Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

The lives of Can and Ezgi, a couple who have been together since university, and Elif, who became pregnant again after two miscarriages, intersect.

Are we alone in the universe? This question has been preoccupying humanity for decades. Today, people don’t believe in extraterrestrial life. But there are witnesses from different countries, having interesting experiences. This documentary focuses on stories of a group of people from Turkey who had those kind of experiences.

The story of how Zonguldak miners took action in 1990-91. Opposing privatization, the miners fought a "bread war" as a result of their joint resistance. The second film in the "Work-Bread-Freedom" trilogy.

Yusuf is a 22-year-old young man studying law at a university in Istanbul. He lives in a student apartment in the city. One day, when everyone in the apartment has returned to their hometowns, he records a video using his computer's camera. In the video, he says that he plans to end his life but has given himself one last day. He tries to explain why he made this decision and express his feelings. Once the video ends, a 24-hour countdown begins for him. This final day becomes a search for hope. Inside him, a battle between hope and despair unfolds.

A friend shows a happy face on the outside even though inside he has great regret.

The story of two friends who resort to various tricks to get money from their grandparents in order to open a business, and the comical events that befall them.

A dystopian future-world where entry into forests is strictly prohibited except to those lucky winners of the weekly draw. But are they really as lucky as they seem?

Five boys in Istanbul use a rhyming game to determine which boy gets their combined funds to go to the movie theater that day, as they are too poor to all go. The other boys wait for the lucky one to return to tell them the story of movie, with attendant gestures and sound affects.

A little girl is playing house by herself. She makes food out of toys and sets the table. Then a little boy comes in, and she greets him with joy. But things are getting darker while they pretending...

Directed by Muhsin Ertugrul.

A city that has been injured with all its layers… The need of the local people to repair themselves and their city, to mourn their loss and their city, an admirable sense of belonging and ownership… Documentary maker İmre Azem meets with dozens of Hatay people on April 17-24.

Leyla (28) is a young painter who has been exposed to male violance and has locked herself in the house for a while. The wounds and stitches on her face are about to recover; however Leyla is not able to tackle with the impacts of the trauma she went through and isolates herself from life. A series of unexpected events take place when she dumps out her self- portrait which reminds her of the times she was happy and therefore cannot bear seeing it anymore. Leyla has to confront the truth and make a choice.

Salmane is a Senegalese refugee living in Turkey. He dreams of moving to Europe, continuing his unfinished university life and supporting his family financially. During his time in Turkey, he works in different jobs and saves money to go to Europe. He makes several attempts to cross into Europe via Greece, but each time he is beaten and sent back to Turkey. Salmane, who disappeared on the day his documentary was shot, is never heard from again. While following Salmane's own text, the film unearths the memories he left behind with the help of the memories on his phone.

The Trick is an animated film that tells the story of a vagrant vagabond who has not found his identity.

"The world is a piece of land surrounded by stories, sorrow is vertical to the bliss, and love is parallel to the human. Billions of humans–us–are essentially the thousands of scenes of a film."

They come in different sizes and colors... Their numbers are increasing day by day... To most people, they look like big insects, monsters that are preparing to invade the world... But the reality is not what it seems.

Dogme95 #50 A road story about three people traveling on the highway and deceiving each other for drugs and money.

"Seasonal farm worker families talk about their "seasonal life" in the fertile land of Çukurova, Adana."

The film addresses the conflicts and problems between machines and humans in an oil region.

Crazy lover Ahmet kidnaps the bride from the wedding, but there is a small mistake, or rather a surprise: he has kidnapped his old love Gül, the bride, along with the groom! While many surprises await Gül, who has been kidnapped in the wedding car, it turns out that Ahmet doesn't actually have a good plan. He wants to take Gül to her grandfather in the village, and at this point, his brother steps in. On the way to her grandfather's village, they will encounter one hilarious adventure after another...

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

Korean traveler, Kim Tae Hwan, decides to study in Turkey. While he has difficulty speaking Turkish, he meets Berkan, who is mute, and Kagan, who stutters.

Deniz, a woman from Marseille whose parents kept her away from her roots, discovers the existence of Alev, her paternal great aunt, through an anonymous package. In the Istanbul of the 1960s, a detective investigated this young woman, who was mysteriously erased from familial memory. This is the debut feature by Alexandre Büyükodabaş, inspired by Chris Marker’ın La Jetée.

The film tells the story of Şaban, who is sent back to earth because his good deeds and sins are equal. Şaban's cousin Salih has come to Istanbul to buy a tractor. He visits Şaban's grave in Istanbul. At that moment, Şaban emerges from his grave. Depending on the good and bad deeds he does within a week, Şaban will go to heaven or hell. Prince Mirzotti wants to marry Serap, the daughter of bank manager Haydar. However, Serap is in love with Celal. Salih bears a strong resemblance to bank manager Haydar. Taking Haydar's place, Salih and Şaban team up to outwit Prince Morizetti and ensure that Serap marries Celal.

İbrahim is an ordinary person who questions life and works as a graphic designer in a book publishing house. On the one hand, he writes poems. He talks to the editor to get his poems published, but things don't turn out as he expected. He crosses paths with the poet Ada Kutay, whose book is published by İbrahim's publishing house. İbrahim has to run faster on this road now.

