Turkish French Film Expert and consultant.

Selin Melek MURAT (She/Her) is a Film producer and Film Expert.

She is the Markets Manager, at IDFA (Amsterdam).

As co-founder of Canadian based Parabola films, Selin Murat started her career as a creative producer. For over a decade she produced author-driven documentaries that found their way to festivals, theatre and broadcast and became a solid member of the Canadian documentary landscape. Moving on to the world of Film Festivals and Industry events, Selin became film programmer and head of RIDM Industry, where she managed to create strong relationships with European festivals and markets. In this role she co-created the If! Doc Lab in Istanbul (2016-2018) and has lead co-production workshops at CPH:DOX, Sunny Side of the Doc, Hot Docs, and the Marché du film de Cannes Docs in Progress. Selin works as a consultant for several international film markets including EFM-Berlinale, is a founding member of the Documentary Association of Europe and consults for independent filmmakers all over the world.

Selin Murat was a creative producer for over a decade at the company she co-founded, Parabola Films, where she released a dozen author-driven documentaries at festivals, in theatres and for broadcast. Now based mainly in Istanbul, Selin specializes in professional development initiatives for documentary filmmakers with a focus on coproductions with Canada, sits on numerous documentary film juries every year, and programs documentaries for the RIDM. Selin co-created the If! Doc Lab in Istanbul (2016-2018) and leads co-production workshops at CPH:DOX, Sunny Side of the Doc, Hot Docs, and the Marché du film de Cannes Docs in Progress as Director of Programming of the RIDM Forum. Selin works as a consultant for several international film markets including EFM-Berlinale, is a founding member of the Documentary Association of Europe and consults for independent filmmakers all over the world.

In September 2021, IDFA (the world leading documentary film festival) welcomed Selin Murat as new Markets Manager.


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.parabolafilms.ca/team/selin-murat/
- www.linkedin.com/in/selinmurat
- www.idfa.nl/en/article/155366/idfa-welcomes-selin-murat-as-new-markets-manager
Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 June 2023