Cem Kâmil Dede

Biography

Cem Kâmil Dede, born in 2005 in Mersin, Türkiye, is a filmmaker and director. He began his filmmaking journey by uploading short films to YouTube. The first short film, Once Upon a Time in My House (Bir Zamanlar Evimde) (2023), marked the beginning of this creative path. Since then, Dede has directed several other short films. While There is Still Time to Smile (Henüz Vakit Varken Gülüm) (2025) won the Best Student Film Award at the Springtime International Film Festival and was an Official Sel…