Cagri Dorter
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
When he learnt to talk, the first questions he asked happened to be "What is the source of life? Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we headed to?" Following this, his questions about "existence, life, death, birth and the origin of religions" deepened. When he was in primary school, he stated questioning what was communicated to him as religion, the concepts of sin and good deeds, fate and free will and heaven and hell, unearthing their discrepancy. As his family had hard time answering these questions, they enlisted the help of his grandmother who was coming from the (Rumi's) Sufi Tradition. This gave birth to a process of "contemplative dialogue about existence & the Truth", which would last for long years. These talks, which spanned for long years, were closed to the outside (even to the other members of the family) and exclusive to them.
During his university years, he comprehended that Truth can only be seen if one can pinpoint the common root between all religions, teachings, disciplines, philosophies, paths and branches of science that seem to be far from each other and that otherwise truth can never be understood from a biased angle.
In the following years, he researched all the major religions, spiritual teachings, sacred paths, enlightenment traditions, disciplines, philosophies of the world and the meanings hidden behind them. He started to write books & make movies about human experience.
He is the author of 7 books & also writer-director-producer of many awarded short-films & documentaries.
During his university years, he comprehended that Truth can only be seen if one can pinpoint the common root between all religions, teachings, disciplines, philosophies, paths and branches of science that seem to be far from each other and that otherwise truth can never be understood from a biased angle.
In the following years, he researched all the major religions, spiritual teachings, sacred paths, enlightenment traditions, disciplines, philosophies of the world and the meanings hidden behind them. He started to write books & make movies about human experience.
He is the author of 7 books & also writer-director-producer of many awarded short-films & documentaries.