Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

Softcore. the lives and loves of two young ladies living in an apartment.

Ada is a girl who lives in a village where it hasn't rained for a long time. Ada's family is considering leaving the village if the drought continues. Ada is very sad about this and wants to show us her village through her camera. She goes to a lake that used to be full of water and visits the island that bears her name. But you see that the lake is completely dry, the ground is cracked, and there is no water left.

Crime and nightlife in Egypt.

Early science-fiction/science-film hybrid exploring themes around computational culture. James Baldwin Special Prize, I. Hisar Short Film Competition.

The film tells the story of Metin, who asks his friend for help in breaking a spell that has been cast on him.

In broad daylight, a seemingly routine ferry journey plunges into chaos as a sudden storm unleashes terror on unsuspecting passengers. Inspired by true events, "BIALO" delves into the eerie and unsettling world of lost souls and dark rituals.

The story of the reunion of Eroğlu Girls Orchestra, Turkey's first and only orchestra founded by girls in 1968, by one of Turkey's leading guitarists and arrangers, Cenk Eroğlu, constitutes the subject of the documentary film. The orchestra, which became very popular in the 1970s by appearing on TRT television programs, radio programs, and newspaper news, took the stage at the Presidential mansion, the prime minister's office, press balls, and concerts of the famous artists of its time such as Barış Manço, Erol Büyükburç, and Erol Pekcan.

Cansu and Damla, a long-term lesbian couple, aim to reignite their relationship with friends Baris and Celik. As they explore new experiences, hidden emotions surface, deepening their bonds of love and friendship.

An experimental documentary, telling the story of a secret homosexual man who has spent his life concealing his sexuality from his family.

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

Turkish crime thriller

A documentary following Mehmet and Engin, two friends who work all throughout winter to spend their summer in Bodrum every year. A brief look into Bodrum's nightlife and its colorful characters.

Silent Dance tells the story of Turkey's first ballerina with hearing impairment: Eda Tavacı's extraordinary relationship with sounds, music, people and her body. It draws a success story from the life full of difficulties and vulnerabilities of a young woman who holds on to life by dancing against noise, deeply rooted habits and deafness. Eda's dream is to find her own voice in the darkness of violence against women within the metropolitan chaos and to inspire others. But in a world that makes people to lose sensibilities every day, how can a girl who tries to bond with the rest of the World as she also expects support from her mother realize this naive desire?

Unable to fully wake up after a nap, Cankus decides to take a walk to pull herself together. Yet she continues to oscillate between dream and reality as she strolls through the city. She is anxious but dreamy, alieanted but following the news. She is wandering through an unstable mental space in post-covid Turkey, affected by inflation, authoritarianism, pollution, unequal urbanization, neoliberalism and the feeling of isolation. It describes a mental noise caused by uncertainty and constant political instability and but also searches for humor and beauty in all this confusion, with a material and experimental approach to video.

After learning that she is a reflection in the Dark Realm, Sinem, who began having terrible nightmares following the death of her mother İnci, experiences a series of horrific events.

Arthur begins to develop feelings for his new neighbor, Ateş. Before long, he realizes that he is in love for the first time.

Memory Place follows three moments of memory on the fraying certainty of home. The visualizations are produced through point cloud data using 3D scanning techniques to portray and preserve private and public recollections. The videos invite the viewer to “walk inside” these moments, creating an immersive experience of a fading past. The piece explores the alienation that arises from the changing socio-political climate of Turkey as Istanbul becomes more of an idea than a place. Recollections of safe and cherished times with family remain as the only uninterrupted memories in the changing nature of the city.

Elif and her friends' world will change with the arrival of the Periş! After their arrival, a series of comical and entertaining events befall Elif and her friends as they prepare for a dance competition. Meanwhile, Periş and Tini try to return to Zerre, the mysterious world of the Periş.

In a city far away from the nature, a man wakes up, has his breakfast and starts a perfect day.

A dinner serving slathered with black propaganda sauce...

Cesur is a commissioner who has worked in various places in Kemeraltı for 25 years. While telling about his experiences since his childhood, he goes on an exploration in the colorful streets of Kemeraltı with his camera.

The settlement called “Dirbesiyê”, at the border point of Mardin, had to change and transform under the influence of military-political developments. One of the most ironic examples of this is that in 1993, the star symbol on the railings of windows of the houses was deemed objectionable on the ground that it was a political symbol, and the village was raided by military forces to remove it from the windows.

A couple is trapped in a house, only to be shaken to their core beliefs. Only way out: find or fight god.

A mother processes the most devastating news a parent can recieve.

Emine (10) lives in the small town, Pazar, in North East Turkey. Her best friend is Eda Nur (11). There has just been an earthquake 400 km away from where they live. Through the news they learn that many people have died and buildings have collapsed. With the backdrop of fearing the possibility of an earthquake hitting where the girls live, we learn about their friendship and its ups and downs. The girls have to prepare for their first Turkish bagpipe concert. But Emine is jealous of Eda Nur’s skills and that challenges her in keeping up the good friendship. Through the interactions between the two girls, we hope for Emine to acknowledge that she and Eda Nur are good at different things and that she sees the strengths of that in their friendship.

Survivors tell the inside story of the massacre of the leftist students at Istanbul University on 16 March 1978 and the political atmosphere before the coup of 12 September 1980.

A deconstructed how-to haiku for staying afloat through the endurance sport of life. Featuring "Polycalia Myrtifolia" from album "Seeds" by Pablo Schvarzman.

In a psychedelic universe, a jade stone from space crashes into a planet where the long-legged blue goat lives. The crash creates enormous cracks in the ground, and the goat and the stone fall into the void of darkness through the cracks.

The police are interrogating a young man who reported his girlfriend as missing.

Cyprus-born Mete, a young man directing TV series in İstanbul, in order to shoot a documentary, returns to the lands he emigrated from 10 years ago…

Celal, who aspires to shoot a film in Kars but lacks the funds even to buy a camera, has a sole dream: to create a cinematic masterpiece and make his voice heard beyond the village life he inhabits. In the absence of knowledge and resources, Celal discovers the essence of life through the lens of cinema.

Saturday-Sunday follows a young man over the course of a weekend. On Saturday, he meets his girlfriend in Kartal, wandering by and having tea. On Sunday, he joins a protest that would later be remembered as "Bloody Sunday" (Kanlı Pazar). Best 8mm Film, III. Hisar Short Film Competition

Obscene explores the process of the banning of OnlyFans in Turkey through the eyes of experts and content producers on the platform. The documentary analyses the evolution of nudity and sexuality-based content in the history of the internet, comments on the debates that started with the public visibility of this platform in Turkey, and uncovers the mysteries of this interactive world by addressing themes such as the attention and reactions of influencers and the motivations of followers.