Ayça Çiftçi

Ayça Çiftçi is a faculty member in the Cinema Department at Istanbul Bilgi University. She teaches courses in creative documentary production, urban filmmaking, video experimentation, and film grammar.

Following her Bachelor's degree in Cinema and Master's in Cultural Studies, she completed her doctorate in Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2015. She has taught various theoretical and practical courses in cinema at different universities and institutions, and has advised on numerous short film projects. Her short films, *Impressions from a Summer* and *At That Time*, have been screened at various platforms including the Istanbul Film Festival, Ankara Film Festival, Istanbul Modern, Documentarist, Cologne Tupischturkish Film Festival, and Berlin HIVE Short Film Days. Her feature film project, *Saadet*, currently in development, won an award at *Meetings on the Bridge*. She has been a writer and editorial board member of Altyazı Cinema Magazine since 2006.