Long, Thin Road: Festivals and Distribution
This panel focused on festival strategy, distribution models in Türkiye, and the foundations and journey of festival and distribution strategies that need to be laid in the preparation phase as a producer.

Speakers: Kerem Ayan (Director, Istanbul Film Festival), Emre Akpınar (Distributor), Emine Yıldırım (Producer)

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Announce Your Film: Promotion, Social Media, and Crowdfunding
This panel addressed the importance of considering film marketing techniques from the early stages, the applicability of these techniques for the later phases of the project, and the contributions of social media and crowdfunding to marketing.

Speakers: İmre Tezel (Marketing Consultant / PAZ Film Agency), Nihan Katipoğlu (Social Media Consultant / Medyagaga), Seda Kürkçüoğlu (Crowdfunding Project Coordinator / Fongogo)

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What Can We Learn from Fiction: Aesthetics and Narrative Tools in Documentary Film Production
An experienced director gave examples of how fictional elements can be used in documentary filmmaking, discussing how the language of documentary can be enriched.

Speaker: Carlog Hagerman

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Virtual Reality (VR) and Immersive Storytelling Experience

The inclusion of virtual reality techniques commonly used in game production into the filmmaking process and their impact on audience interaction was discussed. In the second part of the cinema class, participants had the opportunity to experience Virtual Reality in various content formats through a workshop.

Speakers: Arne Ludwig (HEADTRIP), Benedict Moran (Documentary Filmmaker), Alper Özyurtlu (Timelooper), Turhan Yiğitbaşı (Gamester)
Moderator: Müge Özen (AC Film)

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Film Independent and Global Media Makers
Experienced speakers shared insights about the Film Independent platform and the processes of independent filmmaking through this platform. Additionally, the applications of the Global Media Makers network in Türkiye and other countries were discussed.

Speakers: Maria Raquel Bozzi (Film Independent), Karin Chien (dGenerate Films), Kelly Thomas (Extraordinary Renditions)
Moderator: Evrim Kaya

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Looking at Genre Cinema
This session discussed the place and transformation of genre films in the history of cinema, the impact of genre on the audience, and how new technologies have pushed filmmaking to new heights.

Speakers: Assistant Professor Kaya Özkaracalar (Moderator), Jan Doense (House of NetherHorror), Özgür Uyanık (Director), Müge Büyüktalaş (MO Film)

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Women Making Films
The issue of gender equality is impacting various fields today. In this cinema class, the roles of women in the film industries of Sweden, France, and the USA were discussed, along with the efforts of institutions in these countries to maintain gender equality.

Speakers: Aslı Özge (Director), Mollye Asher (Producer), Alessia Sonaglioni (Eurimages)

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Creative Producing: Creative Process Through the Eyes of a Producer
The discussion focused on how the development and financing methods a film employs, from the preparation stage to reaching the audience, can propel a film forward.

Speaker: Gavin Humphries (Quark Films)