Yasemin hits her sister's face with the comforting lie they believed at her uncle's funeral. He knows he cannot heal, so he will stop treatment and will not torture himself. The sister, who refuses to accept this, realizes that she is struggling with the sense of ownership after a while. Her dilemma will be resolved with Yasemin and her relationship with the cactus they picked up from the funeral home.

The story of three brothers working at a construction site in Anatolia.

The film tells the story of a young mafia hitman and his love affair. Zorba's (Kuzey Vargın) father was imprisoned for murder when he was only three years old. He lost his mother shortly thereafter. He began working with mafia members at a young age, but his conscience never left him alone. The young girl he was ordered to kill forces him to confront his conscience once again. Rather than commit murder, he chooses to find a doctor for Selma's (Tijen Par) ailing father. However, this decision will impact Zorba's entire life.

Sema, a young woman, is the last member of the family of Ayda, from whom she descended. These periods are difficult for Sema because he has just lost his father, who is very valuable for him. Sema, drowned in the law, collapses upon the death of his father. Returning to Istanbul for the funeral, the young woman begins to feel her roots and settles down in the family mansion after the funeral. However, changes in his life are not limited to this. Trying to establish a new order, Sema's life becomes completely different after a document sent to him. Can Sema find himself in an unknown world with the document and will he be able to unravel the mystery of this mysterious document? The screenplay of the film, which includes Demir Karahan, Levent Sülün and Güner Özkul, includes the signature of Coşkun Çokyiğit, while the music belongs to the beloved musician Ferhat Göçer.

Simko, Bishkok and Taco are ten years old and the most mischievous children in the village. One day, they go to a mulberry tree down in the village. Taco starts to tell the story of a small lake a little further down the creek; he tells them that in his time that lake was the home of Djinns and Fairies who kidnapped Ihsan the Mad and held him captive there. Simko thoughtfully goes home and asks his grandmother about this story. His grandmother tells the rest of the story and Simko falls asleep... That night, he dreams of Ihsan the Mad and asks her to save him. When he wakes up in the morning, he goes straight to Bishkok and Taco's house and tells them what he saw in his dream... The three friends set out to rescue Ihsan the Mad.

A woman, released from prison, drifts between nightmare and reality.

An unforgettable era. The story of the birth of an epic state and its heroes that etched the name "Turk" into history.

Between 2007 and 2011, this stand-up was watched by approximately 100,000 people with 116 plays. “Ata Demirer One-Man Giant Staff 2”, which started to take the curtain almost ten years after the first “One Man Giant Staff” show, is a stand-up show enriched with popular culture references and musical details.

Three patients being treated for Social Phobia, Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality are mistaken for three criminals during a hospital transfer and kidnapped by a criminal organization.

The story follows Cemile, who comes to Istanbul to buy a motorboat. Cemile is a fisher woman who lives with her grandfather. Her grandfather, Salih, also runs a tavern. Cemile’s greatest dream is to buy a motorboat. She has been saving money for this purpose. Knowing that it’s impossible to buy a motorboat through fishing alone, Salih sells the tavern and gives the money to Cemile. He sends her to Istanbul to buy the motorboat. However, things Cemile never imagined will happen to her in Istanbul.

Resho (12) and his 3 friends go to a cave to hunt some birds which is believed haunted in the village. Resho makes a joke to Memo who is naif and coward and scares him while they're in the cave. Memo passes out and doesn't wake up again. When they're back in the village, it's shaking with the news that Memo is struck by the evil spirits. While the prayer-exorcist is torturing Memo to save his soul from the demons, Resho suffers a pang of conscience because of this secret that he can't tell and leads his friend to the threshold of death.

Remzi, a controlling and powerful businessman, is in disagreement with his son, Baha, about their family business. During their arguments, their differences surface up, and Remzi is not willing to solve these differences by talking.

The story of Adem, a poor and hunchbacked man who follows the legendary Pirebok, prompted to him in childhood, to start a family, and his paths cross with a woman who managed to survive with her daughter fleeing the war and took refuge in a neighboring country.

Hüsnü is a young man who works at a bank in Istanbul. The young man, who is struggling with various problems at home and at work, is quite overwhelmed by his life. Looking for a way out to achieve a better life, Hüsnü wants to move up in class and achieve his dreams. One of the things he wants most in life is to own the car he has always wanted. However, the only thing he can do right now is go to the dealership at night and look at the car he wants from afar. He is not the only one who is tired of this life. Hüsnü's wife is also struggling with various problems in her life. The young woman, who is in a troubled marriage with her husband, leaves her home with the support of her neighbor and tries to build a new life for herself. How will the separate paths that this couple, who do not understand each other, have chosen for themselves lead them to their destinations?

Harun has suddenly been abandoned by his long-time girlfriend whom he would have aimed to marry. Following this heartbreak while wondering around, he came across a street film seller.Film seller is a person who willing to make people happy with his films and change their vision and as well as having his own internal journey.Harun dazzled by Wong Kar Wai's movies and become acting the characters in the movies.