Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

Architect David Mikeladze is wanted by the Soviet Security Committee for arrest. He manages to move to Turkey and starts a new life there, creating a second family. After Georgia gains independence, David Mikeladze returns to his homeland and dies there, as his family was told, of a heart attack. Years later, his son arrives in Georgia, finds his half-brother, and learns the true cause of his father's death.

A group of five from the party's provincial organization sets off to attend the wedding of a prominent family in a remote village.

Buskers start to go the way to an exam that the result of they don't know.

A scarred survivor struggles between choices that blur dream and reality, each step pulling him deeper into his own downfall.

"Hırs" is a glimpse into the shadow of modern existence drifting in the void; it is not the triumph of success, but the tragedy of being dragged in its pursuit. The bait on the hook does not feed — it only leads you on.

This film documents the production journey of the exhibition "Deka'dans: The Aesthetics of Destruction," which was showcased in four different locations in Spain and Türkiye.

A woman delves into her individuality and her body and the universality of the experience after having sex.

Keanu, spent a very happy childhood with his mother. Keanu lost his beloved mother at an early age. The loss of his mother caused a great loneliness in him. For this reason, he tries to reunite with his mother by reviving his memories of his mother in Autumn, her favourite season. Keanu's state of mind, is driven by the pain and sadness he experience.

While walking along the shore, Öykü rediscovers the beauty of the world—something she had failed to notice amid the fast pace of city life. Yet this escape confronts her with her own restlessness and compels her to question the paradox of urban living: feeling alone among thousands of dreams. The sound of the waves, the texture of the sand, the wind brushing against her face—all of it touches a reality her soul had forgotten. The sea offers her a profound sense of calm and makes her reflect on the fleeting nature of life.

A man is stuck on the border between two countries. He has jeopardised his whole livelihood by spending the last money he had on a herd of cows that he awaits coming from the war torn neighbouring country. Amidst the sounds of explosions and distressing announcements made by the border authorities, the man’s hopeful waiting for the cows, turns into the fear of losing everything.

Turkey had declared 2012 as “The Year of Coal” and welcomed 2016 with plans of building more than 70 fossil fuel plants in addition to the actively operating 21. As the growing economic pie is divided up by the powers, the only thing left for us to do is to stand up for our unwatered lands, barely breathable polluted air, and our right to living in a carcinogen-free environment. Dark Atlas maps out the fight against the current and planned plants from Yırca to Şırnak. The documentary is a passionate effort to show the community of voices that were raised in different regions and how we say the same things in different languages as we fight to protect our lives.

In a foreign country, a young woman reunites with her friend at a cafe adhering to the laws that prohibit loud speaking. As efforts to comply with the law unfold, her cellphone disrupts the "peace" with a sudden loud ring. Despite her attempts to silence it, state officers expel her from the cafe.

A ghostly figure wanders amongst ruins. An archaeological dig reveals an uncommon find. Microorganisms assist processing celluloid for the film.

Saadet is a woman who experienced trauma during her childhood due to strange events that befell her parents. Wanting to escape from the trauma that ruined her life, Saadet embarks on a journey where time repeats itself endlessly and becomes trapped in a parallel universe. The unfortunate woman will search for a way to escape from the labyrinth she has fallen into.

I You He/She We You They, tells the story of a young girl who is forced to marry the perpetrator of rape struggles between power, law, society and family. Salvation is in solidarity...

Women directors from the generation of 1968 made their first films in 1990s Turkey, but what kind of working environment did they face? This documentary examines individually the “lost” films and directors of the period, who laid the foundations of women’s cinema in Turkey, and also the director’s own experience in making this film.

The young guy who wants to be author, he confronts a problem of nowadays. He breaks his own focus. So he could not reach deep focusing. But when he did it he will feel the amazing satisfaction feeling

A poignant, erotic tale of forbidden love between two men set against the bustling backdrop of Istanbul's traditional hammams.

To escape IS jihadis, a Yazidi mother and her two daughters hide in a cave on Mount Sinjar. The film depicts their daily struggle to survive.

The film continues to tell the story of the adventures of three close friends, Aslı, Can, and Mert.

