Didem Pekün

Didem Pekün (1978, Istanbul) is an artist-filmmaker and academic based in Istanbul and Berlin. Both in her education and her approach as an artist and educator, Didem’s work is marked by a combination of theory and practice. She made several films that tackle questions of political violence, displacement and their myriad intersections. A recent turn in her practice is from ‘history’ to ‘future’; while her previous films focused on historical events, her current works explore how we can live together from here onwards. Her films have been shown at Berlinale, Venice, BFI London Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festivals amongst others and won awards.

Didem received her BA (Hons) Music from SOAS and holds an MA & a PhD from Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths. She held fellowships at UdK, Berlin and the Artistic Research Fellowship of the Berlin Senate. After faculty positions at CEU, Koç, Sabancı, Kadir Has and Goldsmiths Universities she currently teaches at Bogaziçi and Sabancı Universities in İstanbul.