Elif Koyutürk Hazen

Elif Koyutürk Hazen is a Turkish filmmaker working between documentary and poetic cinema. Rooted in immersive field research, her work explores identity, gender and cultural memory across the ancient landscapes of Anatolia and Mesopotamia. Through observational storytelling, she traces how the past continues to shape the present while bringing forward voices and traditions that have been silenced or forgotten. Hazen’s award-winning documentary Bridging the Gap has screened at festivals internationally, and her short Peaks of Belonging received the 5Point Stio Grant. Her latest film Guardians of Anatolia (Mountainfilm 2026) is supported by the Mountainfilm Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship. She is developing “The Story of the Lost Goddess,” a series examining how systems of power reshaped female authority from prehistory to today.