Vuslat Karan is a filmmaker living in Istanbul. She got her BFA in Film and Television from Marmara University. Her short films Tangled (2011) and Scorpion (2010) debuted at !f Istanbul Film Festival. She directed a documentary-narrative hybrid short film Uprooting From the City (2006) about the urban transformation and gentrification of the Romany neighbourhoods in the first pilot location in Istanbul. She previously worked as 1st and 2nd assistant director on feature films and TV shows, three years as a senior producer at a digital agency and two years of content management and project development at a music production company.