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IGU Faculty of Fine Arts brought “Special Education Students” together with Cinema Event

A new social responsibility project which is organized by Istanbul Gelisim University Fine Arts Faculty, Radio, Television and Cinema Department, has started. Aforementioned social responsibility project implemented with the cooperation of Istanbul Gelisim University and Samyeli Private Educational Institutions, special education students will have a cinema experience and enter social interactive environments.

The project, which was implemented in three different sessions with three different special education student groups, started with the slogan "Cinema Against Disabilities". In the social responsibility project aimed at reaching special education students, a cinema event was organized in three different sessions with the student group with down syndrome, the 0-6 age group and the learning disability groups.

THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CINEMA DAYS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT WAS HELD!

The first session of the Special Education Cinema Days project was held on July 26, 2022 in the screening room hall of the Radio, Television and Cinema Department of Istanbul Gelisim University Fine Arts Faculty. Samyeli Special Educational Institution teachers, special education student group with down syndrome and parents participated in the event.

The first of the events, which was supervised by Asst. Prof. Dr. Sezgin Savaş, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, and coordinated by Prof. Dr. Şükran Güzin Ilıcak Aydınalp, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Rabiya Saltik, from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, started with Aydınalp's opening speech. A conversation was held with the participation of Samyeli Special Educational Institutions teacher Ali Atlı and Lect. Kadriye Yıldız, lecturer in Special Education Department at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. In the conversation, the importance and requirements of social responsibility projects for special education students and social responsibility projects that can be organized in the future were discussed.   

MEANINGFUL FILM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS: “CAMPEONES”

After the conversation session, the movie was screened. A 2018 Spanish movie, "Campeones" was watched with a special education group with Down syndrome. The warm atmosphere of the cast is felt in the film. The movie event ended with food and snacks.

THE PROJECT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY PARENTS!

Parents, who were interviewed after the movie screening, expressed their satisfaction with participating in the social responsibility project. They also indicated that they wish to carry out such social responsibility projects in the future.

The social responsibility project will continue with new sessions in August and September.