About Us

A project of Altyazı Cinema Association, Altyazı Fasikül: Free Cinema is a platform that focuses on freedom of expression in cinema. Altyazı Fasikül’s main purpose is to increase the visibility of the works of video and film creators who face risks of government repression and censorship. It aims to strengthen the role and position of independent cinema as a critical force in the cultural politics of Turkey.

In line with its purpose to provide a space for underrepresented/censored filmmakers, Altyazı Fasikül also organizes screenings of films by directors/collectives under risk. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Altyazı Fasikül held online screenings of short videos produced exclusively for the Looking Outside video-series by independent filmmakers of Turkey. In 2022, Altyazı Fasikül curated its second video-series called From Below, producing and broadcasting 12 videos/short films by artist/filmmakers/activists from Turkey. In 2024, Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship had its national premiere in the 17th Documentarist – Istanbul Documentary Days. This anthology film brings together the videos of Seen Unseen, Fasikul’s third video-series, with a creative approach.

Since July 2019, five issues of Altyazı Fasikül have been published in print, distributed as a free supplement of Altyazı Cinema Magazine and one issue in  PDF format (In Turkish). In May 2020, Altyazı Cinema Magazine started to be published as an e-mag due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and since then, Altyazı Fasikül continues as an online media outlet. You can access Fasikül’s English content by clicking here.

Editor
Fırat Yücel

Assistant Editor
Berna Güler

Consultants
Senem Aytaç, Övgü Gökçe, Enis Köstepen, Aslı Özgen

e-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @altyazifasikul
Facebook: @altyazifasikul
Instagram: @fasikulaltyazi

Address: Altyazı Cinema Association, Hasanpaşa Mah. Nabizde Sok. B Blok No:82/1 Kadıköy