Faculty Member, PhD

Ethem Özgüven

+90 212 311 7571

Santralistanbul / E1 215/A


Education

PHD: Communication, Marmara University

MFA: Film and TV, Marmara University

BA: Film and TV, Anatolian University

Courses

  • Audiovisual Communication Techniques
  • Kontra
  • C Lab
  • Documentary Workshop
  • Music Video
  • Experimental Film


Teaching Experience

İstanbul Bilgi University Communication Faculty (1999-)

Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty

Marmara University, Communication Faculty

Beykent University, Communication Faculty

Yıldız Technical University, Fine Arts Faculty

Europe Lefke University, Communication Faculty (Cyprus)

Other Work Experiences

Antalya Golden Orange International Short Film Festival, director, 1st international edition of the

festival, 1995-1996

Environmental Script and Production Awards, 1997-1999

FIMa – Association for Intercultural Media , 1992-2001

(Creation of Workshop Modules for Video and Intercultural Education, 250 students from24

countries)

Education modules for local Media makers – with special focus on women (2000 – 2005)

BIFED – Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, coordinator (2014-)

Articles

Belgesel Sinemaya Dair Yazılar I: Belgesel ve Televizyonda Belgesel, Yeni Film, No: 18, 2009, pp 61-66

Belgeselde Geçeklik ve Hakikat Tanımlama, Yeni Film, No: 19, 2010, pp 115-119

Belgesel Sinemaya Dair Yazılar III: İyi Film Yapmak ya da Hangi Filmi Yapmak, Yeni Film, No: 19, 2010

Belgesel Sinemaya Dair Yazılar IV: Festivaller ve Saptamalar, Yeni Film, No: 21, 2010, pp 71-76

Belgesel Sinemaya Dair Yazılar V: Reklâm, Yeni Belgesel Formatı, Yeni Film, No: 23, 2011

Belgesel Sinema Üzerine Yazılar VI: Kültürel Bellek, Yeni Film, No: 24, 2011

CSLS (Contra Small Local Slow) Against Adverts, together with Petra Holzer, Interactions: Studies in

Communication and Culture, Vol 5/3, 2014, pp 381

Web kontra

13 articles on Contra, https://kontraeng.wordpress.co...

Conferences:

“CSLS (Contra Small Local Slow) Against Adverts” together with Petra Holzer, ‘Transforming

Audiences, Transforming Societies’, Bahçeşehir University / COST, Istanbul , 2013

Keynote speaker at Cultural Studies Symposium, Karaelmas: Media and Culture, Zonguldak. 2009

Contra, at Meetings of the South: Virtual vehicles and spaces, Videobrasil, 2007,

http://site.videobrasil.org.br...

Documentary

The Right Food 40 min 2021

To Sing in Darkness 45 min 2024

The People of the Light’s Long Walk, 54 min, 2000, Mini dv

The Touch, 53 min, 2016, HD mixed

Commercial Break, 60 min, 2015, HD

Black, 30 min, 2014, HD

Sand, 41 min, 2011, DV cam

Dust, 36 min, 2010, DV cam

Silicosis, 49 min, 2009, DV cam

4857, 33 min, 2008, Mini dv

Ata, Serçe and House, 26 min, 2008, Mini dv

Mare Nostrum, 30 min, 2008, Mini dv

Alethea , 41 min, 2007, Mini dv

Tenedos, 10 min, 2005, Mini dv

No, 54 min, 1997, Betacam

Sipsi, 17 min, 1997, Betacam

Fethi Kayaalp, 17 min, 2005, Mini dv

TND, Mocumentary, 30 min, 2001, Mini dv

Life Jackets Are Not Under Your Seats, 54 min, 2000, Mini dv

Bad Seed 2017 40 min 2028

Aydın Teker Dans Sergisi, 14 min, 1999, Mini dv

The People of the Light, 60 min, 1998, Betacam

Aziz Nesin, 26 min, 1994, Betacam

Slave, 10 min, 1993, Betacam

Dalyan, 26 min, 1993, Betacam

Contra / Campaigns

Refugees

Workers Without Social Security

Sandblasted jeans / Silicosis

Mediterranean

Anti-smoking / Anti-drugs

Ida

Antipersonnel mines

Violence against women

Football and violence

Earthquake in Van

Experimental Videos / Video Art / Short films

Fellujah, Exp. Video, 5 min, 2005, Mini dv

Delirium, Exp. Video, 6 min, 2005, Mini dv

F, Exp. Video, 6 min, 2004, Mini dv

Little Lake, Exp. Video, 4 min, 2003, Mini dv

Erol Akyavaş, Exp. Video, 4 min, 2001, Mini dv

AMN, Exp. Video, 3 min, 2001, Mini dv

LIG, Exp. Video, 3 min, 2001, Mini dv

LID, Exp. Video, 3 min, 2001, Mini dv

İçbükey , Dance video, 6 min, 1999, Mini dv

Transformaction, Dance video, 14 min, 1999, Mini dv

LI-MO-NA-TA, Dance video, 16 min, 1998, Betacam

İvme, Dance video, 7 min, 1997, Betacam

Oromi, Dance video, 3 min, 1997, Betacam

Su-Toprak, Exp. Video, 3 min, 1996, Hi8

A, Exp. Video, 2 min, 1996, Hi8

Ece, Video Art, 4 min, 1993, Hi8

Ot, Short Film, 13 min, 1992, Hi8

Ot 3, Exp. Video, 4 min, 1991, VHS

Ot 1, Exp. Video, 5 min, 1990, V8

İvme, Short film, 23 min, 1984, Umatic

Areas of Interest

  • Ecology
  • Cinema
  • Documentary
  • Human Rights


Rewards and Achievements

Festival of Nations, Silver Bear, Austria, for “Ot”

