FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of Cinema and Digital Media
Visiting Scholars and Professionals
Atıf AKIN
He is a lecturer at Rutgers University Mason School of Arts, Design Studies, New Jersey. He is a media artist and curator. He graduated from ODTU Chemical Engineering and got his masters degree from ODTU Industrial Design. Recently he worked at Bilgi University and Kadir Has University in Istanbul.
Aylin Zoi TINEL
Film editor Aylin Zoi Tinel has edited a variety of notable feature films, documentaries and art installations. Right now she continues her work at 'Civil Editors', an editors collective which she and her editor friends founded in 2012.
Andreas TRESKE
Assistant Professor at Bilkent University, Chair Department of Communication and Design. He is a media artist, filmmaker and editor. He worked at Izmir University of Economics, Cinema and Digital Media department for three years. In 2008 picture editor of of the feature lenght documentary 'Mustafa' by Can Dündar.
Ceylan ÖZÇELİK
Turkish director and screenwriter. Her feature film debut Inflame, a thriller about memory and mass media, has made its world premiere at the 67th Berlinale Panaroma and won Luna Gamechanger Award at South by Southwest where the film had its North American premiere.
Deirdre BOYLE
Associate Professor at The New School, School of Media Studies. She is a media historian, critic and curator. Her research and teaching focuses on the history and theory of documentary film and video, critical writing about film and media, the death-denial in a death-centric, mediated world, the trauma, collective memory, history, media consumption and the body.
Dirk SCHAFER
He has been trained as a film editor in Munich. He studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and attended Andrzej Wajda Film School in Warsaw. His film have been shown at international film festivals like Berlin, San Sebastian, New York, Sidney and Leipzig.
Meryem YAVUZ
Turkish director and director of photography. Her first feature as a cinematographer Two Lines(2008) made its world premiere at 65th Venice Film Festival's International Critics' Week section, Seaburners(2014) and Dust Cloth(2016) made their international premiere at Berlin Film Festival's Forum section. Tuesday(2015) competed at 68th Cannes Film Festival.
Stephan VORBRUGG
He's been giving lectures at Munich Film School, Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and Akademie fur Fernsehen Munchen. He's been working as a cinematographer and he's a member of German Society of Cinematographers.
Yeşim USTAOĞLU
Turkish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Before she made her feature film debut The Trace(1994), she hade made several award-winning short films. She recieved international recognition for her next film Journey to the Sun(1998). Her fourth film Pandora's Box(2008), won the Best Film and Best Actress awards at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Atilla Salih YÜCER
Atilla Salih Yücer was born on February 12, 1978 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is an assistant director and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Wormwood (2017) and Joe (2013).
Judith ASTON
Judith Aston is a Senior Lecturer in Film-making and Creative Media at UWE Bristol, and a co-director of i-Docs – the web-hub and international symposium for discussion and debate on the rapidly evolving genre of interactive documentary. As a creative producer with an academic background in visual anthropology and interaction design, she first began working in this field with the BBC Interactive Television and Apple Computing over twenty years ago and has retained her involvement in this area ever since.
Martin CIHAK
Martin Čihák is a filmmaker, teacher and film theorist based in Prague. He graduated from Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and from FAMU’s Department of Editing in 1993. He got his Ph.D. from Charles University, Department of Film Studies in 2004. In his dissertation he analyzed the compositional techniques of the avant-garde film. His writings have appeared in Kino Ikon, Cinepur and Iluminace magazine. Currently he teaches at FAMU’s Department of Editing and organizes analogue hand-made film workshops.
Elif TAŞÇIOĞLU
Production Designer for İşe Yarar Bir Şey, Vavien and many other films.
Diloy GÜLÜN
She won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. She has produced many successful films such as Kelebekler, Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak, Asmalı Konak-Hayat and One Night in Istanbul.
Gökçen USTA
Film and tev series director. She was born March 31, 1984 in Istanbul. She graduated from Anadolu University, Department of Cinema and Television.
