4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals

Authors : Sena Öndün Sivas

Pages : 284-298

Doi:10.32001/sinecine.1752819

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Publication Date : 2025-11-12

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :This paper offers a critical evaluation of the “4th Film Festival Symposium,” held on May 27–28, 2025, as part of the 22nd Eskişehir International Film Festival. Centered on the theme of “audiences of film festivals,” the symposium brought together scholars, industry professionals, and students to explore the evolving dynamics of film festivals. Over the course of two days, the program featured twenty-four paper presentations, two keynote speeches, two panel sessions, and a roundtable discussion. The presentations, addressing topics such as film festivals and industry dynamics, digitalization, shifting audience profiles, thematic film festivals and representation, national festivals, changes in sectoral dynamics, the role of festivals in shaping national and individual memory, and the rise of educational strategies and curatorial ideologies, collectively emphasized that film festivals are undergoing transformation in tandem with a changing world, and must therefore be reconsidered through new critical perspectives. The symposium not only reflected the increasing academic interest in festival studies in Türkiye but also underscored the need for interdisciplinary, critical approaches that account for ideological, spatial, and experiential dimensions of contemporary film spectatorship.
Keywords : film festivalleri, seyirci çalışmaları, film festivali seyircisi, film festivalleri çalışmaları, film festivali sempozyumu

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