Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

The finalists and event program for the 7th SineKültür Interuniversity Short Film Festival, organized this year by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, have been announced. Following the preliminary jury evaluation, a total of 12 films—across documentary and fiction categories—have been selected as finalists. The festival will take place between May 6–8, 2026 at the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy Campus.

The Department of Radio, Television and Cinema delivered a presentation on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the Ataköy Building of the Bakırköy Campus, as part of a university promotional event organized for 12th-grade students studying at Kültür College and Kültür2000.

Senior students of the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema successfully presented their work prepared within the scope of the "Graduation Project I" and "Graduation Project II" courses on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The presentations, which revealed the knowledge and skills acquired by the students throughout their education process, were also the first concrete steps they took in their professional careers.

Atahan Yaman, a student of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, achieved great success with his short film “Mars” which he both wrote and directed.

At the award ceremony held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, as part of the 32nd International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, the film received the “Best Experimental Film Award” in the Experimental Category of the National Student Films Competition.

Ahmetcan Taşal and Rojda Üzüm, students of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, also took part in the production.

The finalist films and event program of the “SineKültür Interuniversity Short Film Festival," organized for the sixth time this year by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, have been announced. The festival, in which a total of 13 films in the documentary and fiction film categories competed in the finals after the pre-jury evaluation, will be held between May 14-16, 2025, at the Bakırköy campus Ataköy building.

The Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema organized an “Alumni Panel” to bring together its graduates and current students. The event, which was moderated by Assist. Prof. Ayşe Duygu Atasoy Aktaş, took place on Tuesday, April 15, in the multi-purpose hall on the 1st floor of the Ataköy building, Bakırköy Campus.

The book titled “Chronology of Turkish Horror Cinema Volume 7 (2024)” by Assist. Prof. Gizem Şimşek Kaya, one of our academicians from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, has been published.

Turkish Horror Cinema Continues at Full Speed

The Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema organized the “Cinematic Video Production with Artificial Intelligence” workshop with the participation of artist and academician Lecturer Murat Fırat. In the workshop held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in the 1st floor multi-purpose hall at the Ataköy building, Bakırköy Campus, the creative uses of artificial intelligence in the field of art and cinema were discussed.

The Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz, announced the final declaration with actor Mehmet Aslantuğ at the closing meeting of the “Cinema Workshop,” held between October 9-12, as part of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

The short film “Station People,” directed and scripted by Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar, a faculty member of the Radio, Television, and Cinema Department, won the second prize in the “Short Film” category of the TRT Future Communicators Competition, which is in its 10th year this year. The award ceremony of the competition, in which 180 people made it to the finals in 12 different categories, was held live on the TRT 2 channel at 20:00 on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

We sincerely congratulate our lecturer and wish the continuation of his success.