Firuze Karaoglu ( Turkey) graduated from İstanbul Technical University with a degree on Urban and Regional Planning. She did European Voluntary Service in Thessaloniki, Greece and after she completed it, she participated at the BBB film making workshop in Athens in 2011 creating her own film. She has been involved in many international projects on media and filmmaking, including the project called ‘North Aegean Narratives’ (http://northaegeannarratives.org/) which was a collective documentary project between Greece and Turkey. Currently she is keeping up with her projects on filmmaking and continue with a Masters Degree.
Projects
- Call for entries 2018PRESS RELEASE Opening of submission period for the 9th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival Societies on Sharing (S.O.S.) Having as inspiration title Societies on Sharing (S.O.S.) Balkans Beyond Borders (BBB) announces the submission period for the 9th Edition of BBB Short Film Festival. We invite young artists up to the age of 35 from the Balkan region and beyond to get inspired by this year’s topic and send their film until the 20th of June. We accept all film genres with duration up to 30 minutes focusing on fiction, animation, experimental and documentary shorts, as well as digital arts. This year the festival gives inspiration and challenges motivation through the title: Societies on Sharing (S.O.S.). Sharing can be found in all aspects of life. It means you’re not alone. It makes life real. We invite all artists to turn their mood on sharing mode and share with us their work. BBB continues its “festival in motion” around the Balkan region and beyond and soon it will announce the new hosting city. After eight successive years, BBB gives the opportunity to the next generation of filmmakers to create, share and present their films, meet and collaborate. The festival offers opportunities to the young generation of film makers to make solid partnerships in the cultural sector. More information regarding the application process: www.balkansbeyondborders.eu, Facebook page (Balkans Beyond Borders) and Twitter (BalkansBB). Contact us to the info@balkansbeyondborders.eu About the organization Balkans Beyond Borders (BBB) is a non for profit organization, with its head office in Athens, that from 2010 seeks to promote youth mobility and youth cooperation in the Balkans through “dialogue”, “interaction” and “innovative thinking”. Investing in the region’s young people, and through its flagship activity the moving BBB Short Film Festival, BBB aims to create an Inter- Balkan network able to promote efficiently the work of young artists of the region and beyond, in order to familiarize its audience to the Balkan culture and its diversity.
- Call for Entries 2017BBB announces the submission period of the 8th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival. We invite young artists up to the age of 35 from the Balkan region and beyond to get inspired by this year’s topic and send their film until the 10 of July 2017. We accept all film genres with duration up to 30 minutes. If the participant is not from the Balkan region the production can be Balkan or the film to refer to the Balkans The festival that travels from city to city in the Balkans and triggers inspiration through its different thematic every year goes beyond the “Balkan Borders” and it will take place in Brussels in October 2017. After seven successive years, BBB gives the opportunity to the next generation of filmmakers to create, share and present their films, meet and collaborate. This year's theme is Enter/Exit. More information on how to apply is available on Balkans Beyond borders website: www.balkansbeyondborders.eu, our Facebook page (Balkans Beyond Borders) and Twitter (BalkansBB). Contact us to the info@balkansbeyondborders.eu SUBMIT from here: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/BalkansBeyondBordersShortFilmFestival
- Balkans Beyond Borders Photo Contest 2016: 'Tagged in a Changing World'Thematic: The theme of this competition is influenced by last year’s massive refugee crisis where hundreds of thousands of people migrated to Europe. Throughout history, people are constantly in transition seeking change for a better future and choose to make a home somewhere unknown to them. We are interested in exploring what cultural identity means and what it entails to immerse oneself in a foreign culture and to strive to assimilate in it. To also question what thisdoes to the social political landscape of the host country and the process people experience as they witness changes in their homeland. Individual cultural identity can be very personally complex and we are interested in your own individualistic approach and experiences within this context. Multiculturalism VS stereotypes Balkan Identity VS European Identity Foreign VS National Action: Take your camera or your phone and shoot the cultural diversity you live in! When: 13 of October to 7 of November 2016 What: Submit your photo inspired by the different cultural identities in a changing world after going through the participation terms Who: Passionate photographers (either amateur or professional) For application visit: http://www.balkansbeyondborders.eu/bbb-photo-contest-2016-tagged-in-a-changing-world/
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Skills
- Audio and Video Editing
- Film
- Festivals