Faculty Member, PhD
Ethem Özgüven
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,
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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