About

Nadir Sönmez is an İstanbul-based actor, writer, director, and interdisciplinary artist.

 

He studied theatre at Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle University and holds an MA in Theatre from Kadir Has University.

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His theatre, performance and film projects explore sex, intimacy, class, autobiography, masculinities, queer activism and gay tourism.

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He is the creator of the plays Peki (Pera Museum, 2017 / Sabancı Museum, 2021), Ama (Istanbul Fringe Festival, 2019 / Dresden European Festival for Young Stage Directors, 2021), Les Fils des Hétérosexuels (Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2021), and Diyarbakır.Tourism.Romanticism.Activism (Ljubljana Mladi Levi Festival, 2024). 

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His debut feature film Ama was released on MUBI Turkey in 2022.

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He was selected for the International Forum at Theatertreffen (2023) and for Performing Exiles Festival’s Summer School (2025) in Berlin.

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As part of the anthology Seen Unseen, his video Cruising was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Copenhagen CPH:DOX, and New York MoMA Doc Fortnight.