2018 edition

About

Contact – International Student Film Festival is a short film festival organized by the joint collaboration of the Faculty of Communication and Faculty of Arts and Design at Yasar University (Izmir, Turkey).

In its first pilot edition of the festival in October 2014, we have been teaming up with some of the most prestigious film schools around the world (among others London Film School, FAMU, Korea University of the Arts, Zelig Film School) to present a non-competitive showcase of the current student film productions from Europe and beyond.

The 2nd and 3rd editions of Contact brought to Izmir the best films by the next generation of filmmakers, inaugurating a new international competition section. The guest film schools invited to Izmir were HFF Munich and LODZ Film School respectively. Other schools selections included Louis Lumiere (Paris, France), Erciyes University (Kayseri, Turkey) and Mimar Sinan FAU (Istanbul, Turkey).

Here at Contact we are interested in your stories and the way cinema can convey them: that’s why the main competition will accept a mix of fiction, documentary and animation films, without distinctions of genre.

The Festival Team

Teaser

Interviews

Prof. Luis Fonseca (ESTC Film School, Portugal)

Prof. André Almeida (ESTC Film School, Portugal)

Barış Çorak (Director, Turkey)

Oytun Örgül (Cinematographer, Turkey)

Atila Akkaş (SenEDIT, Turkey)

Kasım Ördek (Filmmaker, Turkey)

Daily Report

Opening ceremony trailer.

First day trailer.

Second day trailer.

Third day trailer.

Forth day trailer.

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Program

Monday 22 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 24 Thursday 25 Friday 26
10.00-11.15 COMPETITION
Films selection (A)
SEMINAR
Prof. Luis Fonseca
On the necessity of Film Schools.
MASTERCLASS
Prof. André Almeida
Shooting and Editing on a Digital Documentary Realm.
COMPETITION
Films selection (A)
SEMINAR
Barış Çorak
Directing Short Film
11.30-12.45 SEMINAR
Atila Akkaş
Scenario Software in the Industry
COMPETITION
Films selection (B)
SEMINAR
Engin Erden
Directing and Producing Commercials
14.00-15.15 COMPETITION
Films selection (B)
COMPETITION
Films selection (C)
SCREENING
Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema

(Lisbon, Portugal)
COMPETITION
Films selection (C)
SCREENING
Yasar University
(Izmir, Turkey)
15.30-16.30 SCREENING
Out of Competition
SEMINAR
Oytun Orgül
Directing Cinematography
COMPETITION
Films selection (D)
16:45-17:45 COMPETITION
Films selection (D)
18.00 OPENING CEREMONY*
19.00 AWARD CEREMONY*

All events will take place in CEP Cinema only * will take place in the Conference Hall

Credits

Organizer

Institutional Partner

Sponsors





Team

Festival Directors
Nazli Bayram
A. Sefik Güngör


Festival Coordinators
Çağrı İnceoğlu
Sevcan Sönmez

Communication Department
Website > Daniele Savasta
Visual Concept > Neslihan Takmaz
Graphic Design > Sinem Kayatürk
Photography, Teaser, Video Interviews > Kerem Kaban, Tolga Barman
Teaser Sound > Alper Türkkan

Social Media > Simge Uğurluer
Press > Ümit Atabek
Catalogue > Baran Akkus
Event Presenter > Turgut Onarir
Logo > Emre Yildiz

Logistics Department
Technical Supervision > Cenk Sönmez
Screening & Technical Coordinator > Aziz Imamoglu
Hospitality, Events, Production > Çagil Erdogan, Dilara Balci, Öykü Yenen
Conference Hall Screening > Hayrullah Özkan