Şirin Fulya Erensoy is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellow at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Her project is called VIDEOACT: The use of video as an activist tool of representation for Turkish practitioners living in Germany. The project will last from September 2021 to August 2023, under the supervision of Professor Jens Eder.
Her previous academic work also concentrates on video activism as an alternative media practice, censorship in documentary film practice in Turkey and gender in genre cinema. Şirin was the host of Medyascope TV’s English news bulletin This Week in Turkey from 2019-2021 and worked as a lecturer at various institutions in Istanbul. She also has practical work experience in documentary film production.
Şirin has lived, studied and worked in various different countries in the world including Canada, Belgium, Turkey and Germany and speaks Turkish, English French and Italian.

Chromatic Wednesdays, S3E6: Of Memories and Dreams Theme: Resistance

May 19, 2023

Images from the Q&A session following screenings of «A Letter from Raqqa» (2020, Arash Asadi) and «The Other Side of the River» (2021, Antonia Kilian).  In the Kurdish struggle for freedom, resistance

Cinema of Commoning Blog Post: Tactics for a Transnational Archive

Mar 21, 2023

For the latest of #CinemaofCommoning blog post, writer and curator Rachel Pronger reflects on TACTICS FOR A TRANSNATIONAL ARCHIVE, a weekend of workshops exploring transnational archiving and creative practice that

Workshop KIRAATHANE: Tactics for a Transnational Archive | SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA

Jan 28, 2023

In January 2023, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA, the cinema project by bi’bak, re-opens its doors at a newly renovated space in Berlin-Wedding. A physical hub that brings together film and video culture,

Chromatic Wednesdays, Season 2, Episode 18: Anatolian Leopard

Nov 09, 2022

On 9 November 2022, the screening of the film Anatolian Leopard took place at Apartment Project in the context of the Chromatic Wednesdays event series (funded by the Berlin Senate Department

Screening: “Curling Eyelashes: Feminisms of the Everyday”

Sep 02, 2022

My colleague and friend Julia Lazarus and I have curated a special selection of short films and TikTok videos on everyday feminisms for the second edition of Hive International Short

NECS 2022 Conference Schedule Announced!

Jun 16, 2022

The schedule for the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies has been announced. Set to take place 22-26 June 2022 in Bucharest, Romania, this year’s conference title is  “Epistemic Media:

New Publication Out!

Jun 16, 2022

Les écrans turcophones, edited by Kristian Feigelson and Mehmet Öztürk is out and can be purchased via the publishing house Presses Universitaires du Septentrion’s website:  https://www.septentrion.com/FR/livre/?GCOI=27574100911660 The book is a comprehensive overview,

New Creative Praxis Conference Schedule Announced

Apr 27, 2022

The program for the online conference New Creative Praxis in Film and Television: Hybrid Futures of Gender Equality has been announced. The conference will be held on May 6-7, 2022,

Chromatic Wednesdays, Season 2, Episode 3: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Apr 27, 2022

In the new edition of Chromatic Wednesdays, held in cooperation with «Twister», an exhibition project at the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst  nGbK, 26 February – 30 April 2022) ,

Podcast on Video Activism

Apr 07, 2022

How does video activism challenge dominant power structures?   The latest episode of the podcast Dritte Klappe looks at the use of video as an activist tool by practitioners from

Women’s Voices Now Film Festival announces Jury Members!

Feb 08, 2022

Şirin will be a member of the feature-length documentary competition jury at the Women’s Voices Now Film Festival, to be held in March 2022. The Women’s Voices Now Film Festival, which

Activating Attention Conference Schedule Announced!

Jan 06, 2022

The schedule for the Activating Attention – Political Videos on Social Media International Online Conference to be held 20-21 January 2022 has been announced!   For more information on the conference,

Save the Date! International Online Conference: Activating Attention – Political Videos on Social Media / January 20 & 21, 2022

Dec 19, 2021

Speakers: Tina Askanius, Marcus Bösch, Yves Citton, Tom Divon, Şirin Erensoy, Aslı Kotaman, Sandra Ristovska, Sophija Savtchouk, Kerstin Schankweiler, Josepha Wessels, and others. Organized by the research project “Attention Strategies

Call for Papers for the online conference New Creative Praxis in Film and Television: Hybrid Futures of Gender Equality / May 6-7, 2022.

Dec 19, 2021

Keynote speakers will be award-winning filmmakers, scholars, and educators C.A. Griffith (Arizona State University) & Karen Pearlman (Macquarie University). Deadline for submission is March 1, 2022. More here: https://ftvconference.bilgi.edu.tr/en/creativepraxis/   

Research News: Two Fellows from Turkey at the Film University (in German).

Dec 19, 2021

Research News: Two Fellows from Turkey at the Film University (in German). https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/en/university/aktuelles/news/articel/detail/zwei-fellows-aus-der-tuerkei-an-der-filmuni