DOCUMENTARIST – Istanbul Documentary Days is an independent initiative run by a group of young documentary filmmakers. Geared towards the new generation of filmmakers and film students as well as the filmlovers, the event is created mainly to support creative documentary filmmaking and to bring the best example of the genre to Istanbul.

Eurasia Art Collective (ASK) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the task of creating intercultural and interdisciplinary platforms through the organization of cultural studies, educational artistic practice, festivals and contemporary arts events. The Collective has succesfully carried out the programming and organization of the Bodrum Film Festival for the last five years.

DOCUMENTARIST 2010 team:

In the photo (from left to right):  Mehmet Zubaroğlu, İbrahim Sönmez, Necati Sönmez, Duygu Eruçman, Mustafa Ergin, Emel Çelebi, Lisya Yafet, İmre Balanlı, Nihan Katipoğlu, Nil Perçinler.
Fotografta olmayanlar: Esra Bakkalbaşıoğlu, Eleni Varmazi, Nadi Güler, Tijen Savaşkan, Hatice Caner, Aslı Atasoy, A. Tarık Çakır, Asena Günal, Vahit Tuna, Ayşe Bozkurt, Şaban Dayanan, Duygu Doğan, M. Emin Coşkun, Burak Elhan, Naim Sönmez, Enes Dinç, Oylum Bülbül, Özlem Sarıyıldız, Özlem Günhan, Nagehan Uskan, Şakir Aslan, Zeycan Sarıhacıoğlu, Çiğdem Çidamlı, our interpreters, our launchers and all other volunteers...