Documentarist İstanbul Documentary Days was launched by a group of documentary filmmakers in 2008, and soon became the leading documentary film festival in Turkey. As well as screening internationally renowned films, Documentarist offers masterclasses, workshops, round table discussions, and other side events. The festival, which started as a grass-root initiative, achieved a critical mission to support creative documentary filmmaking in Turkey and showcase the best examples of the genre. So far the festival has hosted many distinguished filmmakers and producers, including Nick Fraser, Sean McAllister, Eyal Sivan, Helena Třeštíková, Iikka Vehkalahti, Petra Czisch Lataster, Peter Lataster, John Appel, Heddy Honigmann, Alan Berliner, Stefan Jarl, Aliona van der Horst and Magnus Gertten. Besides the annual Istanbul Documentary Days, Documentarist organizes Which Human Rights? Film Festival, hosts bi-weekly documentary screenings called SaturDox, and runs Creative Documentary Development Workshops throughout the year.

Art Directors
Emel Çelebi
Necati Sönmez

Executive Board
Elif Ergezen
Emel Çelebi
Emre Serbes
Güliz Sağlam
Melike Ölker
Necati Sönmez

Festival Coordinator
Melike Ölker

Programme Advisors
Akile Nazlı Kaya
Eleni Varmazi
İmre Azem
Seray Genç
Tomaş Doruşka

Turkey Panorama Selection Committee
Emel Çelebi
Elif Ergezen
Güliz Sağlam
Lara Özlen
Seray Genç
Sevgi Ortaç

Graphic Design and Realization
Volkan Ölmez, Tuğçe Kaya, Mert Utanç / FOL Studio

Web Design
Ecem Öztürk

Web Content Editor
Melike Ölker

Social Media
Esril Bayrak

Events Coordinator
Elif Ergezen
Güliz Sağlam

Volunteer Coordinator
Emre Serbes

Technical Crew
Alperen Kul
İpek Yardımcı
Gizem Sert
Mavi Su Kasapoğlu
Nihan Turhan
Ozan Semiz

Q&A Coordinator
Güliz Sağlam

Q&A Moderations
Anıl Olcan
Berke Baş
Bilen Sevda Könen
Bingöl Elmas
Elif Çiğdem Artan
Elif Ergezen
Emel Çelebi
Gülen Güler
Güliz Sağlam
İmre Azem
Nazlı Evrim Şerifoğlu
Necati Sönmez

Consecutive Interpreting
Ahmet Ergünkim
Eda Çakmak
Türkü Marasalı

Translation Coordinator
Melike Ölker

Subtitle and Content Translation
Anka Çoban
Bora Ergün
Bülent Bengü
Duru Aygüven
Emre Serbes
Ezgi Beyazgül
İpek Yardımcı
Selma Suna Songür

Soft Subtitling Coordinator
Anka Çoban

Guest Coordinator
Robert Bettinger

Festival Trailer
Tatlıhan Tuncel

Volunteers
Alperen Kul
Aslı Bakır
Asude Karadeniz
Beste Saraç
Burak Kamar
Damla Durlu
Duru Aygüven
Ece Nirun
Emine Gökalp
Emir Mecikoğlu
Evrim Şerifoğlu
Eylül İremet
Gizem Aleyna Yıldırım
Gizem Sert
İpek Yardımcı
Lisa Araz
Mavi Su Kasapoğlu
Maya Mansour
Meltem Kaya
Nazlıcan Doğan
Neris Erdemir
Nihan Turhan
Ozan Semiz
Selim Can Türkmen
Senem Ağtaş
Simge Barutçu
Türkü Marasalı
Vezircan Ölmez
Zelal Buldan
Zeynep Özmen
Zeynep Sümeyra Arı
Zeze Öztürk

Thanks to:
Anıl Olcan
Asena Günal
Aslı Ertürk
Aslı Odman
Aslı Yurdanur
Aybüke Avcı
Bahar Çelik Omur
Balazs Szöllössy
Benan Bilun Yılmaz
Çiğdem Aksüt
Dagnija Lace – Ate
David Naves
Deniz Yeşil
Eray Ergeç
Erimcan Erdemir
Esen Karol
Enes Kudu
Eytan İpeker
Ezgi Dilekçi Balçık
Ezgi Şahin
Faruk Kılıç
Florent Signifredi
Gabor Fodor
Gülen Güler Hurley
Hakan Nişancı
Hatice Günaydın
İffet Baytaş
İsa Kaya
Justina Soyulmaz
Kamile Bitvinskaite
Karen Cirillo
Korcan Uğur
Michael Bode
Mine Özden
Murat Şimdi
Nihan Zeynep Kalaç
Osman Kavala
Özlem Demirkıran
Recep Tuna
Senem Erdine
Sigrid Saag
Solvita Apala
Talitha Smit
Tiina Jokst
Triinu Keedus
Tomas Hakenholz
Uldis Cekulis
Vaida Stankeviciene
Zeynep Çulha
Zigita Saulite

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