7th International Cinema and Philosophy Symposium program:

Sinema ve Felsefe Sempozyum programı

Today, we are delighted to invite you to the 7th International Cinema and Philosophy Symposium, which will be held in Ankara on December 7-8, 2024, in collaboration with the Journal of SineFilozofi and the Cinema and Philosophy Association. The symposium aims to bring together thinkers, creators, and anyone who seeks to engage with and contribute to the current world.

We are honored to announce our distinguished Invited Speakers in the field of cinema and philosophy for the 7th year of the Cinema and Philosophy Symposium.

This year, our symposium will feature Prof. Mike Wayne, author of books such as “Political Film: The Dialectics of Third Cinema”, “Understanding Film”, “Marxism and Media Studies”, and “Capitalism for Beginners”. Also, Dr. Chiara Quaranta, who works in philosophy and film, ethics and aesthetics, and serves as a member of the editorial board of Film-Philosophy journal, as well as Dr. Cristóbal Escobar, whose research focuses on film philosophy, will be joining us as Keynote Speakers.

The world-renowned Christian Petzold, director of films such as “Barbara”, “Phoenix”, “Transit”, “Undine” and “Afire”, which have won awards from the world’s leading festivals, and Semih Kaplanoğlu, director, screenwriter and producer, who has many national and international awards, will take part in our symposium as our director participants.

In addition to our invited speakers, this year, as in previous years, the Symposium aims to bring together cinema practitioners, academics and all cinema lovers in order to create an opportunity for in-depth reflection and discussion on the relationship between cinema and philosophy. In this framework, the Symposium will include paper presentations by those working in the academic field and those who think about cinema-philosophy, as well as interviews with our directors and artists who have produced pieces in our cinema.

The Journal of SineFilozofi 7th International Cinema and Philosophy Symposium, which will be held in Ankara on December 7-8, 2024, will take place at CerModern Conference Hall in cooperation with Cer Modern Arts Center.

Address: Altınsoy Cad. No:3 Sıhhıye, Ankara

Our symposium will be organized in hybrid form for participants from abroad, and face-to-face participation is expected for local participants.

The language of the symposium is Turkish and English. The submitted papers will be evaluated by at least two referees in the scientific committee with a blind referee system. The papers accepted and presented at the symposium will be published in the “Proceedings Book”, which will be published electronically after the refereeing process.

Abstracts should be at least 150 and at most 350 words, and full papers should be at least 3000 and at most 7000 words. In the preparation of the texts, the writing rules of the Journal of SineFilozofi should be taken into consideration. (https://www.sinefilozofi.com/en/about-the-journal/writing-rules/)

As of this year, abstracts must be submitted via our website (https://www.sinefilozofi.com/en/symposium-abstract-form/) within the specified deadlines.

Full paper submission is not mandatory for participation in the symposium. Participants who wish to have their full papers published are required to submit their papers to [email protected] within the specified deadlines.

We invite you to join us as participants and listeners at the 7th International Cinema and Philosophy Symposium organized in collaboration with the Cinema and Philosophy Association, providing an opportunity to discuss and share ideas on cinema and philosophy for two days. We look forward to welcoming everyone who seeks to explore and contribute to new ‘thinking’!

Hope to see you on December 7-8, 2024!

Symposium Organizing Committee

The languages of the symposium are Turkish and English. Submitted papers will be evaluated by at least two referees in the scientific committee through the blind referee system. Papers accepted and presented at the symposium will be published in the “Full Texts Book”, which will be published electronically after the review process.

Abstracts should be of at least 150 and maximum 350 words. Full texts word-count should be between 3000 and 7000 words. While preparing the paper text, the writing rules of the Journal of SineFilozofi should be taken into account. (https://www.sinefilozofi.com/en/about-the-journal/writing-rules/).

Abstracts should be submitted through our website (https://www.sinefilozofi.com/en/symposium-abstract-form/) by or before the specified dates.

It is not obligatory to send full texts to the Symposium. Participants who wish to have their full texts published should send their full texts to [email protected]  within the specified period.

Our symposium will be held in a hybrid form. Participants from abroad may attend virtually. However, face-to-face participation is expected from domestic participants.

Participation Rules

Important Information:

An acceptance letter containing payment and account information will be emailed to the writers whose abstracts are accepted through the arbitration process. This letter can also be used for the permissions required from the affiliated institution.