
Vedat Akman
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Dr. Vedat Akman is a Turkish academic, author, visual artist, and cultural entrepreneur. He founded the JCI Istanbul Crossroads International Short Film Festival and co-founded CINEJ Cinema Journal, an international peer-reviewed journal of film studies published through the University of Pittsburgh. Through the Crossroads festival, Akman has supported intercultural dialogue and international understanding through short films. His cinema-related publications include "Istanbul Crossroads: Establishing Mutual Understanding and Inter-Cultural Dialog through Images" (2011), published in CINEJ Cin...