Tarık Aktaş is from Germany, and lives and works in Istanbul. He has made several shorts, including Brothel of Subconscious (2006) and Video of Circumcision (2007). Basiret (2017), an experimental film, is part of his multimedia exhibition Supersensible. Dead Horse Nebula (2018) is his first feature, for which he received the Best Emerging Director award at Locarno.