2026/27 Launch

Following the project presentations by the fellows from the last cohort, we invite you to join us on Friday the 10th of July 2026 as we celebrate the launch of the 2026/27 SİNEMAplural Fellowship.

A keynote speech by film and migration scholar Erol Yildiz will be followed by a certificate awardig ceremony, concluding the journey of the 2025/26 fellows. The new fellows will then be welcomed by the SİNEMAplural concept group, the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA team, and the partner organizations.

Join us at the start of a new journey towards developing innovative, diversity-oriented, and power-critical approaches to film mediation in Germany!

Alongside drinks and snacks and music.

SİNEMAplural Concept Group:

Prof. Dr. Ömer Alkın (film and cultural studies scholar), Dieu Hao Do (filmmaker, community manager, author), Djamila Grandits (film curator, cultural worker), Malve Lippmann (cultural manager, artist), Đức Ngô Ngọc (filmmaker, screenwriter, initiator), Aurora Rodonò (curator for migration history, film educator), Stefanie Schlüter (film educator, curator, film scholar), Can Sungu (film curator, researcher) Dalia Soliman (project coordination)

Partner organizations of SİNEMAplural:

BAFNET, Critical Film & Image Hub an der Forschungsstelle Antiziganismus der Universität Heidelberg, decoloniale, EOTO, Kinothek Asta Nielsen, Koreaverband, Korientation, KUKI & Interfilm, Neue Deutsche Organisationen, RomaTrial /AVAZYA, Schwarze Filmschaffende, Soydivision, TAM Museum Berlin and Un.thai.tled

The event will take place in German and is open to the public, but please sign up here.