Conversation Film Criticism in Turkey

Burak Göral, Selin Gürel and Melikşah Altuntaş will share their valuable views in the field of film criticism with the festival followers.

Seminar The Birth Of the Language Of Criticism, Its Limits and Dilemmas

12 January 2026 - This seminar will focus on the origins of art criticism, the sources from which it emerges, the language it employs, what it seeks to achieve, and the possible limits of its scope.

Conversation Where Does Editing Stand on the Line?

1 November 2025 - We talk with Ayris Alptekin, who has worked as an editor for many years, about the dynamics of this creative process, her experiences within production workflows, and the changing conditions of the profession.

Exhibition Intensions 4

In collaboration by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat, we have successfully completed yet another "Curating Contemporary Art an" Seminar Program. As we set sail for the fifth edition, we take great honor and joy in announcing that our alumni network has now reached sixty graduates. 

Short Film Sheep

Seminar Narrating with Light

13 February 2025 - The applied seminar to be organized aims to develop experimental processes for displaying randomly selected objects under different lighting conditions.

Conversation Bullying

18 December 2024 - In this talk, we will combine the creative power of art with the deep analyzes of psychology and track the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that carry the traces of the past to the future through the theme of "bullying".

Program New German Cinema

Seminar Institute as an Art and Design Practice

11 June 2024 - In this seminar, academicians and artists Cansu Cürgen and Avşar Gürpınar will talk about the research and production practices of the Ambiguous Standards Institute [MSE], which they have founded.

Seminar 1 Wall 10 Objects 100 Narrations

10 May 2024 - The relationship between the exhibition object and the exhibition space is a subject of research and practice in the field of musicography. If the wall is seen as an immutable museum element, placing the object to be exhibited on, next to, alongside or despite a wall will require a creative design process.

Short Film The Cop Within

Seminar The Pathology of Community

14 December 2023