Festival Advisors
Ercument Akman
Born 1950, Istanbul, Turkey, he is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching graduate courses on Turkey and the Balkan nationalism and identity. His film writing and international film festival coverage appeared in Turkish newspapers and magazines. He did research and film Programming at (Devlet Film Arsivi) National Film Archive, State Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul. Between 1987 and 1998 he was a director at Toronto Film Society for membership, publicity and programming. He is the founder/director of Silk|ROAD (2004) a digital production and film education company and the current editor of Turkish Cinema Newsletter (1997 - 1998 Toronto| 1998 - 2009 Washington DC).
He is member of Film Programmers International and an independent curator of film programs for Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art, National Gallery Art and Goethe Institute and presented Turkish Films and directors in Toronto, Washington DC and London film festivals.
