Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

An introverted college student's recognition and the process of finding himself in life.

Ahmet can't say "No" to people who he likes and this makes him a viewer to his own life.

The White Sycamore is a documentary that has a cultural aspect focusing on 'Zeynel Dede' (Zeynel Kahraman) who lives in a mountain village in Hozat/Dersim (a Kurdish city in the East part of Turkey), an extraordinary person, a master of music, instruments, lyric writing, stone masonry, wood shaping, animal breeding, beekeeping and also focusing on his very much talented children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A short documentary about Bulut family.

Ateşkerim is a swift bandit who has been extorting Viranşehir; his girlfriend is Gülnaz. Keloğlan, who looks just like him, shows up; neither of them knows about the other, and the villagers, the police, and even Gülnaz herself get them mixed up.

The Dersim rebellion was a Kurdish uprising against the Turkish government in the Dersim region of eastern Turkey, which includes province s of Tunceli, Elazig and Bingöl . It was led by an Alevi chieftain Seyid Riza. As a result of cruel Turkish military attacks against the rebellion, ten thousands of Alevi Kurds and Zazas were killed and many others were internally displaced due to the conflict. This is a story of a girl who was separated from her family, language, belief, history and culture and who looks for them after 74 years.

A sensitive and moving first documentary film, directed by a young filmmaker who depicts her parents' past life in exile.

Audience Emancipated: The Struggle for the Emek Movie Theater chronicles one of the most prominent struggles that took place in the heart of Istanbul between 2010-2013 and paved the way to the Gezi Resistance.

In a broken corner of the world, while awaiting at a bus stop people encounters the creature that causes strange events.

Superman takes a commercial airliner to Istanbul in order to help out with criminal organisation baffling the local police.

An unexpected incident in a village yard.

People who seek wealth and success through local beliefs - A documentary on the hunting of people with albinism in Tanzania, where the hunter and the prey speak.

The film is about a limited-superhero who wants to change the world with daily, weird and funny works.

Factory owner Şaban is in trouble with his creditors. He is waiting for his partner Haşmet, who is coming from Europe, to pay off his debts. However, Haşmet dies in a traffic accident. In his will, Haşmet appoints Şaban as guardian of his young son and leaves all his property to him. However, for Şaban to fulfill Haşmet's will, the baby who went missing during the accident must be found. Upon this, Şaban and the factory clerk Bilal begin searching for the baby. Meanwhile, the appearance of Celal, who resembles Bilal, will further complicate the situation.

Hayati Altuntaş lives a meager life with his family. His brother Bekir, on the other hand, lives in luxury, running the jewelry stores he inherited from his wife's father. Hayati goes out every day to look for work, but luck is not on his side. On the other hand, he gambles away what little he has. His wife Saniye and his brother Bekir, among others, have all become the subject of gossip because of his situation. All Hayati has left are his dreams...

A woman walks into an antique shop to give away a teddy bear...

Unlike previous productions that presented the harmful effects of smoking on health through conventional texts and methods, this film confronts smokers with their addiction and highlights the fact that smoking may actually be the cause of their problems rather than the solution. Directed by Yücel Yolcu, the film holds up a mirror to cigarette addiction, drawing on the professional experiences of therapist and trainer Emre Üstünuçar.

Filmed by reserve army officer Fuat Uzkinay shortly after the Ottoman empire's entry into the Great War. A General Enver's establishes a film centre and several more scenes are shot during the war.

A new highway is build along the western shores of the Black Sea. The road construction not only destroys hundreds of miles of beach it also effects locals and their social life.

A short travelogue created by Murray Rosenberg, who served as Honorable Secretary of the English Zionist Federation. Filmed in the area of Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, it is the earliest surviving full-length film made there and one of the earliest Zionist films.

Living with elderly relatives in a remote old house in the mountains the Child reticently observes the daily routine of rustic life and glimpses the mysteries of life and death.

What do a luxury automobile, a cymbal, and a wall clock all have in common? What are the diverse attachments and experiences produced by those who make these things and those who consume them? What exchanges take place through the object itself—sensually, esthetically, abstractly? We often forget that most of the things we use are made by the labor of others, often in distant places, living dramatically different, diverse lives. What do these objects mean to them? How does their labor, their aspirations, their sense of alienation or satisfaction connect to ours?

A performance artist tries to pass an audition she could never succeed at.

Adem lives a repetitive and monotonous life until he finds himself caught between reality and a virtual world. In this perplexing realm, he encounters an AI assistant that forces him to confront his past. As Adem interacts with the AI and unravels the mysteries surrounding him, he begins to question his own identity and the very nature of his existence. This journey into the unknown challenges everything he thought he knew and leads him on an unexpected path that will change his life forever.

In a dystopian office setting, employees are limited to 1,000 words per day to communicate.

Two assassins return from a mission and attempt to convince their boss that everything went according to plan. As their retelling spirals into conflicting details and absurd excuses, a simple debrief turns into a dark comedy of tension and deception.

A man starts documenting the search for a missing cat after finding a lost poster on the street. What begins as a small personal investigation slowly turns into an absurd obsession filled with surveillance, theories, and sleepless nights. Somewhere between loneliness and paranoia, the city itself becomes part of the search.

A series of black and white shots on a boat.

Reflections is a film about family bounds. In a family if anything happens all of them will be affected.

People are mostly complicated, but sometimes things really are that simple. Three encounters.