Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

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.

Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema was invited to the press meeting of the Laser IMAX technology brought to Türkiye for the first time by Cinenova. The opening of the new IMAX was followed by a press conference and a screening of the movie “Joker: Folie à Deux” at Marmara Forum Shopping Mall on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. The event was hosted by Cinenova Founder Muzaffer Yıldırım and IMAX Senior Vice President John Schreiner.

Our Head of Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz was a guest on the “Regional Agenda” program, broadcast on TRT Antalya Radio, on Thursday, October 3. In the program, our professor shared her opinions and evaluations about the workshop and the festival as the Chairperson of the 61st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Cinema Workshop Organizing Committee.

Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar, a lecturer of our Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was invited to the 20th Children's Film Festival, organized by the TÜRSAK Foundation, as a trainer-director to lead a Directing Workshop. The festival took place in Gaziantep from September 18 to 20, 2024, as part of the Gaziantep Culture Road Festival, with the support of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The workshop was held on Friday, September 20, 2024, at the Şahinbey Congress and Art Center.

The book titled “50. Sanat Yılında Michael Haneke” by Assist. Prof. Gizem Şimşek Kaya, a faculty member of our university’s Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema, has been published.

Our Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz, will serve as the Head of the Organizing Committee and facilitator of the "Cinema Workshop" to be held within the scope of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

The finalist films determined by the preliminary jury and the festival program at the SineKültür Interuniversity Short Film Festival, which will be organized for the 5th time this year by IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema have been announced.

The "Alumni Panel" was held by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema in the 1G-05 multi-purpose seminar hall on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in order to help students shape their career plans and direct their future. Our graduates İrden Bölükbaş and Vuslat Vurucu, who attended the event as speakers, told our students about their career journeys and the contribution of the education they received in the department to this journey. Bölükbaş and Vurucu emphasized the importance of making the most of the opportunities offered by the school and being a student while they are students.

IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema organized a panel talk titled “Actor Management and Agenting in Cinema and Television.” The event, which was attended by Manager Buket Kahraman, Founder of Buket Kahraman Management, as a speaker, was held on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 14.00 on the 1st floor multi-purpose hall in Bakırköy campus Ataköy building.