You can view Hungarian Salami at NSI Online Film Festival. There is an audio interview with Sibel Guvenc talking about the process of making the film, her inspiration and collboration with the creative team.
Secrets is completed on June 2, 2009 and will be broadcasted on Bravo in Summer 2009.
Kybele Films wrapped the production of a music film, Secrets for Maryem Tollar's 2009 Juno Awards Nominee Album "Cairo to Toronto"directed, written and produced by Sibel Guvenc - May 10, 2009.
The Almond Sorters won a Platinum Award as Best Jazz Music Video in 42nd WorldFest International Film Festival and was screened on April 18, 2009 at 3pm in Houston, USA.
Sibel Guvenc is a Bravo!FACT award winner to shoot Secrets for Maryem Tollar's 2009 Juno Awards Nominee Album "Cairo to Toronto".
The Almond Sorters directed and produced by Sibel Guvenc for Michael Occhipinti's 2009 Juno Award Nominee Album "The Sicilian Jazz Project" will be airing on an upcoming special episode of "Bravo!FACT Presents" celebrating the Juno Awards at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT, Sunday 22 March 2009 on Bravo. There will be an interview with Michael Occhipinti about jazz music in Canada.
The episode will be re-run at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT Friday 27 March on Bravo!. It will also air on 'A' in Victoria BC on Saturday 28 March at 11:00 pm local time, and in Ontario on 'A' in Barrie, London, Windsor, and Wingham on Saturday 28 March at 6:30 pm local time.
http://www.bravo.ca/television/tvshows/show.aspx?showID=Bravo!FACT%20Presents
Kybele Films wrapped the production of a musical, The Almond Sorters, Michael Occhipinti and The Sicilian Jazz Project directed, written and produced by Sibel Guvenc on October 6, 2008.
Sibel Guvenc is a Bravo!FACT award winner to shoot The Almond Sorters a musical from Michael Ochhipinti's The Sicilian Jazz Project.
Palette is invited to participate in HDFEST's curated showcase of films.
Hungarian Salami is considered for Canada's Top Ten Shorts by Toronto International Film Festival Group, Oct, 2007.
The screenplay of Hungarian Salami is a part of the curriculum of Advanced and introductory Screenwriting at Grant MacEwan College, Bachelor of Applied Communications in Professional Writing in Edmonton, Alberta.
Hungarian Salami will be screened at Edmonton International Film Festival in competition on Oct. 1, 2007.
Sibel Guvenc is invited to 2007 Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab.
Hungarian Salami is screened at Boston International Film Festival on June 10, 2007.
Hungarian Salami is nominated for 60th Yorkton Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Comedy, 2007.
In the Penal Colony is sold to Big Film Shorts for worldwide distribution, February 17, 2007.
Sibel Guvenc is invited as a special guest to 12th Kolkata Film Festival in India. Shoma A. Chatterji, internationally acclaimed multipe award winning film crictic, wrote about In the Penal Colony, an award winning short film directed and produced by Sibel Guvenc based on Franz Kafka's short story. Chiranjib Basu, a poet, filmmaker and journalist is making a documentary about Sibel Guvenc. For more information and articles, please visit In the Penal Colony News.
Sibel Guvenc has been awarded one of the eight director’s chair positions in the 2007 session of The Women In the Director’s Chair Workshop in Banff.
Fantasy Worlwide International Film Festival Seminar, Friday October 27th, 2006, 4pm-6pm, Innis Town Hall, Toronto: Sibel Guvenc was invited as a speaker to present her views on the topic how the fantasy genre has evolved over time and her aproach to fantasy genre. The trailer of Hungarian Salami, the short film directed, written and produced by Sibel Guvenc is screened.
Hungarian Salami , a short comedy/drama, is completed on October 26, 2006 to be released in 2007. The Article written by Steven Sandor in "Toronto 24 hours"about Hungarian Salami
Hungarian Salami production is wrapped on July 20, 2006.
In the Penal Colony is a Bronze Award Winner in Film and Video Art category at 39th Annual WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, 2006
In the Penal Colony had its Canadian Premier at Canadian Filmmakers Festival on Sunday March 26, 2006 at 2:30pm, Cineplex Odeon Carlton Cinemas in Toronto. The interview with Sibel Guvenc and the audience was broadcasted on April 1st, 2006 on Omni TV.
Following her screening with In the Penal Colony at Delray Beach Film Festival, Sibel Guvenc was interviewed for WHDH-TV in Florida. The fifteen minute interview with excerpts from the film and behind the scenes will be on air soon. “In the Penal Colony is provocative. It is a unique and original way of filmmaking we have not seen for a while”. - Brian A. Content, General Manager, MIG Broadcast Group Inc.
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the Penal Colony received ‘Best Cinematography’
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Palette had its broadcast premier on January 28th, 2006 on OMNI TV. Sibel Guvenc was interviewed on television for her award winning short film Palette and her feature film in development, Eyes of Dreams.
Palette won the 'Best Film' award in abstract category at the third international One minute Film and Video Festival, 2005, Toronto. Palette was also officially selected for 2003 Images Film Festival.
Broken Eggs, September 28th, 2005, 10:00am, Institute of Genetic Medicine IGM Gallery, Los Angeles: Sibel Guvenc gave a presentation on the Broken Eggs feature film in development to IGM staff, research scientists and technicians and Bunker Group artists. Ms. Guvenc presented the theme, full story, style and concept of the film and discussed the vision and intentions of Kybele Films for collaboration on the project.