Istanbul Experimental
6th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival
Still from My Want of You Partakes of Me (2024)
©Beny Wagner
©Beny Wagner
Walk-in Cinema
Salt is hosting the 6th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, organized by Istanbul Experimental.
The first day of the festival centers on personal narratives related to the body, memory, and belonging, articulated through Super 8 film, collage, and animation. The second day's program features a series of essay films exploring the relationship between nature, archives, and representation, as well as an animation workshop on motion capture technologies. The third day's selection engages with themes of borders, memory, surveillance, and the role of sound in storytelling, while the fourth day reflects on life, death, and legacy through archival footage. The festival ends on May 11 with a series of short films by emerging directors focusing on family, memory, and personal history, followed by a talk and screening in memory of Teoman Madra, who passed away recently, with the participation of artist, academic, and musician Selçuk Artut.
This free-admission program is open to everyone. All films will be screened in their original language with Turkish subtitles. For more information, click here.
PROGRAM
Wednesday, May 7
13.30 Short Selection: Proximity
Marking the Ends, Mireille Tawfik, 2024, 18'
Immortals, Mark Durand, 2023, 5'30"
Despite, Kate Raney, 2024, 11'20"
Looking for Letine, Paul Tarragó, 2024, 15'
Barefoot Birthdays on Unbreakable Glass, Rebecca Jane Arthur, 2024, 18'
Not Enough Hands, John Bergerhausen, 2024, 8'
15.00 Nothing More, Vít Pancíř, 2022, 70'
16.30 Short Selection: Memory As Medium
Monolith, Teri Carson, 2023, 13'45"
Between Delicate and Violent, Şirin Bahar Demirel, 2023, 14'50"
Like a Sick Yellow, Norika Sefa, 2024, 23'11"
18.00 At All Hours and None,* Davide Minotti, Valeria Miracapillo, 2023, 20'
Thursday, May 8
13.30 Short Selection: Essays 1
Six Knots, Ali Vanderkruyk, 2024, 30'
Metabolism, Eugenia Lim, 2023, 30'
15.00 Motion Capture Workshop
16.30 Short Selection: Found Footage
5-cent American Flag, Vito A. Rowland, 2024, 6'15"
Bouscueil, Thomy Laporte, 2025, 10'
Fine Grain, Muriel Parabon, 2024, 4'20"
The Geneva Mechanism, Péter Lichter, 2024, 5'20"
Intruders, Jan Locus, 2025, 6'
Floodwood, Elena Wiener, 2025, 12'
18.00 A Man Imagined, Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy, 2024, 60'
Friday, May 9
13.30 The Insides of Our Lives, Misja Pekel, 2024, 50'
15.00 Short Selection: Essays 2
Chasing the Sun, Ana Bilankov, 2023, 19'
POV Memory, Igor Smola, 2023, 13'45"
A Reconnaissance, Stefan Kruse, 2025, 28'35"
16.30 Invisible People, Alisa Berger, 2023, 71'
18.00 Short Selection: Sonic Vision
Another Rapid Event, Daniel Murphy, 2024, 8'
A Monster with its Mouth Agape, Steven McInerney, 2024, 10'
A Slippage in Five Movements, Valentina Rosse, 2024, 14'42"
Under the Midnight Sun, Mélissa Faivre, 2022, 10'
Torii, Martin Gerigk, 2024, 12'30"
Saturday, May 10
13.30 3rd Aye,* Richard Philpott, 2024, 40'
15.00 God Teeth, Robbie C. Williamson, 2024, 60'
16.30 My Want of You Partakes of Me, Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner, 2024, 54'
18.00 The Treasury of Human Inheritance, Alexis Kyle Mitchell, 2024, 60'
Sunday, May 11
13.00 Short Selection: First Experiments – 1
Collected, Intertwined, Dilsu Atalay, 2024, 7'43"
Petrichor, Doğa Uluçay, 2024, 14'
ben-gi, Selen Terzi Öztekin, 2023, 20'
14.15 Short Selection: First Experiments – 2
Prelude of a Story, Ashley Salman, 2023, 16'40"
Afterwards, Gizem Tonbak, 2024, 1'
Rolled Back Cassettes, Miray Kavas, 2023, 9'11"
M2112, Berkay Zihni, 2025, 11'
15.30 Short Selection: Microdoses
What's in a Lamp?, Bennet Pimpinella, 2024, 2'18"
Come Out of Your Shell, Yannick Mosimann, 2024, 2'26"
ESP, Laura Kraning, 2024, 2'45"
Maçanetas, Juan Lesta, 2023, 2'50"
Contradiction of Emptiness, Irina Rubina, 2024, 3'06"
Gab, Hogan Seidel, 2024, 3'14"
Triple Loaders, Max Van Loan, 2023, 3'30"
Gimlet, Ruth Hayes, 2024, 4'04"
History Will Teach Us Nothing, Jan Rehwinkel, 2024, 5'
Toil and Spin, Maureen Zent, 2024, 5'
16.30 Talk and Screening: In Memoriam-ory of Teoman Madra
Selçuk Artut
*The screenings of At All Hours and None and 3rd Aye will be preceded by a Q&A session with the film crew.