Fatih AYDOĞDU
Fatih Aydogdu was born in Vienna and a media artist living in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His work focuses on visual arts, design, sound art, and curatorialism, and focuses on concepts related to media aesthetics, immigration and identity politics, and linguistic issues. Aydogdu is Turkey's one of the first media artist who began working with digital media technology and his works are exhibited many times in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Ali Kemal ÇINAR
Ali Kemal Çınar was born in Diyarbakır. In 2013, he made his first film Kurtefîlm / Short, which was influenced by his short film experiences. In 2015, he won the Best Film and SİYAD Best Film Award at the 15th! F Istanbul Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the 28th Hamburg Kuir Film Festival. In 2017, with his third feature Gênco, he won the Best Film Award at the 28th Ankara International Film Festival. In 2018, he received the Jury Special Award at the 2018 National Competition with Di Navberê De / Arada and the FIPRESCI Award at the Duhok International Film Festival.
Emre YEKSAN
Born in 1981, Izmir. After obtaining his BA and MA in Film Studies from Mimar Sinan University and The University of Paris – La Sorbonne, he worked as a freelance producer in Paris and Istanbul. His debut feature film The Gulf premiered in Venice Critics' Week 2017. His second feature Yuva is one of the Biennale College-Cinema funded films of 2018. He is currently working on his short film Aziz that has long awaited to be completed.
Deniz TORTUM
Deniz Tortum (Istanbul, 1989) is a director and media artist. His films and new media work have been screened at numerous festivals including Venice Film Festival, SxSW, Sharjah Biennial, Sheffield,! F Istanbul, True / False and Dokufest. He worked as a research assistant at MIT OpenDocumentary Lab on virtual reality. He curated the new media sections of !F Istanbul and Camden film festivals. His work includes his first feature film ’Zayiat’; "Eylül 1955", a virtual reality project about the events of September 6-7, prepared with Çağrı Hakan Zaman and Nil Tuzcu; The documentary "Keşke BarışGelse" with Carmine Grimaldi; Selyatağı, a VR film inspired by the world of Emre Yeksan's "Yuva" and The road trip and music film "Anatolian Tour" which he co-directed with Can Eskinazi. He is currently working on his new film at Cerrahpaşa Hospital.
Gülengül ALTINTAŞ
Gülengül Altıntaşreceived her BA degree from the Department of Film and Television at Istanbul University in 2000. After her graduation she went to USA and completed the certificate program "Content Creation for Entertainment Media” at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2001. Upon her return to Istanbul she worked as an assistant director in various productions including commercial films, TV productions and movies. She attended scriptwriting workshops given by professors from New York Tisch School of the Arts and Hungarian Film Academy. She worked as a TA at the Film and Television Department of Istanbul Bilgi University and received her MA degree in 2006 from the same department with her dissertation on cyberculture and cinema. She shot several short films and received several awards. Currently she is teaching post-graduate scriptwriting courses in Kadir Has University Film and Drama MA Programme, working as a freelance script consultant and writing her PHD Thesis on Turkish Cinema in the field of oral history research.
NEWS |ALL NEWS
CDM's Collaboration with Dillard University
Students from the Cinema and Digital Media Department have been chosen to participate in a project sponsored by Breaking Bread Media and
Combined science fiction and drama
Toygun Çetin, a graduate of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, achieved great success with his short
"Jelly" is on BluTV
"Jelly", shot as a graduation project in 2021 by Cinema and Digital Media graduate Toygun Çetin, is on BluTV now.
