Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

A poet, who works as a waiter to make ends meet, postures as a female singer to end a blood feud between two families.

People search for an ancient jewel in Istanbul.

Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.

The film, which tells the action-packed fight of two women against evil, will focus on what happens after a bank robbery.

After completing his specialty in Canada, Mazhar returned to Istanbul. As he mourns his mother, he falls in love with Ece, who is also the lover of Erman, Mazhar’s best friend. Mazhar and Ece will live a passionate and devastating love in the midst of the vicissitudes of the city.

A man who goes after the murderers of the woman he loves.

Davud returns from war to find everyone in his village has succumbed to a strange illness and has decomposed. His sister, the only survivor, is slowly rotting away herself. Davud is troubled by his memories as a soldier, as he confronts the only true question: is surviving the same as living?

A clarinetist from a village in Turkey's Thracian region tries to reach his fiancé, who works as a nurse in a village near Çanakkale, to give her a ring to win back her heart.

After his six-year-old daughter Cemre, whom he raised alone, contracts a terminal illness, Deniz tries to fulfill her last wishes.

To Make It Back Home is the story of a man who has lost his place to stand in life, embarking on a long journey through his own inner emptiness and the unseen wounds of the country. As Anıl drifts between cities, people, and events, he is forced to confront loss, guilt, and a deep sense of not belonging. Everywhere he believes he has escaped to, he encounters the same void. Home ceases to be an address and becomes a reckoning with the past, family, and himself.

A middle class young man rebels against his father’s brutish authority and seeks a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority. Yuce’s moral tale draws from the example of today’s Turkish youth and the timeless shadow of fathers over sons.

Feeling stuck in her life, Alice follows the call of a mobile app and plots into a virtual world by following the white rabbit. She finds herself in a fantastic world while she searching for answers to the “Who am I?”. Alice will test her courage in this new universe with her imagination and fears.

Ruzgar is a new cool boy in the school.Deniz is the girl who he heard in the cellphone,singing.Then they fall in love with each other. Selin is Deniz's bestie will support them but,their love relationship is gonna be complicated.

While bickering with her boss at a tailor shop, Feride makes a life-altering bet that propels her toward her dream of making it big in high fashion.

Ali Riza, a very respectable man, retires and moves to Istanbul with his wife and five children. His children quickly lose identity in degenerate big city and his family, once close-knit, begins crumbling away.

Upon his return as a millionaire, Ali, with the repression complex he suffered years ago, spreads fear and death around him and takes brutal revenge on the woman he loves.

Each member of the family lives in their own world: a mother obsessed with acting, a father who takes beatings in boxing matches and has become addicted to it, an uncle who takes various drugs to see their side effects, a pessimistic brother who wants to die, and an aunt who has repented of her work as a hired killer and come out of it… One day, they learn from a video that their daughter Zeynep, who has been living far away from them for years, is about to give birth, and they set off from Istanbul to Antalya.

Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.

Four young college students who make interesting video broadcasts on YouTube are beginning to research on the internet to shoot videos on more interesting topics, realizing that they can not reach the result they want with their videos. During the research they encounter interesting stories in a village. They decided to make a video about interesting events in the villages and rent villas with the help of their teachers. Young people who want to take a few test pictures find themselves in horror-filled incidents.

A young woman and her family, a smooth and happy life, turned into a nightmare by an old, ruined house. 2010 horror and thriller film that Arkın Aktaç has taken in his vision and directed. 3 Letters: Marid encountered intense interest of the audience and watched by about 140 thousand people. In the sequel, Murat Toktamışoğlu confronts the director and screenwriter in his chair while Karsmet Ekin Tekinbas, Cansu Fırıncı, Ezgi Fidanci and Elvan Albat are among the players.

Police officer Burhan arrests Recep, a member of a drug trafficking gang. Recep is released after a false witness contradicts Burhan’s evidence, leading to Burhan’s reassignment to a small village. There, he becomes romantically involved with Sevtap, a belly dancer he knew from the capital.

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him.

Picking up from the explosive cliffhanger of the sixth episode of the miniseries, the film follows the harrowing coup attempt night of July 15th, and the Police Special Operations and Special Forces heroes who put everything on the line to prevent a cultist takeover of Turkey.

Brother Gokhan, Accountant Servet, Meatball Necmi and Del Piero Hikmet are released from prison on probation and they join group therapy in order to be reintegrated to society.

A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.