Salt is hosting the 6th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, organized by Istanbul Experimental.
The first day of the festival centers on personal narratives related to the body, memory, and belonging, articulated through Super 8 film, collage, and animation. The second day's program features a series of essay films exploring the relationship between nature, archives, and representation, as well as an animation workshop on motion capture technologies. The third day's selection engages with themes of borders, memory, surveillance, and the role of sound in storytelling, while the fourth day reflects on life, death, and legacy through archival footage. The festival ends on May 11 with a series of short films by emerging directors focusing on family, memory, and personal history, followed by a talk and screening in memory of Teoman Madra, who passed away recently, with the participation of artist, academic, and musician Selçuk Artut.
This free-admission program is open to everyone. All films will be screened in their original language with Turkish subtitles. For more information, click here.
PROGRAM
Wednesday, May 7
13.30 Short Selection: Proximity
Marking the Ends, Mireille Tawfik, 2024, 18'
Immortals, Mark Durand, 2023, 5'30"
Despite, Kate Raney, 2024, 11'20"
Looking for Letine, Paul Tarragó, 2024, 15'
Barefoot Birthdays on Unbreakable Glass, Rebecca Jane Arthur, 2024, 18'
Not Enough Hands, John Bergerhausen, 2024, 8'
15.00 Nothing More, Vít Pancíř, 2022, 70'
16.30 Short Selection: Memory As Medium
Monolith, Teri Carson, 2023, 13'45"
Between Delicate and Violent, Şirin Bahar Demirel, 2023, 14'50"
Like a Sick Yellow, Norika Sefa, 2024, 23'11"
18.00 At All Hours and None,* Davide Minotti, Valeria Miracapillo, 2023, 20'
Thursday, May 8
13.30 Short Selection: Essays 1
Six Knots, Ali Vanderkruyk, 2024, 30'
Metabolism, Eugenia Lim, 2023, 30'
15.00 Motion Capture Workshop
16.30 Short Selection: Found Footage
5-cent American Flag, Vito A. Rowland, 2024, 6'15"
Bouscueil, Thomy Laporte, 2025, 10'
Fine Grain, Muriel Parabon, 2024, 4'20"
The Geneva Mechanism, Péter Lichter, 2024, 5'20"
Intruders, Jan Locus, 2025, 6'
Floodwood, Elena Wiener, 2025, 12'
18.00 A Man Imagined, Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy, 2024, 60'
Friday, May 9
13.30 The Insides of Our Lives, Misja Pekel, 2024, 50'
15.00 Short Selection: Essays 2
Chasing the Sun, Ana Bilankov, 2023, 19'
POV Memory, Igor Smola, 2023, 13'45"
A Reconnaissance, Stefan Kruse, 2025, 28'35"
16.30 Invisible People, Alisa Berger, 2023, 71'
18.00 Short Selection: Sonic Vision
Another Rapid Event, Daniel Murphy, 2024, 8'
A Monster with its Mouth Agape, Steven McInerney, 2024, 10'
A Slippage in Five Movements, Valentina Rosse, 2024, 14'42"
Under the Midnight Sun, Mélissa Faivre, 2022, 10'
Torii, Martin Gerigk, 2024, 12'30"
Saturday, May 10
13.30 3rd Aye,* Richard Philpott, 2024, 40'
15.00 God Teeth, Robbie C. Williamson, 2024, 60'
16.30 My Want of You Partakes of Me, Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner, 2024, 54'
18.00 The Treasury of Human Inheritance, Alexis Kyle Mitchell, 2024, 60'
Sunday, May 11
13.00 Short Selection: First Experiments – 1
Collected, Intertwined, Dilsu Atalay, 2024, 7'43"
Petrichor, Doğa Uluçay, 2024, 14'
ben-gi, Selen Terzi Öztekin, 2023, 20'
14.15 Short Selection: First Experiments – 2
Prelude of a Story, Ashley Salman, 2023, 16'40"
Afterwards, Gizem Tonbak, 2024, 1'
Rolled Back Cassettes, Miray Kavas, 2023, 9'11"
M2112, Berkay Zihni, 2025, 11'
15.30 Short Selection: Microdoses
What's in a Lamp?, Bennet Pimpinella, 2024, 2'18"
Come Out of Your Shell, Yannick Mosimann, 2024, 2'26"
ESP, Laura Kraning, 2024, 2'45"
Maçanetas, Juan Lesta, 2023, 2'50"
Contradiction of Emptiness, Irina Rubina, 2024, 3'06"
Gab, Hogan Seidel, 2024, 3'14"
Triple Loaders, Max Van Loan, 2023, 3'30"
Gimlet, Ruth Hayes, 2024, 4'04"
History Will Teach Us Nothing, Jan Rehwinkel, 2024, 5'
Toil and Spin, Maureen Zent, 2024, 5'
16.30 Talk and Screening: In Memoriam-ory of Teoman Madra
Selçuk Artut
*The screenings of At All Hours and None and 3rd Aye will be preceded by a Q&A session with the film crew.
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