14th Akbank Short Film Festival

14th Akbank Short Film Festival

Akbank Short Film Festival was held for the first time in 2004. It has developed further over the years into one of the leading arts and culture events in Istanbul with an increasingly diverse programme. The festival aims to encourage short film production, to deliver the films to audiences, to support new filmmakers, to champion short film internationally, to provide a debate platform for short film within a festival culture and to establish a festival for cinema-lovers to enjoy.

 In addition to the national and international short film competitions, the festival includes various workshops, interviews and master classes and thus acts as an experience-sharing platform between cinema professionals and festivalgoers. Akbank Short Festival, which takes place in Akbank Sanat every year for ten days, is free of charge for all the events. The festival is composed of “Festival Shorts,” “World Shorts,” “Short to Feature,” “Experiences,” “Documentary Film,” “Perspective,” “Special Screening” and “Forum” sections. Films that have competed at world’s leading film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice are presented to audiences every year. The “Forum” section, which was opened for the first time in 2017, aims to support short films from the scriptwriting stage, organizes trainings for project development and a short film screenplay contest for production support.

So far the festival has featured valuable artists such as Abbas Kiarostami, Reha Erdem, Jessica Woodworth, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Jafar Panahi, Ahmet Uluçay, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Coşkun Aral, Barış Pirhasan with master classes and film screenings.

Every year, with "Akbank Short Film Festival in Universities" event, the festival reaches various cities of Turkey other than Istanbul. The award winning films are screened to the students of universities in Turkey.

14th Akbank Short Film Festival

19 March - 29 March 2018

Akbank Sanat

14th Akbank Short Film Festival Selection

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18 MAR MON
1

18:00

Seminar Politics, Contemporary Art and Curation

Online Platform – Zoom

19 MAR TUE
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20 MAR WED
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21 MAR THU
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22 MAR FRI
1

18:30

Seminar Identity Impasse: A Phenomenological Approach to the Problem of Identity

Akbank Sanat

23 MAR SAT
4

11:30

Kid What Am I Going To Be?

Akbank Sanat

12:00

Kid The Istanbul I See (Ages 7 to 12)

Akbank Sanat

14:00

Kid Paper Sculptures: Henri Matisse (Ages 7 to 12)

Akbank Sanat

15:00

Workshop Within Us

Akbank Sanat

24 MAR SUN
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25 MAR MON
4

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( A )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( B )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( A )

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Seminar An Alternative View on Art, Children and Creativity

Online Platform – Zoom

26 MAR TUE
7

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( C )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( A )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Experiences (A)

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation Experiences - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Seminar An Alternative View on Art, Children and Creativity

Online Platform – Zoom

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( B )

Akbank Sanat

27 MAR WED
9

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( D )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Word Shorts ( B )

Akbank Sanat

14:00

Workshop Color Correction and Post Production Workshop

Akbank Sanat

14:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Workshop

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Documentary Cinema (A)

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation Belgesel Sinema - Sarah Francis

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Seminar An Alternative View on Art, Children and Creativity

Online Platform – Zoom

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( C )

Akbank Sanat

28 MAR THU
9

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( E )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( F )

Akbank Sanat

14:00

Workshop Scriptwriting Workshop - Deniz Akçay

Akbank Sanat

14:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Workshop

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( C )

Akbank Sanat

17:00

Conversation Crowdfunding in Film Production

Akbank Sanat

17:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Seminar An Alternative View on Art, Children and Creativity

Online Platform – Zoom

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Short to Feature ( A )

Akbank Sanat

29 MAR FRI
6

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( G )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Special Screening ( A )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( D )

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation Gökçe Bahadır - On Acting

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( D )

Akbank Sanat

30 MAR SAT
8

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Young Talents ( A )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Special Screening ( B )

Akbank Sanat

14:30

Workshop Accessibility in Cinema Workshop

Akbank Sanat

14:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Workshop

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( E )

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation Kısadan Uzuna - Ozan Açıktan

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Word Shorts ( E )

Akbank Sanat

31 MAR SUN
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01 APR MON
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11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( A )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( A )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( B )

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Word Shorts ( B )

Akbank Sanat

18:00

Seminar Projects on Republic & Art

Online Platform – Zoom

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( C )

Akbank Sanat

02 APR TUE
6

11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( D )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( C )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Festival Shorts ( E )

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation On Writing, Directing and Acting - Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

World Shorts ( D )

Akbank Sanat

03 APR WED
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11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Word Shorts ( E )

Akbank Sanat

13:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( H )

Akbank Sanat

15:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Special Screening ( C )

Akbank Sanat

17:30

Conversation On Directing with Ali Asgari

Akbank Sanat

17:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Talk

Akbank Sanat

20:30

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( I )

Akbank Sanat

04 APR THU
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11:00

20th Akbank Short Film Festival

Perspective ( J )

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