Blog A short film route from Italy to Turkey with Giulia Iannello

In our conversation with Giulia Iannello, we explore the journey of Magma International Short Film Festival, the details of its collaboration with Akbank Short Film Festival, and much more.

Seminar Popular Culture and Contemporary Art in Turkey

Popular Culture is the 20th century’s a gift to the cultural world. It can be said that it started with the entertainment industry and then encompassed every corner of human and social life and processes.

35th Akbank Jazz Festival

The 35th Akbank Jazz Festival, which will be held between September 27th and October 12th, will bring the leading names of jazz to music lovers with impressive performances.

Seminar To Silence

24 June 2025 - In this artist talk, Başar Ünder will present selected works from their sound-based practice while exploring historical and conceptual frameworks that have shaped their approach.

Seminar Curating Live Art: Human and Process

16 June 2025 - This talk focuses on the concept of curating performance art and aims to examine the last 10 years of development of performance art in Turkey from a curatorial perspective.

Seminar How to Organize an International Festival, The amberFestival Experience

12 June 2025 - In this course, we will discuss how to organize an international festival in general terms and specifically through the experience of amberFestival, which held 9 editions between 2007 and 2015.

Seminar The Atlas Project: Excerpts from a Curatorial Research

15 May 2025 - BIn this seminar, Başak Şenova will talk about an ongoing curatorial research process and provide detailed explanations.

Seminar Curation: Intervention

24 April 2025 - In a post-form world, in a period when contemporary art is quite blocked within itself, should the curator be under the guidance of the artist or should he settle on a plan that will surpass him? The answer to the question lies in the questioning of the ‘curation of curating’ and the concept of intervention.

Seminar Fair Cultural Cooperation

27 March 2025 - This seminar will explore how dialogue and collaboration between civil society organizations working in the cultural and artistic fields and municipalities across Turkey can be fostered through joint projects.

Seminar A Tool for Reflecting on Society: Emotions

24 March 2025 - From the perspective of "sociology of emotions", we feel how unique "modern" people are and how similar they are to each other. From the encounters and vibrations of people and disciplines, we discover ways of looking at the world anew and our responsibilities.

Conversation Short to Feature - Vuslat Saraçoğlu

22 March 2025 - Vuslat Saraçoğlu will share her experiences about her cinematic journey with screenings of her first feature film Debt, which won the Best Film award at the 37th International Istanbul Film Festival, and her short documentary Children of Müslüm Baba.

Workshop Scriptwriting Workshop - Erdi Işık

22 Mart 2025 - In the workshop for Akbank Short Film Forum, Erdi Işık will discuss both his experiences in the industry and what is expected from a script.