'Turkish coffee' and 'fortune telling' became a documentary
'Turkish coffee', which has become one of the indispensable values of our culture, inherited from centuries ago, and 'coffee fortune-telling', which many
Department of Cinema and Digital Media Talks: "NFT: A New Artistic and Creative Economy Field"
Onur Erdurak talked about his experiences in the world of NFT and his artistic production. In the event, which was held online via
CDM Graduates Continue Their Academic Careers Abroad
Good news continue to come from our graduates. Muhammed Öncü, who graduated from Izmir University Economics (IUE), Faculty of Communication, Department of
3 awards in a row for 'Smyrna's Pit'
Begüm Aksoy, graduate of Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), received the special jury award at the
‘Cumartesi Gecesi’ premieres in 3 countries
The internet series ‘Cumartesi Gecesi’ (Saturday Night)’, scripted by Eylül Berivan Kızılırmak, who graduated from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of
Short Film Days at IUE
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will organize an online festival called "Short Film Days" for the first time this year, giving film
Proud moment for young filmmakers from Izmir
Çağıl Saydam and Begüm Aksoy, graduates of Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), collected awards at the
Our Student Cagil Saydam came in first place at the 27th International Adana Altın Koza Film Festival
Çağıl Saydam, who graduated from Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) this year, came in first place
She starred in her own production, came in first at ‘Altın Koza’ film festival
Çağıl Saydam, who graduated from Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) this year, came in first place
‘Izmir’ films specific to September 9th
Special events will be held on the 98th anniversary of September 9, the date when Izmir was liberated from the enemy occupation
Our student Ecem Çelik's short film receives international awards
Ecem Çelik, a senior at Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Faculty of Communication, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), received awards at
Talk: Emre Yeksan and Deniz Tortum
Filmmaker Emre Yeksan and Deniz Tortum were the guests of Cinema and Digital Media department on 2nd October, 2019.
Ali Matay participated in World Cities Biennial
Ali Matay, Visual Designer, Lecturer at Faculty of Communication Cinema and Digital Media, Stefano Pugliese, Architect, Lecturer at Faculty of Fine Arts
Artist’s Talk: Fatih Aydoğdu: Polymetric Interferences
Fatih Aydogdu was born in Turkey, lives and works in Vienna and Istanbul. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts in İstanbul
EPI.LOG: CDM department end of year exhibition
EPI.LOG 2019, the annual End of Year Exhibition by the Department of Cinema and Digital Media (CDM) will take place from May
Cinema and Digital Media department members were at Istanbul Bilgi University
Derya Özkan and Deborah Hardt presented their research at the “Female Agency and Subjectivity in Film and Television” conference organized by the
Cinema and Digital Media department hosted Elif Taşçıoğlu
Elif Taşçıoğlu, Production Designer of Vavien, İşe Yarar Bir Şey, and many other internationally awarded films, was a guest speaker at the
Communication Festival: Cinema and Media Days
Izmir University of Economics Cinema and Media Club's "Communication Festival" which will be organized in cooperation with Ege Student Newspaper, begins on March
High school students met with communication world
Communication Workshop was very active and entertaining for high school students from Izmir. The Communication Workshop, organized by the Faculty of Communication
Aras Özgün at Borusan Contemporary Art and Technology Platform
On January 13, 2019, Aras Özgün, member of the Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Digital Media, gave a talk at the
Documentary film workshop with Syrian refugees
IEU Cinema and Digital Media professors Aras Özgün and Deborah Hardt acted as workshop leaders at the Documentary Film Workshop at Bilkent
Workshop on storyboarding on film with Martin Cihak from FAMU
Martin Čihák, Professor from FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts), led a workshop for Cinema and Digital
Cinema and Digital Media department hosted Diloy Gülün
Diloy Gülün, producer of Butterflies movie and many successful films such as Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak, Asmalı Konak- Hayat, One Night in İstanbul
Artist's talk: Gökçen Usta
Tv-series director Gökçen Usta will be visiting Cinema and Digital Media Department giving an artist’s talk titled ‘’Directing Tv Series in Turkey’’
Cinema and Digital Media department hosted assistant director and producer Atilla Salih Yücer
First assistant director and producer Atilla Yücer, who has worked with famous directors of Hollywood and world cinema, lately Lanthimos' "The Killing of a
Artist's Talk: Atilla Yücer
First assistant director and producer Atilla Yücer who has worked with famous directors of Hollywood and World Cinema lately the Lanthimos' "The Killing of
Ieu Cinema and Digital Media department was at Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival
IEU Cinema and Digital Media Department cooperated with Başka Sinema for the film festival which took place in Ayvalık from the 5th
CDM department head Derya Ozkan was at the Köyde Festival
CDM Department Head Derya Özkan was in Karaburun on July 28-29 to participate in Köyde Festival, supported by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality this
Artist's Talk: Judith Aston
Documentary theorist Judith Aston will be visiting the annual End of Year Exhibition by the Department of Cinema and Digital Media giving
Cinema and Digital Media student Onur Erdurak at the 71th Cannes Film Festival!
