FESTIVAL PROGRAMME · NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Choose your world.
Shape your route.
New date to be announced · Time to be announced · Venue details will be reconfirmed
ANNOUNCED EVENTS
Screenings, talks and signings.
Session times and rooms will be added only after they are confirmed.
Arzu Tülümen
Volans
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İstanbul 1881 Sanat İşleri
Fish of Bosphorus
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Melike Esra Karayel
şiir, sana verilecek kötü haberim yok
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Müge İplikçi
Oceans I Must Cross
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Orhan Tekeoğlu · Nurdan Tekeoğlu — Yönetmenler
PARAMPARÇA — The Life Story of Zehra Denizaslanı
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Özge Deniz Özker
Başucumda Deniz — Talk and Book Signing
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Ramazan Emiroğlu
The Ottoman Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Bahriye Kabadayı Dal
More Than Cargo Is Carried in a Ship's Hold
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Bahriye Kabadayı Dal · Burak Dal
Book Signings
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Gülin Bozkurt
Electronic Nautical Chart
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Orhan Tekeoğlu · Nurdan Tekeoğlu
Author Talks
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Nurduran Duman
Underwater Technology
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Meltem Ulu
Shared Blue Canvas
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Nur Dolay
Traces from the Sea
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14 starting points.
Programme in development
Mavi Perde
The Festival's film and screening theme for visual stories shaped by the sea.
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Mavi Müzik
A Festival theme where the sea, coasts and journeys meet music.
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Mavi Edebiyat
Authors, talks, book signings and concise writing experiences centred on the sea.
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Mavi Bilim
Marine science explored through observation, measurement, experimentation and discovery for children and adults.
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Present and future maritime technologies through demonstrations and workshops.
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Photography
The sea, coastal life and maritime people viewed through photography.
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An exhibition and participatory art experiences for children and adults.
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Underwater World
Life below the surface, exploration and our unseen connection with the sea.
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Environment
Shared responsibility for protecting the sea, from knowledge to everyday action.
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The relationship between oceans and climate, explained clearly and responsibly.
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Biodiversity
Marine species, habitats and the relationships that sustain ecosystems.
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Documentary
True stories of the sea through research, testimony and visual narrative.
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Mavi Rota — Adults
A flexible Festival discovery route for visitors aged 18 and over.
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Mavi Rota — Children
A flexible family Festival route led by each child's curiosity and pace.
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