Students of EMU Communication Faculty Present Nine Documentaries

Eastern Mediterranean University Communication Faculty, Radio, TV and Cinema Department final year students presented the documentaries they produced as their graduation project. Famous Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim, Radio-TV, Cinema and Journalism Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hanife Aliefendioğlu, academic staff members and students attended the documentary screening which took place at Communication Faculty Purple Hall.

Prior to the documentary screening, Derviş Zaim addressed the audience and stated that film projects should always be one of the components of Radio, TV and Cinema studies. Zaim also put forth that while producing movies, students should always keep academic anxiety, media aesthetics and time management in their minds.

Among the documentaries which were produced in Turkish were Aybeniz Küzeci’s documentary  entitled “Aslan Mengüç in His Seventies”,  Semra Ergenç’s production “Judge Bilgehan”, Caney Göray’s documentary entitled ‘Gülçin Ersoy’, Veysel Şengün’s documentary ‘Ulubatlı’ and Emrah Afacan’s production entitled ‘Dinçer Raif’.

The documentary screening also featured documentaries produced by international students some of which were Omar Alkhatib’s documentary ‘Cyprus Diving’, Blessing Moses’ work on famous Nigerian rapper ‘Elbee’, Valentine Ebuetse’s documentary entitled ‘Jokavana’ and Samira Sanni’s work entitled “Towards Fame”.

Journalism, Radio, TV and Cinema Department Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hanife Aliefendioğlu stated that receiving courses from famous director Derviş Zaim is a great opportunity for students. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aliefendioğlu added that the faculty plans to continue to benefit from Derviş Zaim’s expertise during the upcoming semesters.

Credit: EMU