Founder / Festival Director & Jury Member

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Onur Doğan was born in Istanbul in 1991. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication, Radio, Cinema and TV, and Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema. He has been working as a director in the advertising industry since 2019 and continues to give film production and directing training at Kadıköy Cinematheque. He is also a jury member at FilmQuest and the İzmit International Short Film Festival. The director's short films, C.O.D. (2017), The Rejected (2019) and Bomba (2024), which were finalists at festivals such as Morbido Fest, LUSCA Fantastic Fest, FilmQuest, and İzmir International Short Film Festival. He is the founder and festival director of the KORK International Horror Film Festival.

International PR Manager

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Gökçe Sarıhan is an Istanbul-based film professional working internationally in development, with a focus on genre cinema. She is the executive producer of The Turkish Coffee Table (2025), directed by Can Evrenol. She collaborates with producers, distributors, and creatives worldwide, drawing on prior experience in international sales and acquisitions, and active involvement in global festivals and markets. A graduate of Hacettepe University’s American Culture and Literature program, Gökçe brings a strong structural and cultural perspective to the projects she engages with, with particular sensitivity to storytelling, narrative design, and cross-cultural resonance. 

Podcast Ambassador &

Jury Member

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Ilgıt Uçum began her acting education at Studio Oyuncuları and later completed her Master’s degree in acting from the Film and Drama Department at Kadir Has University.

She starred in the award-winning short film Farklı Bir Yas which was showcased at both national and international film festivals. Her screen credits include roles in the series Gibi, Mezarlık, Kırmızı Oda and the film Müstakbel Damat. Additionally, she performed in Çehov Makinesi with the Istanbul State Theater.

In 2017, she adapted and starred in the bilingual play Türkland which continues to be performed in both Turkey and Germany.

Based in Istanbul, Ilgıt Uçum continues to work actively in film, television, and theater.

Audience Relations

Audience Relations

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Betül Türkselçi, 25 years old.

She writes code during the day and follows the trail of fear at night. It all started with a “Scream”. This passion led her to the KORK festival team and being a part of this team deepened her connection with fear even more.

Photographer

International Announcer

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Sofía Alvarez Salas is a film critic and storyteller who approaches cinema as both a craft and a form of memory. With a background in film directing and a passion for essayistic writing, she navigates festivals and film programs with the attentive eye of someone who believes images can reveal the invisible. She has been a FIPRESCI jury member at the Berlinale (Forum 2025) and BRIFF, and has published in-depth reflections on contemporary cinema for Cinencuentro and El Diario de Almería. Her work at the Fantastic Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival (2024 & 2025) bridges her curatorial sensibility with her talent for human connection. Based in Madrid and soon relocating to Amsterdam, Sofía continues to write, curate and interview with the conviction that every frame carries a trace of who we are—and who we might become.

Guest Relations

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After completing her undergraduate degree in sociology at Ege University, she completed her MA in cinema at Marmara University in line with her passion for horror cinema. Since her research area is horror cinema and representation, she examined horror films from world cinema in her MA thesis titled Ecofeminism and Female Representation in Horror Cinema in order to show how the myth of mother nature, goddess and witchcraft play a role in the creation and maintenance of female identity. She is currently continuing her other thesis work on the relationship between horror cinema and representation as a PhD student at Marmara University Cinema Department.