Yasemin Markstein, born in Wuppertal in 1989, first came into contact with the medium of film in 2006 when she stood in front of the camera herself as part of a youth project.
After her 3-month internship at the Medienprojekt Wuppertal and at the RAA in Berlin, she changed perspectives and stood behind the camera herself for many years as a freelancer at the Medienprojekt. Since then, she has realized video projects with young people (documentaries, feature films, experimental films), as well as her own film projects in the fields of writing, directing, cinematography and editing.
With some of these projects she was at festivals and also received awards, like such as with her documentary ,,The Heart doesn’t forget“ (2.nd Prize and Audience Award in the category ,,Video of Generation“ at Bundesfestivalvideo2012) or with her short film ,,Just A Normal Girl“ ( German Human Rights Film Award in the category Amateur in 2018).
Since 2012 she has been studying ,,Media Arts“ at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and realized her own projects there, such as the episodic project ,,BEINAH“ (2014) or the documentary portrait ,,ALI“ (2022). In 2021 she graduated with her scenic short film ,,WENDE“ (2022) and is now working on her own film projects on the topics of segregation and idealized role models.
In her cinematic works she deals with social images related to sexuality, origin and/or gender and tries to deconstruct them.