The Factory tells the story of a young man who suffers from being made fun of by the masters at the place where he works. Doğuş is a young man working the night shift of a factory. Doğuş, who is an apprentice of three masters working in the factory, is constantly exposed to the masters dealing with him. Doğuş, who initially did not care about this attitude of the masters who made fun of his masculinity, started to worry about this situation after a while. As time passes, Doğuş, who can no longer bear what has been done, finds himself in events that will change the course of his life.

A young man on a mountaintop improvising empty tin cans into a drum set. Overlooking the suburbs of Batman, a Turkish city near Iraq, he abruptly stops playing and kicks the cans down the hillside—a rebellious gesture as familiar to rock and roll as it is to performance art.

In a part of the old wine factory site, construction of a big shopping mall has been continuing today. The municipality has expropriated the rest part of the factory site. How to transform of this area which carries an industrial-culture heritage, on behalf of the public use remain uncertain.

Asya works in a clothing store and also takes care of her mother and younger brother. It needs a new coat for cold weather in winter. However, he cannot balance the money.

A group of archaeology students set off on an excavation trip with their teachers. The team, who are heading to a previously determined area, are very excited. Everyone begins working on the excavation with enthusiasm. Shortly thereafter, one of the students discovers a magical object during the excavation, which turns everyone's lives upside down. The team's joy gives way to fear as night falls. With nightfall, the only way for the seven-person group to escape is for morning to arrive.

Although they are in their early forties, twin brothers Tayfun and Taykan, who live in a nursing home, are passionately devoted to music. The twins, who call their musical group "Glassy Stares", isolate themselves from life and spend their time writing lyrics and composing. Glassy Stares; an ecstatic insight into the truth in the mists of schizophrenia; knotting the bond with reality with guitar strings; It is a story of brotherhood in which the subjects are mixed with praise and the transformation into music by going beyond making music.

One night, a young man finds an old photograph in his drawer.

The film tells about the experience of Mother Besna who wants to reach her son just like other mothers whose sons are involved in the war that has lasted for many years in Turkey. So, this is a period documentary that describes Mother Besna's struggle for finding her son Enes in her mortally dangerous and trans-border journey.

An imam talks at a burial ceremony in the town. As the burial proceeds, it is understood that there is no one at the funeral and everyone participates in the funeral via live broadcast. The main idea of ​​the film is the change of the shape of the funerals which are very important especially in Anatolia, in the digitalizing world. The film asks, “Will the funeral ceremonies, the most crowded meetings in Turkey, be defeated by the digital world?”

This documentary is on street sellers who sells different kind of things but use same way, their voices. One of them sells cake on street, one of them repairs the quilt on the street, one of them announces the discounts in the market. “I've come and I'm gone” tells that how important human voices is in marketing.

Women in the Turkish cinema… Rarely narrator, mostly subject, generally – in films directed by men – Innocent, Insolent, Enticing, but always two-dimensional: “good” or “bad”? How much real is their goodness or malignity? Why are they never listened to, believed or forgiven but always punished? In the film we follow, with Alin Taşçıyan, Arzu Okay, Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, Lale Belkis, Agah Özgüç, Ülkü Erakalın and the cinema audience, what the Yeşilçam cinema sector did to these women and hear the seldom laughters of “enticing women” among the sobs of “innocent women”…

A 60 year old woman, Shukran left her village when her husband passed away. She ends up moving in with her son Faruk in Istanbul. One of the four boxes of fresh cheeses that she brought from the village disappears during the journey. Shukran is determined to bury the remaining three boxes in the ground just as they did in the village to prevent them from going bad. With the absence of a missing cheese box and the search for a suitable land area in the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, the relationship between the mother and son becomes strained.

Growing Up Married is a documentary which focuses on the stories of child brides, recollecting their memories as adults. It explores what happens after child marriage by focusing on the stories of four women and making their experiences visible, while contributing to debates around this significant, complex and emotionally charged human rights issue, which has often been discursively silenced.

Feride is forced into marriage at the age of 15. She discovers all the bad things happen to her have correlation with the red colour.