Rüya Koman is a film producer and actress and the co-founder of the American motion picture company Audacity Innovative. The company's mission is to create risky content of paramount significance that addresses pressing social issues and ignites social change. On the production side, Audacity Innovative has co-produced over 25 films. The most significant ones are two documentaries entitled "The Black Moses" & "The Veil of Silence".
"The Black Moses" stars American minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor Andrew Young, Sir Sidney Poitier, former South African President Thabo Mbeki (for Nelson Mandela), former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney, former Jamaican PM PJ Patterson, musician Wyclef Jean, and many other international luminaries. It closed the Bahamas Film Festival (a prestigious honor. The second film, "The Veil of Silence" was the "Official Selection" to the prestigious BFI London Film Festival.
Single-handedly as a producer, Ruya has produced several short films such as "Najmia", "A Foreign Heart of Hope", "Hard on the Land Wears the Stong Sea", "One Second Changes Everything", "Before We Lose", "In the Life of A Child", "The Poem of A Memory" and "Remember to Love". "Before We Lose" was an official selection at the 2014 BAFTA and Academy Award affiliated Foyle Film Festival in Northern Ireland. "Najmia" is an official selection at the 2015 Interfilm Berlin Festival, 2016 Miami International Film Festival and the 2015 FOLCS Film Festival (Time Warner Center, NYC).
On the acting side, Ruya is currently cast for two major feature films. She has a supporting role in Nearer, My God, to, Thee; a film that depicts Red Army's invasion of Berlin in 1945 and the rape of 2 million German and Polish women by Soviet troops. The film will star currently undisclosed A-list talent. The film is currently in pre-production. The second feature film, which she holds the lead role for, is under wraps. Ruya has been featured in motion pictures such as "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "Deception" and starred in a large number of short films including "Salam Shalom","A Foreign Heart of Hope", "Hard on the Land Wears the Stong Sea", "One Second Changes Everything", "Atrocitas" and "Before We Lose", "The Poem of A Memory", "Narcan" and a currently untitled short film based on the play/film "Days of Wine and Roses". In the summer of 2015, three short films that Ruya held the lead for have been selected as official selections at the following film festivals: 2015 Chain NYC Film Festival (The Poem of A Memory), 2015 Charleston International Film Festival (One Second Changes Everything), 2015 FARCUME Festival de Curtas-Metragens de Faro in Portugal(One Second Changes Everything), 2015 Regina International Film Festival in Canada (One Second Changes Everything), 2015 Alexandria Film Festival (The Poem of A Memory), Anchorage International Film Festival (The Poem of A Memory) and 2015 Shortcutz Amsterdam (Atrocitas).
Ruya holds an LLM (Master of Laws) in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex and a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Ankara University. Ruya speaks German and Turkish. She is excited to combine her human rights background with her love for film and acting by creating thought provoking films and characters that ignite social change.
Ruya continues her acting training with her mentors Susan Batson, Michael Beckett; her singing and music studies with acclaimed Jazz singer Amy London and Jazz singer/musician Dylan Pramuk and her dance training at Broadway Dance Center. Ruya is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA.
