Artist Collabs & Commissions

ya dancer! (2023)

8' - Creative Documentary

A dance artist befriends a group of elderly women and discovers the transformative power of social dance and movement in combating loneliness and isolation, while also confronting the difficult realities of aging and mortality.

culture collective films (2022)

Artist Profile Videos

Worked alongside the five artists in the Govanhill Baths Culture Collective team and created video portraits were part of her work.

forest within (2020)

Movement Film '25

filming by Anna Dako & Bircan Birol

production In The Open - Outdoor Arts Theatre November 2020

movement: Laura Booth Shayne Lilith-Moon Sofia Kondylia

instrumentals: Magi Winmill-Hermann

production assistance: Diana Monteiro Toombs

on-site assistance and photography: Noemi Dako

artistic guidance and choreography: Anna Dako

location: Countesswells Forest, Aberdeen

location consultation: Forestry and Land Scotland

Premiere: Screen.Dance Festival - 2021

Watch the trailer here.

thirteen north: connected (2023)

Artist Profile Videos

Collaborated with the three composers to create short films in response to the themes explored through their music – generations, cultural exchange, and tradition. These films were played before each new piece was performed.

director & editor Bircan Birol
cinematographer Kasparas Vidunas
sound mix Roderich Buchanan Dunlop

commissioner: Creative Scotland &

European Union Youth Orchestra’s Café Bauhaus initiative

love the sinner (2021)

Multimedia Performance Film, 7'

written and performed by Imogen Stirling

filmed, designed, and edited by Bircan Birol

music: Sarah Carton

music master: Caleb Azumah Nelson

from the stage show and print collection

Love the Sinner

commissioner: Vanishing Point

Watch the excerpt here.

recording dvorak concerto (2019)

Docu-Performance Film '5

filmed and edited by Bircan Birol

collabration with Nadège Rochat and RSNO