He has been nominated for Best Editing for the film When the Wanut Leaves Turn Yellow (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey.

Naim Kanat is a Kurdish-Turkish Film Editor, born in 1986, in Turkey. He currently based in Istanbul-Turkey. Graduated from Trakya University, Department of Radio-TV in 2008. Since 2011, He has been working on Commercial, Trailer and Feature Film editing. He also teaches various courses and academic studies on film editing. The films he edited were shown at the world’s leading film festivals.

Selected Filmography

2025: Republic of Cihangir (Tv Series)
2024: When the walnut leaves turn yellow (Feature Film)
2023: It’s Not What You Know (Feature Film)
2023: Mommy’s Lambie (Feature Film)
2021: The Dance of Ali And Zin (Feature Film)
2020: Commitment (Feature Film)
2019: Debt (Feature Film)
2018: Pigeon Thieves (Feature Film)

Selected Awards

2024: Istanbul International Film Festival Winner Best Editing
for “It’s Not What You Know
2020: International Bosphorus Film Festival Winner Best Editing
for “Debt
2019: Ankara International Film Festival Winner Best Editing
for ”Pigeon Thieves”’
2018: International Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Winner Best Film Editing
for “Pigeon Thieves