CDM hosted Dina Iordanova

Prof. Dina Iordanova gave a speech titled Olympics of Film: Dynamics of international film competitions on Thursday, January 5, 2023, in D002 at Izmir University of Economics. Before the speech, Iordanova visited the Izmir University of Economics campus and the Faculty of Communication Studios, met with CDM academics and had a talk on the dynamics of the cinema industry and film festivals. Students, IUE people, academics from other universities in Izmir, and guests from outside IUE showed great interest in the conversation.

Dina Iordanova is an educationalist and Professor of Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews. A specialist in world cinema, her special expertise is in the cinema of the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Europe in general. Her research approaches cinema on a meta-national level and focuses on the dynamics of transnational film; she has a special interest in issues related to the cinema at the periphery and in alternative historiography. She has published extensively on international and transnational film art and the film industry, and convenes research networks on film festivals and on the Dynamics of World Cinema.

For more detailed information about Prof. Dina Iordanova; https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/film-studies/people/di1