My Name Is Happy
Ayşe Toprak, Nick Read
2022
About Film
My Name is Happy tells the inspirational story of a Kurdish teenager, Mutlu Kaya, from a remote community in Southeast Turkey. Aged 19, stardom beckoned when she reached the finals of Turkey’s Got Talent. Days later she was shot by a man trying to abduct her. Mutlu survived, but with life-changing injuries and a bullet in her brain.
5 years later, still recovering, the reality of escalating attacks on Turkish women intrudes: her carer and sister Dilek is killed by her boyfriend. Despite her life-changing injuries, Mutlu relentlessly pursues justice for her sister, supported by her ever-present family: mother Hanim, elder sister Songul and brother Hakan. As Mutlu searches for justice, she also aims to reclaim her voice as a singer.
About Director
Nick Read
As an Emmy and Bafta-nominated filmmaker known for making acclaimed observational documentaries, he has shot and directed over 50 films, many of them in remote or high-risk locations. His work has won two Foreign Press Association awards, the Rory Peck Impact Award and the Creative Diversity Award for Best Documentary. His most recent feature documentary, Bolshoi Babylon premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, opened in 100 UK cinemas, and was long-listed for BAFTA & Academy awards. belgesel filmi Bolshoi Babylon ilk gösterimini Toronto Film Festivali’nde yaptı, İngiltere’de yüz sinemada birden gösterime girdi, BAFTA ve Akademi ödüllerinin uzun listesinde yer aldı.
Ayşe Toprak
Recently relocated from Istanbul to London, she graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has an MA in Media Studies from the New School. From 2011 on, she worked extensively for Al Jazeera in Turkey, London, and Doha, producing social and political documentaries in the Middle East. In 2016 she began working on her first feature documentary, Mr Gay Syria which has screened at over 70 international festivals including IDFA, Sheffield DocFest, MOMA fortnight, and Chicago Film Festival. The film won 14 awards, most of which were granted for enlightening human rights.
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