[1] In 2011 Ergüven was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festivals Atelier to help develop her project, The Kings.

After Ergüven was unable to find financing for her film Winocour suggested she write a more intimate piece leading the two to begin work on the script for Mustang.

[3] Her debut feature Mustang premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[4][5] where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award.

[11] In May 2016, Ergüven announced her next feature film Kings, which would star Halle Berry in a lead role and be set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

[13] In June 2016, Ergüven was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (directors' branch).