Emre Eminoğlu
Writer on film, culture and the arts. He continues to write about cinema, conduct interviews and produce podcasts for a range of digital and print publications, above all Aposto, where he has been film editor since 2021. He is a member of SİYAD, the Turkish Film Critics Association, and of FIPRESCI, and a Golden Globes voter.
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After Altın Portakal: where is Türkiye’s cinema heading?
The 63rd Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival, held from 24 to 31 October, opened up questions about the present and future of cinema in Türkiye, and about the festival’s claim to prestige, through the debates over its competition line-up and its Film Forum.
Primetime: can anything become a spectacle for the sake of ratings?
What we watched at Filmekimi
Death, grief, moral dilemmas and stories drawn from real lives stood out in this year’s Filmekimi selection, which has wrapped up in Istanbul and Ankara and continues in İzmir and Mersin this weekend.
Bozcaada International Ecological Documentary Festival: ‘Local, small, slow’
We spoke with Nigar Mat, events coordinator of the Bozcaada International Ecological Documentary Festival, about the festival’s bond with the local community, the island’s ecological problems and what it takes to sustain a festival through solidarity.
The cast of ‘Animals’ on how privilege shapes our moral choices
Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Animals uses a child’s kidnapping to test class privilege, racial prejudice and the value placed on a human life. We connected with Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Adriana Paz, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Gillian Anderson from the film’s star-studded cast and, taking the film as a starting point, talked about prejudice, privilege and the limits of empathy in moments of crisis.
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