Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz, acted as a member of the main jury to determine “Best Fiction”, “Best Documentary” and “Best Animated” films in the "International" category of the 10th International Silk Road Film Festival, organized by the Cinema and Television Authors' Association (SETEM) with the support of the General Directorate of Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, between 10-13 December 2022.

Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz was the guest of the program "Film Room" broadcasted on TRT Radio1. Assoc. Prof. Taş Öz, shared their commentary on the the movie Drive My Car, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, which received many significant awards , namely the Cannes Film Festival "Best Screenplay", "Ecumenical Jury", "FIBRESCI" and "Best Foreign Language Film Oscar".

The head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz acted as a jury member in the “Documentary” category of the 4th International Erzincan Short Film Festival.

We congratulate Öykü Develioğlu, a student from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, for wining the first place with their scenario named “Breath of Ashes” in the International Dystopia Film Festival National Short Film Script Competition organized by the International Independent Cinema and Art Association and with the contributions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as well as, the support of BKM Kitchen, at The Istanbul AKM.

Within the scope of the "2nd International Diyarbakir Short Film Festival", the Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz had an interview with TRT Cinema Director Faruk Güven about the co-production platforms in the cinema sector in Türkiye and the films produced in this context.

Head of Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Taş Öz made her presentation with the title of “Challenging Dominant Narratives and Practices: Women's Voices in Contemporary Documentaries from Turkey” as a part of the Visible Evidence XVIII, one of the most important and well-established international conferences in the field of cinema, which was held at the University of Gdansk for the 28th time this year.

The documentary film project titled "Journey to Cilicia" of which the writing and directing has been undertaken by Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assist. Prof. Dr. Perihan Taş Öz, has been granted to receive documentary film production project monetary support with the decision of the Support Board of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cinema.  

Res. Assist. Buğra Mert ALKAYALAR from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at our university, got second place in the Happy Short Film Days Life in Pandemic Short Film Competition with his short film "Individual Reality", which he shot during the pandemic. We congratulate him and wish him prolonged success.

IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema was selected as a guest school to the 8th International Balkan Panorama Film Festival, which was held with cooperation of Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, had Istvan Szabo on advisory board, and included world-famous directors and screenwriters such as Milcho Manchevski.

The award ceremony of the 3rd SineKültür Intercollegiate Short Film Competition, organized by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema of the Faculty of Art and Design, was held on May 12, 2022, at the Sinematek Cinema House. The films chosen as the winners were watched by the jury members and the finalists at the ceremony where the awards in the "Documentary" and "Fictional Film" categories were given to honourees.