Interforum Film Festivals, Second Prize for Video Art, Germany, “Oromi”

Henry Ford European Conservation Awards - Jury Special Award

Cine 5 Jury Special Award, "Oromi"

Retina International Documentary and Short Film Festival 3rd Award, Hungary, "The People of the

Light"

Marmara University National Documentary Festival, Jury Special Award, "The People of the Light"

Bodrum International Environmental Film Festival, Jury Special Award, Documentary, "No"

Ankara International Film Festival, Jury Special Award, Documentary, "Aziz Nesin"

Ankara International Film Festival, Jury Award, Video Art, "ece"

IFSAK Film, Best Documentary, "Aziz Nesin"

IFSAK Film Festival, Best Video Art, "ece"

IFSAK Film, Video Art Jury Special Award, "a"

Ciné Med, Montpellier, France "Art School Student’s Award", "little lake"

Environmental Film Festival Istanbul, 2nd Award for documentary, “Alethea”

Bodrum International Film Festival, Environment Special Award, “kontra”

Nürnberg Interforum, Mahmut Tali Öngören Human Rights Award, Germany, “4857”

TRT International Documentary Film Festival, National Section 3rd Award, “Silicosis”

Istanbul Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Best Documentary, “4857”

Kadiköy Municipality and Lions Club Violence Against Children Film Competition, Best Film, “F1c”

Mersin Chamber of Shipping Sea Short Film Competition,

Festival Paticipations

Split International Video Art Festival, Croatia

Mediaterra International Electronic Art Festival, Greece

Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Germany

Bucharest Dakino Film Festival, Romania

Mediterranean Biennial de Aubagne, France

FICA, International Environmental Film and Video Festival, Goias, Brazil

Elche International Experimental and Dance Film Festival, Spain

Mediawave International Short Film Festival, Hungary

One World, Czech Republic

International Short Film Festival Mons, Belgium

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany

Backup International New Media in Film Festival, Germany

Videoformes, Clermont Ferrand, France

Exground, Germany

Cinemambiente, Turin, Italy

Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Malesacorto, Italy

International Short & Independent Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Videoex International Video Festival, Switzerland

Astra Film Festival, Romania

Montevideo International Film Festival, Uruguay

New European Cinema, Poland

Planet in Focus, Canada

Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Mediterranean Short Film Competition,Turkey

Imaginario International Independent Film Festival, Italy

Invideo Milano, Italy

Festival de Cinema Bogota, Colombia

Karafilm Festival, Karachi, Pakistan

Cine Pobre, Cuba

Next Festival, Lithonia

Ecofilms, Rhodes International Films and Visual Arts Festival, Greece

Cinema Verité International Documentary Film Festival, Tehran, Iran

Videobrasil, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Turkish Film Festival, Boston, USA

Independent Short Film Festival, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Non-competitive Festival and Screening Paticipations

International Video Festival, Bochum, Germany

Documentarist, Turkey

International Labor Film Festival, Turkey

Laborfest, San Francisco, USA

Lucania Film Festival, Italy

Avicon Asia Video Art Conference, Tokyo, Japan

Aluminum, Azerbaijan

Transchina International Video Art Festival, China

Thessaloniki International Dance Film Festival, Greece

Samos Mediterranean Documentary Festival, Greece

SEFORMA, Seoul Forum for Media Art, Korea

New York Turkish Film Days, USA

Rio Cinema London Film Festival, UK

Tiflis Art Meeting, Georgia

Signes de Nuit, Paris, France

IMZ Dance Screen, Brighton, UK

International Black Cinema, Berlin, Germany

Special Screenings / International Collections

Videobrasil, “FF dossier”, editor: Eduardo de Jesus,

http://site.videobrasil.org.br...

Human Frames, Lowave, Curator: Silke Schmickl, Paris/Singapore,

http://www.lowave.com/en/proje...

Conditioned, a programme of video art from Turkey, Curator: Silke Schmickl, Paris/Singapore,

http://www.lowave.com

Retrospectives

Retrospective screening, METU, Anakara, 2004

Retrospective, Kargaart, Istanbul, 2003

Retrospective, Bosporus International Film Festival, 2014

Installations

Nightmares, curator: Beral Madra, Goethe Institute Istanbul, 2000, (solo exhibition)

Istanbulart, CRR Art Fair, 2000, “little lake”

Selfportrait, curator Beral Madra, Borusan Art Gallery, 2003, “TND”

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Voices, 2003, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları (Sound installation)

The Thieving City, 2005, curator: Levent Çalıkoğlu, Aksanat. “Delirium”

Copy, 2003, Mentalklinik, http://www.mentalklinik.com/ex...

Game, 2004, Mentalklinik

Roll Magazine Exhibition at Istanbul Biennial, 2005

Lowave at ARTIST, 2010

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