Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

The book titled "Yıkıcı Film/Medya Estetiğinde Anahtar Sözcükler", prepared for publication by Lecturer Dr. Selda Salman, one of our Department of Radio, Television and Cinema academicians, focuses on the power of the media to transform social life, especially cinema and traces the intersections of new film/media production forms, art and politics. The book is a precious source for ones who are interested in cinema, aesthetics and politics.

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Lecturer Dr. Selda Salman, one of our academics from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, took part as a speaker in the conversation titled “Kant and Art” held on September 24, 2021 in cooperation with the Turkish Kant Society and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Gazhane Museum. University students from different fields showed great interest in the event, which deals with art and philosophy together.

Radio, Television and Cinema Department graduate candidates of the 2020-2021 academic year made the final presentations of their Graduation Projectson Thursday, June 10, 2021, through the CATS Virtual Classroom application. In the presentations held with the participation of the Graduation Projects jury and graduate candidates, fictional and documentary films, feature film scripts and film theory studies prepared by the students all year were evaluated. 
 

Batuhan Çelik who is one of our 2nd year students in the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema has won the "Best-Case Scenario" and "Best Actress" awards in the "Esaretten Cesarete Kısa Film Yarışması" with his film titled “Mualla”. Our student also placed second in the "Best Film" category.

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The Documentary Cinema Book, to which the academics of the Radio, Television and Cinema Department contributed with its preparation for publication and its translations, has been published. The Documentary Cinema Book that Brian Winston was the editor, is the most comprehensive quality documentary cinema books have been published so far in Turkey because of the topics it deals with and its content.

Istanbul Kültür University Cinema Club met with Cenk Ertürk, the director of the movie "Nuh Tepesi'' and its producer Alp Ertürk on Tuesday, April 20th. Haluk Bilginer and Ali Atay are the leading roles of the movie, which has recently been available on Netflix.

Music video shot by Res. Assist. Berkay Şatır, from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, for Italian musician Sunbernardo's new song has released. Music video of the song called Chiaramente shot in Istanbul during the pandemic and it's already selected by many festivals such as Lift-Off Global Network and Standalone Film Festival. 

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Research Assistant from Radio, Television and Cinema Department Okan Şeker's experimental film “The Knowledge”, shot in 2016, has been included in Animation Nights New York's 2021 screening calendar.
 

The work of our academician from the Faculty of Art and Design Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assist. Prof. Bilgehan Ece Şakrak titled “Reflection of the COVID-19 Pandemic Process in the Context of Digitalization on Film Festivals: 39th Istanbul Film Festival” took place in the book titled “The Effects of Digital World and Technological Developments on Social Sciences” published by Nobel Publications, which is an international publishing house.

Department of Radio, Television and Cinema as representing Istanbul Kültür University, which is first member from Turkey to CILECT - the world’s only official film school association, has participated to first online general assembly of CILECT due to COVID-19 pandemic.