First Person Films May 29–31, 2009

İstanbul Modern Cinema, in collaboration with docİstanbul, presents the ever First Person Film symposium and screening series in Turkey. There will be several screenings alongside a symposium showcasing recent first person films and discussions between filmmakers and theorists as to the meaning and implications of this type of subjective, personal, documentary voice.

The symposium will highlight a range of first person documentary filmmakers: Andrés Di Tella from Argentina with his two films: “Television and Me” (2002) and “Fotografias” (2007); Lebanese artist, curator and critic Rasha Salti, the Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari with his film “The Roof” (2006), Berke Baş with the premier of her “Hush”, alongside a roundtable discussion hosted by directors and scholars such as Berke Baş, Can Candan and Eylem Kaftan…