Category: filmmaking

  • COMD Alumni at İstanbul Film Festival

    COMD Alumni at İstanbul Film Festival

    Films of two Bilkent COMD alumnae have been selected for the prestigious 33. Istanbul Film Festival. Nisan Dağ’s (‘08) debut feature (co-directed with Esra Saydam) “Deniz Seviyesi / Things I Cannot Tell” will be competing for the National Golden Tulip. “Deniz Seviyesi” is among the 10 films that are vying for Golden Tulip in National…

  • Workshop with Leonard Retel Helmrich

    Workshop with Leonard Retel Helmrich

    Renowned filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich met with Bilkent students on March 18th. Mr. Helmrich led a workshop on his influential film technique “Single Shot Cinema” with COMD students. Leonard Retel Helmrich is Dutch cinematographer and filmmaker of Indonesian descent. He received highest honours for international documentaries at the Sundance Festival and was the first two-time International Documentary…