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İstanbul SAHA Studio
I am selected as a resident artist for SAHA Studio 8th term between June-December 2024. Designed by SAHA as a program of research,...
Dec 27, 20241 min read


Gay Tourist
Within the scope of SAHA Studio, Nadir Sönmez conducted a research process focusing on gay tourism in the world and produced an...
Dec 20, 20242 min read


Amsterdam BUTT & One Minutes
My film Wrestlers' Feet has been selected by BUTT magazine for The One Minutes Series 'Fixations'. An overwhelming total of 115 films were submitted. ‘Fixations’ offers 25 minutes of turn-ons submitted from Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. A hot mess of cum rags, a pasta-plated p*ssy, dark rooms, and wedgies.
Oct 25, 20241 min read


Ljubljana Mladi Levi Festival
Diyarbakır.Tourism.Romanticism.Activism was part of the 2024 Ljubljana Mladi Levi Festival. More info at the link...
Sep 1, 20241 min read


Utrecht BAK Queer Film Program
My video Cruising was selected for Utrecht Pride BAK Queer Film Program in June 2024, curated by Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg. The queer...
Jun 1, 20241 min read


Athens Lala Queer House Of Underground Arts
I presented my lecture performance Diyarbakır.Tourism.Romanticism.Ac tivism at Lala Queer House of Underground Arts in Athens. November...
Nov 22, 20231 min read


Theatertreffen International Forum
I was selected for Berliner Festspiele's Theatertreffen International Forum in 2023. The International Forum is a platform for global...
Jun 12, 20231 min read


Bro!
Two men know each other from the gym and they have a conversation about mundanities until their evening is interrupted by a cheated...
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Peki
Gallery owner Beril and contemporary artist Tilbe meet for a coffee. They talk behind the backs of their acquaintances from the Istanbul...
Jul 20, 20221 min read


Diyarbakır.Tourism Romanticism.Activism
Nadir Sönmez narrates Kurdish LGBTIQ+ activism in Diyarbakır; through autobiographical performance, essay film and documentary theatre....
Jun 15, 20222 min read


New Releases
An unpublished writer wrote an erotic fiction, narrating the love affair between a Turkish woman and a Syrian refugee man. An editor...
Jun 17, 20212 min read


Paris Cité Internationale des Arts
I was selected for Trame, a three-month artist residency program at Paris Cité Internationale des Arts, in 2021. In the end of my...
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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