13 February 2024 Tuesday
RTC Graduate Students are at Beyoğlu Cinema This Time!
Buğra Cihan Çakır, who graduated from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema in the 2022-2023 academic year, continues to achieve success with the Yüz Yüze short film project, which he prepared as his graduation project and which he wrote and directed.
The short film Yüz Yüze was screened as part of the Student Film Selection held at Beyoğlu Cinema on February 11, 2024. Stating that he was happy to be among the nine short films screened with Yüz Yüze, Buğra Cihan Çakır watched the screened films together with the directors of the nine selected films and the audience. After the screening, there was a conversation about the films. Film crews came on stage and answered the questions of the audience.
The short film Yüz Yüze, which was screened at the event held at Kadıköy Culture and Art House in the past weeks, received positive reactions from both Kadıköy and Beyoğlu audiences.
“Watching the Movie on the Big Screen is a Completely Different Feeling”
The director of the film, Buğra Cihan Çakır, stated that he was very happy to have his film shown at Beyoğlu Cinema, where he went for the first time in 2019 and watched his favorite movie. Çakır stated that it was important for him to take part in the event organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and held for the first time, and added that watching the movie on the big screen created a completely different feeling.
The short film Yüz Yüze met with the audience at important film festivals such as the Uşak International Short Film Festival and the International Great Offensive Film Festival. Stating that he could not attend these screenings, Çakır stated that it was very enjoyable and valuable to attend the screenings and then be able to chat with the audience about the film.
Expressing his special thanks to his teammates, project consultant Res. Asst. Okan Kırbacı, Head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department Asst. Prof. Dr. Emre Doğan and Department Lecturer Kerem Yükseloğlu, Çakır said that in the future, he wanted to meet the audience both with Yüz Yüze and with new projects in new screenings.
We congratulate the Yüz Yüze film team and wish them continued success.
