Can a relationship be established between movies and philosophy? What contribution can cinema itself make to philosophy? Is it possible for cinema to philosophize and produce original ideas, apart from contributing to written philosophy? If movies do philosophy, how can this philosophy made with images differ from philosophy made with words and writing?
In the philosophy of cinema, which has started to become a field and a discipline on its own in today’s world, there has been a wide debate on these questions in recent years. In fact, we can see similar questions about the relationship between cinema and philosophy since the early years of cinema. The dimensions of the relationship between philosophy and cinema, which can be seen as different disciplines at first glance, are diversifying and expanding every year, whether it is in the handling of philosophical problems in films or in cinema’s prominence as a thought and therefore concept producer. Cinema, which consists of image and sound blocks, has been increasingly intertwined with philosophy in both academia and non-academic fields in recent years.
The Journal of SineFilozofi, which has been operating as the first and only internationally indexed academic journal in the field of cinema philosophy in Turkey since 2016, and is the first and only with its YouTube channel to include video articles and cinema education activities, brings together those who think with cinema philosophy symposium thanks to symposium activities.
The Journal of SineFilozofi, Symposium on Cinema and Philosophy has been held annually since 2018. The fourth Symposium was held on 10-12 December 2021 at the Ankara City Council Building.
The Cinema and Philosophy Symposium aims to create an opportunity for reflection and discussion on the broad field created within the relationship between cinema and philosophy. In this direction, the Symposium aims to bring together film practitioners, academia and all cinema lovers. In this framework, the Symposium includes the presentations of those who work in the academic field and those who think about cinema-philosophy, and the interviews of our directors, producers and artists who produce works of cinema. The papers presented at the symposium are also published in the special issue of SineFilozofi and are delivered to wider audiences.