PURPOSE:
Since its foundation in 1954, the Chamber of Architects has been working intensively in the development of the architectural culture, preserving the historical heritage and improving the quality of life. Starting from 2007 it has organized the “Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival”. The aim of the event is to ensure the effective participation of every sector interested in this field, especially the architects.
In the scope of the “Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival,” an international prize competition is organized.
The festival intends to support the produced films and encourage new productions focusing on the field of “architecture and urban”, as well as have acclaimed films in that field meet the audience.
SCOPE:
The festival features the categories of documentaries and animations. All or some of the candidate films, domestic and foreign, which pass the preliminary selection stage will be included in the screening schedule and competition will be held among those films.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival will be held online this year as well. The selected films will be directed to YouTube from the web page of the Chamber of Architects and will be accessible for only 24 hours. Due to the large size of the Chamber’s member network, there will be no encryption. With their participation directors and producers are deemed to have accepted this condition.
A selected film in the national category will be rewarded with the Special Jury Prize in Memory of Sami Yılmaztürk, one of the former directors of the Chamber of Architects İstanbul Branch, devoted his professional life to the Chamber, and made great efforts to the Festival, and unfortunately passed away in 2018.
CONDITIONS FOR APPLYING TO THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
1. Films eligible for the competition include documentaries and animations produced in the last 2 years featuring architecture and urban issues. Regarding architecture and urban issues, the festival also focuses on the subjects such as the livable environment, housing problem, urban rights, urban and social justice, urban transformation, and the effects of the pandemic on urban life.
Films should not have participated in this festival before.
Since its foundation in 1954, the Chamber of Architects has been working intensively in the development of the architectural culture, preserving the historical heritage and improving the quality of life. Starting from 2007 it has organized the “Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival”. The aim of the event is to ensure the effective participation of every sector interested in this field, especially the architects.
In the scope of the “Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival,” an international prize competition is organized.
The festival intends to support the produced films and encourage new productions focusing on the field of “architecture and urban”, as well as have acclaimed films in that field meet the audience.
SCOPE:
The festival features the categories of documentaries and animations. All or some of the candidate films, domestic and foreign, which pass the preliminary selection stage will be included in the screening schedule and competition will be held among those films.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival will be held online this year as well. The selected films will be directed to YouTube from the web page of the Chamber of Architects and will be accessible for only 24 hours. Due to the large size of the Chamber’s member network, there will be no encryption. With their participation directors and producers are deemed to have accepted this condition.
A selected film in the national category will be rewarded with the Special Jury Prize in Memory of Sami Yılmaztürk, one of the former directors of the Chamber of Architects İstanbul Branch, devoted his professional life to the Chamber, and made great efforts to the Festival, and unfortunately passed away in 2018.
CONDITIONS FOR APPLYING TO THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
1. Films eligible for the competition include documentaries and animations produced in the last 2 years featuring architecture and urban issues. Regarding architecture and urban issues, the festival also focuses on the subjects such as the livable environment, housing problem, urban rights, urban and social justice, urban transformation, and the effects of the pandemic on urban life.
Films should not have participated in this festival before.
Contact
Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival
Karaköy, Kemankeş Cad. No. 31
Beyoğlu 34425
Istanbul, TR
Beyoğlu 34425
Istanbul, TR
phone: +90 (212) 251 49 00 – 205
fax: +90 (212) 251 94 14
http://www.mimarist.org/xv-istanbul-international-architecture-and-urban-films-festival-festival/
archfilmfest@archfilmfest.org
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