Ayça Damgacı studied Dramaturgy and Theater Criticism at Istanbul University. From 1998 to 2011, she acted in and co-directed several plays at the Tiyatro Oyunevi theatre in Istanbul. Damgacı co-wrote and acted in Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando (2008), which recounts the true story of her travel southeast during the Iraq War to rescue her love, a Kurdish actor trapped behind the border. Her performance won Best Actress awards at the Istanbul, Sarajevo, Tetouan (Morocco), and Nuremberg Film Festivals. She has also acted in cinema movies including Ay Lav Yu (2010), and Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2011) and is the creator and vocalist of the band Göçebe Şarkılar.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