Onur Erdurak, student of Cinema and Digital Media at IEU, is currently attending the Cannes Film Festival. Stranded, the short film Erdurak
Epi.Log CDM Department End of Year Exhibition
EPI.LOG 2018, the annual End of Year Exhibition by the Department of Cinema and Digital Media (CDM) will take place from May
CDM Department Head Derya Ozkan was at the University of Aegean
Derya Özkan, the Head of the Department of Cinema and Digital Media, was in Mytilene, Lesvos, to teach as part of the
Artist's Talk: Tahsin İşbilen
Award winning documentary director Tahsin İşbilen will be visiting Cinema and Digital Media Deparment giving an artist’s talk at Cinema and Digital
Plaques for CDM Students!
CDM students Onur Erdurak, Canberk Günay, Murat Etyemez, Ali Galip Özkaya and Begüm Aksoy received their plaques from the IEU administration at the ceremony
Artist's Talk: Aylin Zoi Tinel
Award winning editor Aylin Zoi Tinel will be visiting Cinema and Digital Media Department giving an artist's talk at Cinema and Digital Media
Artist's Talk: Ali Ulvi Hünkar
Turkish actor and scriptwriter Ali Ulvi Hunkar will be visiting Cinema and Digital Media Department, giving an artist's talk at Cinema and
IEU Cinema and Digital Media Department at the Cannes Film Festival!
The 71st Cannes Film Festival, to take place in France from 14th to the 19th of May, 2018, will host the students
Queer Cinema- Queer Film Night
The Cinema and Media Club organized a queer movie marathon on Friday, December 9, 2017.
Movie Night with Faculty of Medicine
On Friday, the 24th of November, IEU Faculty of Communication Studios hosted a film screening organized by the Cinema and Media Club
IEU Cinema and Media Club hosted the International İzmir Short Film Festival
The Cinema and Media Club organized a screening of the finalist films of the 18th International İzmir Short Film Festival.
Department of Cinema and Digital Media Students’ Film was Finalist at the International Architecture and Urban Films Festival
Department of Cinema and Digital Media Students’ Film was Finalist at the International Architecture and Urban Films Festival The XI. Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival took
Nuit Blanche - Horror Film Night
The Cinema and Media Club organized a horror movie marathon on Friday, October 27, 2017.
