Ayse Toprak
About
Ayse is fascinated in people who are pushed to the peripheries of society and have vivid, compelling stories to tell. Her conviction in filmmaking comes from her wish to tell the stories of people who have different ways of looking at the world, each unique in their own ways.
Mr. Gay Syria
Husein is a gay barber in Istanbul. Mahmoud champions LGBTI rights in Berlin. What brings them together is a dream to join an international beauty contest to escape their trapped, invisible lives. Through an intimate lens, Mr. Gay Syria chronicles two gay Syrian refugees who fight to rebuild their lives.