2nd International Symposium on Women in Audiovisual Culture
Salt Galata
April 19, 2025 11.00
Sabiha Bozcalı in front of an easel working on a portrait of a woman
Salt Research, Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı Archive
Salt Research, Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı Archive
Auditorium
Salt is hosting the 2nd International Symposium on Women in Audiovisual Culture, organized by the Department of Cinema and Television and the Department of Public Relations and Advertising at Istanbul Okan University. Drawing on participants’ research and field experiences, the symposium aims to provide a platform for enriching critical perspectives on the representation of women in audiovisual culture.
The first panel will explore women’s role in preserving, transmitting, and reshaping cultural heritage, with a focus on the fields of cinema, museology, and archaeology. By questioning the gendered structure of cultural memory, this session will highlight women’s creative labor, narrative-building practices, and their formative impact on collective memory.
Following the screening of five short films directed by emerging women filmmakers, the second panel will focus on the practices of women students studying cinema and reflect on the evolving presence of the female subject in contemporary film. The directors will share insights into their production processes, discussing their storytelling approaches, the structural challenges they navigate, and the references that inform their work.
This free-admission program is open to everyone and will be held in Turkish and English. Click here for more information and registration.
PROGRAM
11.00-12.30 Panel: “Women’s Role in Bringing Cultural Heritage into Audiovisual Culture”*
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilek Maktal Canko (Ege University History of Art Department); Dr. Catalina Gaya Morla (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Department of Media, Communication and Culture); Merve Gedik (Architect, Project Manager at IMM Directorate of Cultural Heritage)
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. N. Hanzade Uralman
12.30-13.00 Break
13.00-14.30 Screening: Selections from Women Directors
In My Early Twenties, Yağmur Canpolat and Berna Oduncu, 2024, 12’
The Great Istanbul Depression, Zeynep Dilan Süren, 2020, 19’
Dank, Tuvana Simin Günay, 2024, 16’
Doesn’t Matter, Deniz Mıdık, 2024, 15’
Between Delicate and Violent, Şirin Bahar Demirel, 2023, 14’
14.30–15.00 Break
15.00-16.30 Panel: “Women Cinema Students: Constructing Gaze and Power”
Zeynep Dilan Süren (Director); Tuvana Simin Günay (Director); Deniz Mıdık (Director); Meryem Yavuz (Cinematographer, Vice President of the Cinematographers’ Association of Turkey)
Moderator: Dr. Bahar Kılıç Adilçe
*The first panel can also be attended online.
Salt is hosting the 2nd International Symposium on Women in Audiovisual Culture, organized by the Department of Cinema and Television and the Department of Public Relations and Advertising at Istanbul Okan University. Drawing on participants’ research and field experiences, the symposium aims to provide a platform for enriching critical perspectives on the representation of women in audiovisual culture.
The first panel will explore women’s role in preserving, transmitting, and reshaping cultural heritage, with a focus on the fields of cinema, museology, and archaeology. By questioning the gendered structure of cultural memory, this session will highlight women’s creative labor, narrative-building practices, and their formative impact on collective memory.
Following the screening of five short films directed by emerging women filmmakers, the second panel will focus on the practices of women students studying cinema and reflect on the evolving presence of the female subject in contemporary film. The directors will share insights into their production processes, discussing their storytelling approaches, the structural challenges they navigate, and the references that inform their work.
This free-admission program is open to everyone and will be held in Turkish and English. Click here for more information and registration.
PROGRAM
11.00-12.30 Panel: “Women’s Role in Bringing Cultural Heritage into Audiovisual Culture”*
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilek Maktal Canko (Ege University History of Art Department); Dr. Catalina Gaya Morla (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Department of Media, Communication and Culture); Merve Gedik (Architect, Project Manager at IMM Directorate of Cultural Heritage)
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. N. Hanzade Uralman
12.30-13.00 Break
13.00-14.30 Screening: Selections from Women Directors
In My Early Twenties, Yağmur Canpolat and Berna Oduncu, 2024, 12’
The Great Istanbul Depression, Zeynep Dilan Süren, 2020, 19’
Dank, Tuvana Simin Günay, 2024, 16’
Doesn’t Matter, Deniz Mıdık, 2024, 15’
Between Delicate and Violent, Şirin Bahar Demirel, 2023, 14’
14.30–15.00 Break
15.00-16.30 Panel: “Women Cinema Students: Constructing Gaze and Power”
Zeynep Dilan Süren (Director); Tuvana Simin Günay (Director); Deniz Mıdık (Director); Meryem Yavuz (Cinematographer, Vice President of the Cinematographers’ Association of Turkey)
Moderator: Dr. Bahar Kılıç Adilçe
*The first panel can also be attended online.
