Ebru Thwaites Diken is an assistant professor in the Department of Cinema and Television at İstanbul Bilgi University. Her research interests include film, director's ethics, film and social theory, gender, Scandinavian cinema and digital visual cultures. She has published a book, 'The Spectacle of Politics and Religion in Contemporary Turkish Cinema' (2018) by Palgrave Publications, edited a book 'Female Agencies and Subjectivities in Film and Television' (2020) and published several articles in international peer reviewed journals.