Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
İletişim Fakültesi, Radyo-TV, Sinema ve Gazetecilik Bölümü
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fonefilmfest.emu.edu.tr
Eastern Mediterranean University
Faculty of Communication & Media Studies Famagusta T.R. North Cyprus via Mersin
10, Turkey
Web: http://fonefilmfest.emu.edu.tr/index.php/tr
E-posta: fonefilmfest@emu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 (392) 630 2006
Fax: 0 (392) 630 2317
Review of the 1st International Fone Film Festival
Held by the Radio, TV, Film and Journalism Department from 2 - 4 May 2013, 1.
International Fone Film Festival (FFF) blew a fresh artistic atmosphere to the
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at the EMU. In the 3-day festival, 38
short films, ranging from 1 to 8 minutes, were screened in two categories,
“Mobile Democracy” International Competition and “Cut It Short” High School
Competition. On the first day of the festival, ten films that competed in the
“Cut It Short” category were screened. On the following day, the festival
welcomed the international competitors from more than ten countries.
The jury
There were 5 jury members in the “Mobile Democracy” international competition
category: Derviş Zaim, film director and senior instructor of the Faculty of
Communication and Media Studies (FCMS) at the EMU, fashion designer Abdullah
Öztoprak, filmmaker and media artist Andreas Treske, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mashoed
Bailie from the FCMS at the EMU, and Prof. Dr. Nilgün Abisel, who happened to be
the first woman professor in the field of film studies in Turkey. The jury of
the high school competition comprised of three members: film director Evren
Maner, photographer Kerim Belet, and audio-visual designer Şebnem Elings Aydeniz.
Award winners
In the “Mobile Democracy” international competition category the first prize of
2500 TL went to “Citizen Worm” by Iranian director Arman Arian. “Rape” by Saman
Hajighasem, Enver Güralp Güney and Ali Sherafat received the second prize of
1500 TL, and the 3rd prize of 1000 TL went to “Quick Response Love” by Sholeh
Zahraei and Kamil Saldun. The jury decided to give three special mentions to
“Children in Syria” by Hussein Alrajab; “Honey I’m Home” by Nahida Tannous; and
“Eternal Deprivation” by Ali Sherafat, Enver Güralp Güney and Saman Hajighasem.
In the High School competition category Çilem Nalbant received the 1st prize for
the film “Open Eyes to Die”; the 2nd prize went to “Asosyal” (Asocial) by Arınç
Arısoy and “Yaprakta Bir Su Tanesi” (A Drop of Water on a Leaf) directed by Suna
Kıllı won the 3rd prize.
Reflections on the festival
While the red carpet has been rolled up and the festival has finished, it still
remains a hot topic both among participants and organizers. There are still many
issues to be tackled, and many questions to be answered. Although it was a newly
established festival, FFF succeeded to attract quite large number of
participants; however, there is still a way to go to become a more influential
international film festival.
Now, it is time to reflect on the festival by asking questions on some of its
important aspects, from the organizational to the artistic criteria. That’s why
we decided to share some of these questions with the people who we hopefully
assumed to be able to provide the answers. In the following pages you are
offered to read interviews with the director of “Citizen Worm” Arman Arian, as
the winner of the first prize in the main category of “Mobile Democracy”. We
asked him to elaborate more on his experiences and his understanding of the FFF.
We also invite you to read an interview with the Chair of the Festival Committee
Dr Pembe Behçetoğulları. In order to get an idea about what constituted the most
important criteria for the jury, we conducted interviews with three jury members,
Andreas Treske, Derviş Zaim and Dr. Mashoed Bailie.
Elnaz Nasehi
Cyprus is a small community. People here are trying to keep the connection with
each other and to focus on social problems trying to solve them. For this reason,
the Eastern Mediterranean University opened a new center, which is called
Community Involvement Center. This center supports human rights, and especially
women’s rights. It also focuses on animals and tries to help them. The center
also deals with students’ problems and tries to solve them. In addition, they
are trying to keep the connection with the citizens of Cyprus and break the
barriers among people.
Dr. Anıl Kemal Kaya, the Vice Chair of the Public Relations and Advertising
Department of the Faculty of the Communication and Media Studies, is the
director of this center. She gave us information on the functions and activities
of this center. She said that they started to work last semester. Because it is
a new center, they don’t have an office yet, but temporarily they are using Dr.
Kaya’s office as the center’s office.
This semester the center organized about 40 social responsibility projects,
which focus on social problems. The priorities of the center are women, children,
disabled and the elderly. Dr. Kaya said that they are trying to help all
disadvantaged groups in the society. They also organize conferences and seminars
to raise the awareness in the society towards social problems.
Senior Instructor Umut Ayman from the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies,
Senior Instructor Barış Başel from the Faculty of Education, Dr. Nazenin Ruso
from the English Preparatory School constitute the steering committee of the
Center. In the committee, there are also two people from the private sector and
a student from the Student Council. The center also has an advisory committee of
30 members, all representatives of various institutions and non-governmental
organizations.
Dr. Anıl Kemal Kaya said that the most important reason for the Center’s
existence is to make people happy and to keep them connected with each other, to
help them and to focus on their problems with the aim of solving them. “We want
to give them the feeling that there are other people who are trying to make them
happy,” she said. Hussein Alrajab Making the community happy Arman Arian’s“Citizen
Worm” won the first prize.
In the 3-day festival, 38 short films competed in two categories: Mobile
Democracy and Cut It Short.
First International Short Film Festival in Faculty of Communication and Media
Studies in EMU fonefilmfest.emu.edu.tr
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Mert Yusuf Özlük
"FoneFilmFestival" uluslararası bir kısa film festivalidir. Bu yıl ikincisi
düzenlenecek olan "FoneFilmFestival", bugün dünyamızda gittikçe genişleyen ve
çeşitlenen film alanındaki amatör ve yarı-profesyonel, yaratıcı video ve film
yapımcılarını bir araya getirmeyi hedeflemektedir.
Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Radyo-TV ve Sinema Bölümü’nün bu yıl ikincisini
düzenleyeceği festivalde geçtiğimiz yıl olduğu gibi 2 yarışma kategorisi
bulunmaktadır. Yetişkin kategorisi/Ana kategori olan Beden Politikaları (Body
Politics) tüm amatör ve yarı-profesyonel video ve film yapımcılarına açıktır.
Gomma/Kanka Hikayeleri (Buddy Stories) ise tüm lise öğrencilerine açık olan 2.
Yarışma kategorisidir. Kategoriler ile ilgili detaylı bilgiyi ve katılım
koşullarını öğrenmek için internet sitemizi ziyaret edebilirsiniz.
The Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Radio-TV-Film and Journalism
proudly presents the 2014 "Second International FoneFilmFestival" at Eastern
Mediterranean University in North Cyprus. The International FoneFilmFestival is
a competitive festival of short films.
Eastern Mediterranean University’s Department of Radio-TV and Film is organizing
the second FoneFilmFestival. There are two competition categories: the theme of
the first category, Body Politics. is open to all amateur and semi-professional
video and film makers. The theme of the second category, Buddy Stories, is open
to all high school students. Detailed information about categories and festival
regulations for participants can be found on our web site.