Department of Cinema and Digital Media Students’ Films screened at CONTACT International Film Festival
CONTACT International Student Films Festival, organized for the fourth time in 2017, was held at Yaşar University in İzmir between October 2327. This year, Department of Cinema and Digital Media was the invited
Design and Art Schools Graduation Projects Exhibition
The works of two students from CDM were exhibited at UTAS Design and Art Schools Graduation Projects Exhibition: Simge Dabak’s video installation “Benim AdımNecdet / A Woman Named Necdet (2017)” video installation and Zelal Yılmaz’s “Koku Hafızası / Memory of
Epi.Log CDM Department End of Year Exhibition
Cinema and Digital Media End of Year Exhibition Opening, to take place at the Faculty of Communication Studios. Third Year Studio Final
Artist's Talk: Özge Samancı
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Our students' Film is Selected for Film Festivals Romania and Spain
Our students İlay Onar, İbrahim Katmerci, Aybüke Özdemir, Göksu Hacıbekirler and research assistant Hazal Bayar's film is selected for the competition in
Artist's Talk: Fabrice Aragno
Aragno is in Izmir as a guest of İKSEV for 30th International Izmir Festival. He will be visiting Cinema and Digital Media
Award from 7th Lions Short Film Competition
Our students İlay Onar, Göksu Hacıbekirler, Aybüke Özdemir, İbrahim Katmerci and our research assisstant Hazal Bayar's film The Orchid and The Wasp won
Ars Electronica Animation Screening
Ars Electronica Animation Film Festival will exhibit works of international animation artists between the dates 4th -7th of April, at Izmir University
Live Video Performance Workshop As Part of 23rd Izmir Europe Jazz Festival
As part of 23rd İzmir Europe Jazz Festival, a "Live Video Performance Workshop" by Cinema and Digital Media Department will be held on
Aras Özgün Exhibition SALT Galata
Cinema and Digital Media Department Lecturer Aras Özgün's work will be exhibited at SALT Galata between the dates December 23 - February
Our Student Türker Körük's Photo Will Be Exhibited in Young Photographers Awards Exhibition
Türker Körük's photo 'İçkin', that he shot in Basmane, will be exhibited in Young Photographers Awards Exhibition with the association of The
Student Projects Screening At Ege University Short Film Week
Five of our student projects are screened at Short Film Week which is organized by Ege University Community of Communication Studies between
Georg Zeller: Production and Project Developement Workshop
German producer Georg Zeller visits Cinema and Digital Media students for a production workshop between the dates 16th - 25th of November.
Dip by our student Serhan Çiner Will Be Screened at 16th International Izmir Short Film Festival
'Dip', written and directed by Serhan Çiner, will be screened at Türkan Saylan Art Center on 17th of November, at 15:00 within
Deleuze and Cinema V
Film Screening: Alphaville: Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution / Jean-Luc Godard 1965, b/w, 99' 4th of June 2015, Thursday, 18:00, Izmir University of Economics, Cinema
Atıf Akın: Visual Display of Data and Information
Cinema & Digital Media Department | Workshop Atıf Akın Visual Display of Data and Information The aim of this workshop is to introduce the basic
Stephan Vorbrugg: Cinematography Workshop
Munich Film School cinematography lecturar German cinematographer Stephan Vorbrugg, practiced a film-making workshop with Cinema and Digital Media department students.
Deirdre Boyle Colloquium | From Pyongyang to Palestine: Home Movies in Documentaries of Exile and Return
Our guest lecturer Associate Professor Deirdre Boyle from The New School will give a colloquium talk on "Home Movies" in documentary filmmaking,
Mert Firat and Ilksen Basarir Will Discuss Issues In Turkish Cinema at IEU
A panel discussion will be held on Current Issues in Turkish Cinema at 9th of March 2015 on 12:30.
The students of the two shores learn about each other’s cultures by shooting documentaries. Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, and Aegean University (Lesbos – Greece) Department of Cultural Techno
The students of the two shores learn about each other’s cultures by shooting documentaries. Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department
Documentary Making Summer School Begins
The Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics (Turkey) and the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of
Stephan Vorbrugg is visiting Communication Faculty
German cinematographer Stephan Vorbrugg practiced a short film-making workshop with MC and CDM students between the dates, May 16-20. Besides from the
Swedish Cinema Day
Swedish Cinema Day is holded in Izmir University of Economics. In event, organised by Cinema and Digital Media department, three films are
Prof. Dr. Robert Hackett is getting together with the Communication faculty and students at IEU.
A distinguished professor of media and communication studies at Simon Fraser University, Prof. Dr. Robert Hackett is visiting Izmir University of Economics
Prof. Dr. John Downing is teaching at IUE
The prominent and outstanding scholar of radical media, Prof. Dr. John Downing is going to teach a course about Alternative Media in
The Faculty of Communication is going to host famous literary scholar and author Dr. Mehmet Yaşın in November.
A renowned scholar of Turkish and Cyriot literature, Dr. Mehmer Yaşın, is going to attend a workshop class with IUE communication students
