Eren Odabasi, PhD
Associate Professor
Office
Location
HU 265
Hours
Office Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 pm, and by appointment.
Please send me an e-mail to request a Zoom link if you prefer to meet virtually.
About
A film scholar specializing in global cinema and film festivals, Prof. Odabasi holds a PhD in Communication and Film Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as New Review of Film and Television Studies, Society and Leisure, and The Global South. As a film critic, he has written extensively for Altyazi, one of the oldest and most widely read film publications in Turkey. In recognition of his work in film criticism, he was invited to the Talents Program of the Berlin International Film Festival twice and served as a jury member in the Semaine de la Critique section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.
Recent Publications:
Odabasi, E. (2025). Value creation and the international film festival circuit: the Cannes 2020 label. Transnational Screens, 16(1), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/25785273.2025.2476239
Odabasi, E. (2025). Kâr amacı gütmeyen kültür-sanat kurumları ve uluslararası film festivalleri. In Ö. Özdemir (Ed.), Değişen sinema, değişen seyirci: Film Festivalleri ve Alternatif Arayışlar (pp. 223-252). NotaBene Yayınları. Link
Odabasi, E. (2024). Biennale College Cinema: Film funding as a financial and educational initiative. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 41(8), 1340–1359. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2023.2210983
Film Criticism (in Turkish):
https://altyazi.net/author/erenodabasi/
Research Interests
- Global cinema
- Film festivals
- Media policy and governance
- Diasporic filmmakers and audiences
- Auteur Theory