Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Esin Paça Cengiz TUBITAK ARDEB 3005 Support

It is our distinct pleasure to announce that the project coordinated by Asst. Prof. Esin Paça Cengiz from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema and entitled “The Invisible Labor of Women Filmmakers in Front of and Behind the Camera in the Turkish Cinema Industry: 1980-1995” has been funded by TUBİTAK 3005 – Social Sciences and Humanities Program.

This project will consider cinema as a collective production process and examine film production processes from a broader perspective. It will identify the role of women in the creative process who work in different positions in front of and behind the camera, who are not paid for their labor and whose names are not included in the film credits. In the light of the data collected during the project, women’s labor will be made visible and a conceptual framework, method and perspective will be developed as an alternative to established film historiography.

Asst. Prof. Elif Akçalı takes part in the project as a Researcher. We congratulate our faculty member for her achievement and wish her continued success.