Asli Özarslan (born 19.07.1986 in Berlin) studied theater and media studies at University Bayreuth, as well as philosophy and sociology at Université Sorbonne IV in Paris. This was followed by editorial activities for public television – ZDF and ARD. She makes documentaries and video art as well. Since 2012 she is studying documentary film at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. 2014 she was awarded a scholarship from the German state and in 2015, the scholarship of visual arts at the Academy of Arts in Berlin.