Blog 80 years of Blue Note: Foundation and hard bop years

Blue Note’s initial vision was to release traditional jazz and swing recordings, it didn't take long for the focus to shift towards modern jazz.

Short Film The Tough

A discovery arouses a man's imagination and propels him forward in an uncouth and obsessive way.

Film Blue and No So Pink - Azul y No Tan Rosa

The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess.

Announces Competition Lineup

14th Akbank Short Film Festival: The Best Shorts Announced

Blog A Farewell to David Sinclair

One of the most important names of jazz photography, David Sinclair, has passed away on 25 March 2019, in his home at Melksham, Wiltshire at 84 years of age.

Contemporary Art Workshop Why Are We Taking These Photos? "Anatomy of a book"

An open and vertical reading study shaped around the concepts and the photographs mentioned in photographer Halûk Çobanoğlu’s book “Why are we taking these photos?”.

Blog Latin American Breeze in This Year's Special Screening

Akbank Short Film Festival’s special screenings section will host Latin American films this year. Here

Dance Performance Vorteks

Who knows where the time goes by? I do not know...

Dance Performance disLOKASYON

The journey of a quartet of four dancers and a moment chorus of eight performers to uncanny times and places.

Blog Diving Into The Digital Archives of The Louis Armstrong House

Opening its doors in 1994, in the house once occupied by legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille Wilson, the Louis Armstrong House museum is now accessible to jazz lovers all over the world.

Film Views From Ottoman Empire 1 Albert Samama Chickly

Albert Samama Chikly, one of the early filmmakers and a Tunisian photographer, was truly a versatile artist.