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4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals
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 festivals
- film festival studies
- audience studies
- film festival audiences
- film festivals symposium
Supporting Institution
Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi ve Eskişehir Uluslararası Film Festivali
Thanks
Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi ve Eskişehir Uluslararası Film Festivali
References
- Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Translated by Richard Nice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
- Hansen, M. B. (2012). Cinema and experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Langer, L. L. (1991). Holocaust testimonies: The ruins of memory. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Peranson, M. (2008). First You Get the Power, Then You Get the Money: Two Models of Film Festivals. Cinéaste, 33(3), 37–43.
Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Cinema Studies (Other)
Journal Section
Meeting Abstract
Authors
Publication Date
November 12, 2025
Submission Date
July 28, 2025
Acceptance Date
October 5, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 2
APA
Öndün Sivas, S. (2025). 4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals. Sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16(2), 284-298. https://doi.org/10.32001/sinecine.1752819
AMA
1.Öndün Sivas S. 4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;16(2):284-298. doi:10.32001/sinecine.1752819
Chicago
Öndün Sivas, Sena. 2025. “4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals”. Sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 (2): 284-98. https://doi.org/10.32001/sinecine.1752819.
EndNote
Öndün Sivas S (November 1, 2025) 4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 2 284–298.
IEEE
[1]S. Öndün Sivas, “4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals”, sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 284–298, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.32001/sinecine.1752819.
ISNAD
Öndün Sivas, Sena. “4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals”. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi 16/2 (November 1, 2025): 284-298. https://doi.org/10.32001/sinecine.1752819.
JAMA
1.Öndün Sivas S. 4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;16:284–298.
MLA
Öndün Sivas, Sena. “4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals”. Sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 2, Nov. 2025, pp. 284-98, doi:10.32001/sinecine.1752819.
Vancouver
1.Sena Öndün Sivas. 4th Film Festivals Symposium: In Pursuit of the Audiences of Film Festivals. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025 Nov. 1;16(2):284-98. doi:10.32001/sinecine.1752819