Suli Kurban

The screenwriter and director Suli Kurban has lived in Munich. The native Uyghur (Ürümchi) fled to Germany at the age of 11, politically persecuted. As an actress at the Münchener Kammerspiele, the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation became aware of Kurban in 2008. From then on she reports for the BR on socio-political issues. In 2009, Kurban was awarded the European Civis Media Prize. In 2011, Suli passed the entrance exam and completed a degree as a director at the University of Television and Film in Munich. In the meantime she realized several commissioned productions. Her films, film hybrids, Snapchat and Instagram, series hit the zeitgeist. Suli Kurban was in charge of the social media editorship for Vice Media of the real-time series @ichbinsophiescholl running on Instagram.