Kazim Öz

Kazim Öz (born 1973 in Dersim)[1] is a Kurdish film director, scriptwriter and producer.

[1] Since 1996, he was involved in the activities of the movie department of the Mesopotamia Culture Center, which today is known as the Mesopotamian Cinema Collective.

[7] Kazım Öz's movie Zer premiered at the 36th Istanbul Film Festival in April 2017.

[8] In November 2018 he was detained by the Turkish authorities and charged with membership in an illegal organization, but released after two days.

In September 2019 the Turkish juridical authorities made public that the prosecution seeks a sentence between seven and a half and fifteen years for Öz.