experimental Film Festival
screening of ‘if you seek amy’
· 3-6 April 2025, Chicago, US

 ‘Shelf Life’ at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery
· 16 April 2025, London, UK
thread, chain, beads and tacks
World Premiere
Cosmic Rays
· March 2025, North Carolina, US

if you seek amy
World Premiere
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
· 1, 2 and 3rd of February 2025 Rotterdam, NL
Aurora Instinct
Group show curated by Display Fever
· 9 Jan - 1 Feb 2025 at Hypha Studios Camberwell, London, UK

3x3 Short Film Programme
· 12 October 2024 at Beyoğlu Cinema, Istanbul, TR

Art Talk with Enes Alba
· 31 July 2024 at Bilsart Istanbul, TR

Light Beams Under a Bridge
· September 2023,  London, UK

Cinema CSM Festival
· 9-11 May 2023 at Central Saint Martins, London, UK

A Night of Opera and Film - Earthquake Fundraiser
· May 2023, London, UK

4th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival
· November 2022, Istanbul, TR

The Creation of the World, the Now, the End
· June 2022, Berlin, DE