EkoFilm Platform, established within the scope of the project “Connect 4 Environmental Sustainability in Film and the Media,” carried out by our University’s Environmental Humanities Application and Research Center with the support of the British Council Going Global Partnerships program, has achieved significant success. EkoFilm Platform won the “Environmentalist Initiative of the Year” award at the Bosphorus Environment Awards organized by Boğaziçi University Electrotechnology Club (BUEC IEEE).
At the December 13, 2024, ceremony at Albert Long Hall on the South Campus of Boğaziçi University, environmentally friendly projects and names were awarded in 20 categories. EkoFilm Platform was deemed worthy of this prestigious award with its goals of promoting environmental sustainability in film and media production processes and demonstrating the sector’s potential to raise social awareness.
Dr. Ekin Gündüz Özdemirci, one of the academicians of our University, who attended the ceremony on behalf of the EcoFilm Platform, expressed the following in her award speech; “It is promising for us to receive an award in an organization where young people work hard. In the age of multiple crises, all sectors and individuals have important responsibilities. The film and media industry has great potential to make production processes environmentally friendly, build values, and support social transformation through storytelling.”
