Company Info

ALAZ FILM is an independent production company founded by Atilla Salih Yücer and Kamen Velkovsky based in Türkiye, Portugal, Bulgaria and the United States. The company’s main focus is on under-represented voices and stories from around the world while also developing new material with established directors internationally.

Yücer and Velkovsky have extensive experience as producers and assistant directors, working with acclaimed filmmakers such as Steve McQueen (Shame), Wes Anderson (Asteroid City), David Gordon Green (Joe, Manglehorn, Halloween trilogy), Jim Jarmusch (The Dead Don't Die), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite), Arnaud Desplechin (Jimmy P.), Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe), David Chase (The Many Saints of Newark), Todd Solondz (Dark Horse), and Errol Morris (Wormwood, The Pigeon Tunnel, My Psychedelic Love Story, American Dharma, Separated).

Current films include Joachim Trier’s latest, Sentimental Value, which earned Grand Prix honors at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and Rezan Yesilbas’ debut film The Flying Meatball Maker, also on the film festival circuit, with lead Nazmi Kirik earning Best Actor honors at the 2025 Istanbul International Film Festival.

Upcoming titles with Alaz‘s involvement include Jim Jarmusch’s Father, Mother, Sister, Brother and Arnaud Desplechin’s Two Pianos. Films in early pre-production and in development include new features from Desplechin, Solondz, Green and Morris; as well as Sara Driver, Maria Camila Arias and Susanna de la Salla.

OUR TEAM

Atilla Yücer

PRODUCING PARTNER

Kamen Velkovsky

PRODUCING PARTNER

Birsin Çolakoğlu
PRODUCING PARTNER / PRODUCTION SERVICES

Ren Hsieh

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / CREATIVE CONSULTANT

Olga Yücer

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

OUR PARTNERS

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