Photographer. Visual storyteller. I'm based in Paris.
ABOUT ME
About us
Tora is an Istanbul-based film and photography studio. We direct music videos, fashion films and artist portraits. We shoot the feeling.
Our roots are in cinema. We graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Cinema Department and have spent five years in film and advertising, directing, editing and producing. That experience taught us how to build a world around a song, a collection or a person.
ALİ EMRE YILMAZ UĞUR BAYRAKDAR
DIRECTOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY & PRODUCER
Philosophy
We don't start with the image. We start with the feeling: a song, a face, a piece of clothing. That is what we shoot. The look comes after.
We come from cinema, so we think in scenes. Where the cut lands, how long to hold a gaze, when to let the silence in. Still or moving, the question is the same: what does it feel like?
We work with musicians, designers and creatives who want something that feels made, not produced. Based in Istanbul, working wherever the idea needs to go.
Screenings & awards
Labirent — Producer& Director
Fondazione Prada, Milan — [2024]
Official Selection: Prague Film Festival — Short Fiction/Narrative. Results: 26 February [2027].
Official Selection: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival — International Competition. Results: 3 December [2026].
Z Portal — Producer
Winner, Short Documentary: Los Angeles Short Film Awards, [2026]
Official Selection: Los Angeles Short Film Award, [2026]
Official Selection: İstanbul International Spring Film Festival, [2026]
Official Selection: International İstanbul Short Film & The Writer’s Journey Festival, [2026]
Semi-Finalist: Stockholm City Film Festival, Kasım [2025]
Tenal — Editor
Feature film, [2022]
Çekyat - Producer& Director
Nominee: Post-Cinema Film Festival, [2024]
Official Selection: Rome Outkast Independent Film Award, [2024]