İpek Erden studied Business Management at Koç University and the London School of Economics. After starting a career in finance working in one of the acknowledged firms, Deloitte, as an auditor, she stepped into the film industry in 2010. Since then, she has worked in various roles in many major productions, both local and international, such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Two Faces of January (2014) Ali and Nino (2016), Never Leave Me (2017) and digital platform series Hakan Muhafız (2018-2020) and Aşk 101 (2020-2021). She started producing in 2017, focusing on short films. In the same year, she undertook the task of international communication and coordination of the Antalya Film Festival.
Ipek founded her production company Vayka Film in 2018, focusing on both service production and developing various types of projects including feature films, documentaries, and series. In 2019, she founded the independent theater group Tiyatro Motus and produced her first theater play The Good God of Manhattan which premiered at Istanbul Theater Festival. As a producer, she is selected for the Sarajevo Talents Programme 2020 and EAVE Producers Workshop 2023. She is a member of the European Film Academy.
Ipek took on the line production for the feature film Aftersun (2022), filmed in Turkey. The film premiered in the competition of Semaine de la Critique – Cannes Film Festival, winning the French Jury Prize. Vayka Film’s first feature film, A Guide to Living for the Dead, which was selected to the Frontières Platform as part of Marché du Film 2022 – Cannes Film Festival, premiered at the Istanbul Film Festival in 2023.
Her most recent work, Nothing In Its Place, which has received the World Cinema Fund and Jeonju Cinema Project award from the Jeonju Film Festival has internationally premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and locally at the Adana Film Festival where it has won the Best Director, Best Art Director, and Special Jury Award.
Filmography
- Lo-Fi (in post-production) / 2025 / Feature Film / Producer
- İstanbul Ansiklopedisi / Istanbul Encyclopedia / 2025 / Netflix Series / Producer
- Hiçbir Şey Yerinde Değil / Nothing In Its Place / 2024 / Feature Film / Producer
- Ölüler İçin Yaşam Kılavuzu / A Guide To Living For The Dead / 2023 / Feature Film / Producer
- Aftersun / 2022 / Feature Filmj / Line Producer
- Tek Yön / One Way / 2022 / Short Film / Producer
- Uzak Ayna / Distant Mirror / 2022 / Short Film / Producer
- Dönüşüm / Transformation / 2017 / Short Film / Producer
- Tepedeki Ev / House on the Hill / 2017 / Short Film / Producer
- Kulis / Backstage / 2017 / Short Film / Producer
- Aşka Zaman / Time for Love / 2017 / Short Film / Producer