"Third Voice" on the 50th Anniversary of Migration

On the 50th anniversary of labor migration to Germany, the German leg of the "B-34: Kultürk" Festival, held in cooperation with the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication and the Freie Universität Institute of Media and Cultural Management, has been completed. The festival will continue in Istanbul from 24 to 29 October.

In Berlin, the festival opened with the premiere of the documentary film "Üçüncü Ses - Eine dritte Stimme" (Third Voice) , made and directed jointly by students of the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Television, and the Freie Universität Institute of Media and Cultural Management. The Turkish premiere of the film will take place at Bahçeşehir University on 24 October 2011.

The "Third Voice" project was realized through two visits each between March and August, with students and advisors from Germany visiting Istanbul as guests of Bahçeşehir University and the Bahçeşehir team visiting Berlin as guests of Freie Universität, and through the interviews and other footage shot during these visits.

"Third Voice" can be described as a student documentary that puts German Turks who have achieved success in the creative industries in the spotlight. The documentary runs for 60 minutes.

The project's Bahçeşehir team: Under the general coordination of Assist. Prof. Dr. Kaya Özkaracalar, Head of the Department of Cinema and Television, and the advisory of lecturer Ayşegül Taşkent, the Bahçeşehir documentary team consists of Cinema and Television research assistants Yeliz Günel (team coordinator) and Emre Özdemir, and Cinema and Television master's students Esra Sak and Burak Yücel.