With the support of the Ministry of Culture, in partnership with the Documentary Filmmakers Association and Üsküdar Üniversitesi Faculty of Communication, Radio-TV and Cinema Department, the 'Anatolian Universities Documentary Film Projects Presentation (Pitching) Event' was organized. The submitted projects were evaluated by the jury and gained the right to receive project consultancy from the Documentary Filmmakers Association for a period of 6 months.
The event held at Üsküdar Üniversitesi South Campus Fuat Sezgin Conference Hall attracted great interest.
The opening speech of the event was delivered by Yasin Ali Türkeri, President of the Documentary Filmmakers Association.
Jury members from leading organizations in the sector evaluated the projects…
Held within the scope of the 'Documentary Cinema Workshops Istanbul Meeting' and organized for 7 projects from different universities that made it to the finals, the projects were evaluated together with jury members from the Documentary Filmmakers Association, TRT, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Culture and Social Affairs, Üsküdar Üniversitesi, Maltepe University, and various other platforms.
3 projects gained the right to receive consultancy
Mehtap Özdemirler from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University with her project named 'Köksüz', Rojda Ezgi Oral from Mardin Artuklu University with her project named 'Buka Barane', and Ayşenur Erek from Mersin University with her project named 'Zamanın Gençleri' were found successful by the jury.
These projects gained the right to receive project consultancy from the Documentary Filmmakers Association for a period of 6 months.
The project evaluation committee included Ahmet Hızarcı, Owner of Atlas Post Production; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan Aytekin, Head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department at Maltepe University; Aslı Ertürk from IMM Directorate of Culture and Social Affairs; Director-Producer and DFA Board Member Sevinç Yeşiltaş; Nilay Bilgen, Program Manager of TRT Documentary Channel; Dr. Lect. Hale Yaylalı from Üsküdar Üniversitesi Faculty of Communication, Radio Television and Cinema Department; and TRT director and DFA Board Member Özge Akkoyunlu.
7 projects from different universities in Anatolia…
At the organized presentation event, 7 projects from different universities were evaluated. These were; Turan Eren Türkmen from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University with his project 'Journey to the Monument', Rojda Ezgi Oral from Mardin Artuklu University with her project 'Buka Barane', Mehtap Özdemirler from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University with her project 'Köksüz', Arzu Görgülü from Mersin University with her project 'Proust's Madeleine', Bilge Tığlı from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University with her project 'Death and Child', Ömer Kutay Seyrek from Mersin University with his project 'Cyber Alter Ego', and Ayşenur Erek from Mersin University with her project 'Youth of Time'.
The event concluded with a group photo session after the presentations.