Fatma Çolakoğlu, has been a curator for exhibitions as well as for film and video art for 15 years now. In 2005, she founded the film department of the Istanbul Modern – Museum of Contemporary Art. After this, she was responsible for the film and video programme of Pera Film and headed the communications department of the Pera Museum in Istanbul. At present, Çolakoğlu is associate director for research and programming at SALT in Istanbul. Çolakoğlu received her BA in Film History and Production from Emerson College (USA) and her MA in Theatre Directing from Goldsmiths, University of London. Recently, Çolakoğlu was part of the International Short Film Panel of Berlinale Shorts 2020.