Talks & Podcasts
Conversations, interviews and recorded presentations on documentary cinema, video activism and the collective work of archives.
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Benim Sinemalarım · Episode 4 · 14 April 2025 · Turkish
Rebel Dykes
A conversation about Rebel Dykes (Harri Shanahan and Siân A. Williams, 2021), queer feminist histories, activist archives and the film’s punk aesthetics.
Dritte Klappe · 6 April 2022
Video Activism: From Images of Protest to Protesting Images
A conversation with Özlem Sarıyıldız about video activism, collective memory and audiovisual practice among practitioners from Turkey living in Germany.
Deutschlandfunk · Interview · German
Bursted Hopes: The Turkish Film Scene after the Election
An interview with Christian Berndt on Turkey’s election results and their possible impact on the country’s film scene.
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[not that] original · Episode 7 · October 2018
The Good Fight of a Video Activist
A conversation with Yas Sekkat about the work of video activists in Turkey.
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Recordings from the VIDEOACT audiovisual archive.
Curatorial introduction · Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin · 2023
Gezi — 10 Years After
A short introduction to the film screening series curated for the Gezi — 10 Years After programme.
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Panel and workshop · Moderator · 2022
Claiming History: Activism through Digital Video Archiving
With Özge Çelikaslan, Anna Baum, Jacob Geuder and Clancey Cornell. A discussion of activist archives, counter-histories and the collective work of keeping images accessible.
Radical Film Network Meeting, Berlin · Moderator · 26 August 2021
Gezi Park, Tahrir Square, Video Archives
A discussion with Özge Çelikaslan and Philip Rizk on bak.ma, 858.ma and the relationship between activist footage, public access and social struggles.
Visible Evidence Conference, Gdańsk · 10–14 August 2022
Experiences of Migration from Turkey to Germany
“The Female Guest Worker in Contemporary Documentaries,” presented as part of the panel “Claiming History through the Voices of Women: Documentary and Archival Practices by Women in Turkey.”
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Sinemasalı · Medyascope TV · 5 July 2017 · Turkish
Video Activism in Turkey
A conversation with İlknur Bilir about the evolution of video activism in Turkey.
The Power of Activist Video · ICI Berlin · May 2017
The Evolution of Video Activism in Turkey
A conference presentation on the development of video activism in Turkey.