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The first of the “Child Rights Workshops for Media Professionals” series, organized within the scope of the ACAR Project conducted by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) with the technical support of UNICEF and in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey and the Izmir Journalists’ Association, was held at the Izmir Chamber of Commerce.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media student Yağmur Canpolat's short film titled ‘Sevim,’ in which she cast her 88-year-old grandmother, has been selected as a finalist at the 44^th Istanbul Film Festival this year. 

Bilge Olcay Yılmaz and Yağmur Türkmenoğlu, students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, made it to the finals of the 4^th Kaş International Film Festival with their documentary film titled ‘Thrifted’.

Berhan Mete Arkın, a graduate of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) who continued his studies in Slovenia, won an award at the Zagreb Film Festival with the script for his film ‘Aylan’ which explores the moral dilemma of a soldier tasked with enforcing border regulations. 

Yağmur Canpolat and Berna Oduncu, students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, won the first prize at the Adana International Golden Boll Film Festival (Altın Koza) with their 11-minute documentary ‘In My Early Twenties’. 

Yağmur Canpolat and Berna Oduncu, students of Izmir University of Economics, Department of Cinema and Digital Media, won the Best Documentary Film Award at the 31st International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival National Student Film Competition with their film "In My Early Twenties" which had been shot during the CDM232: Film Studio II class.

Double Exposure, directed by Ömer Nakay and Oğuz Kaan Kurt, students of the Cinema and Digital Media Department at İzmir University of Economics, won the third-place award at the KHAS Short Film Festival held in Istanbul.

Ecem Çörtle, a student from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, came third at the Infinite Frames Film Festival held in Hong Kong with her animated film ‘Galactic Treasure (Galaktik Hazine)’. 

The countdown has begun for Izmir University of Economics' (IUE) ‘GençYaratıcı Festival,’ which will bring together renowned figures from creative industries with young people.

Artist, director, activist and academician Zeyno Pekünlü was the guest of CDM232: Digital Film Studio II.