Aylin, who lives with her mother in Istanbul, is continuing her university education. In the harsh conditions of life, they exist with a new "deceptive" business model that suits the desires of today's city dwellers.

A young journalism student, Ebru, stays in a dormitory rumored to have a dark past. Initially dismissive of the stories, she begins to investigate after experiencing terrifying events. Ebru uncovers a connection between the hauntings and missing girls from the dormitory’s history. As she unravels its dark secrets, she becomes entangled in a ritual aimed at breaking an ancient pact between humans and jinns.

Fikret, an heir, is forced to marry Leyla, the daughter of his mother's former housekeeper, in order to avoid being disinherited.

As an unexpected truth about a young women gets revealed to her mother, the basic fact that a mother - daughter relationship is supposed to be based on unconditional love will have to be questioned.

From the famous Turkish journalist, Can Dündar narrates the last 300 days of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The documentary features the stories and mails from the friends of Atatürk who is the founder of Turkish Republic and also led the Turkish army in the Turkish War of Independence

The story of a young married man with no children and the mistress he impregnated.

A lonely and ruthless hit man falls in love with the woman he is assigned to kill, but she is about to commit suicide.

Üç tekerlekli bisiklet (Tricycle aka The Three-Wheeled Bicycle, I962) is a love story about a lonely woman with a small child and the man she hides in her house, who is chased and trapped, one of the staple motifs of Lutfi Akad’s cinema.

A member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her youth. However, events cause her to face her own past.

The famous Turkish rock band Mor ve Ötesi is bringing the İnönü Stadium concert on May 28, 2022 to the cinema.

To escape her father's pressure to get married, Melike tells a lie and makes a deal with Ali, a charming con man, for a two-month fake marriage in exchange for money. However, Ali demands to move his own unrefined family into Melike's house as part of the deal. With women constantly chasing Ali, items mysteriously disappearing from the house, and an over-the-top fake mother-in-law, things quickly spiral out of control for Melike. Despite the ongoing chaos and her constant bickering with Ali, she must keep up the charade to avoid getting caught by her father and being forced to marry a complete stranger.

On his first night back in his hometown of Kütahya after living in Paris for many years, Oktay is once again confronted with the reasons that have kept him away from home for so long. As he is about to leave the city again, he happens to walk into the home of a distant relative and meets Ayşe. Ayşe is a rural woman who is unhappy in her marriage and cannot fit into the small world confined by four walls. Oktay and Ayşe find happiness in each other after many years. The only way to sustain their happiness is for Ayşe to go to Paris with Oktay. Ayşe, perhaps for the first time, is faced with the opportunity to be happy and must choose between everything she knows as life. Ayşe’s decision will also determine whether Oktay, who has never felt at home anywhere, will end his “guest” status in his own life.

Losing his father at a very young age, Bekir lives with his mother Rabia and grandfather İlyas, who jointly run a haberdashery store. When İlyas passes away, to spare him grief young Bekir is told that “his beloved grandfather has gone to the moon and become Grandpa Moon.”

Yasemin is forced to marry Mehmet, the son of a wealthy but modest farm owner, in order to save her father's failing business. She convinces him to marry her through various tricks, but as soon as she gets what she wants, she abandons him and runs away. Unable to understand what has happened, Mehmet tracks down his wife's location through credit card transactions. Confrontations, revealed truths, and feelings of regret...

How did Ohash, who made a name in the rap music world, come to these days? How did it affect her journey back to Turkey from Iran with his father?

Nasty sleaze fest, very violent and misogynistic.

Two Turkish brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the political fence. When one of the brothers is murdered, the boys' father suspects that his surviving son was instrumental in the killing. Celebrated film director Elia Kazan returns to his acting roots in a key supporting role.

‘Theatre is my life,’ Yıldız Kenter admits in her biography written by Dikmen Gürün. This is the story of a star, who has dedicated her whole life to her theatre company, students, the stage. Recounting the prizes received as well as the prices paid for pursuing your passion, Sweetie is a testimony to the transforming cultural landscape of the country as it tells Kenter Theatre’s story and thus how a private theatre has managed to survive. Including interviews by family members, students, fellow actors, as well as rare archival images and footage, Sweetie is an homage to the ‘North Star of Turkish theatre.’ The documentary was written by Zeynep Miraç, scored by Murat Evgin, and features Dikmen Gürün as advisor.

Kemal, who lost his wife at an early age, lives with his two daughters, Ceren and Beren.

Two schizophrenic patients escape from a mental asylum supposing they were mistakenly quarantined. When they arrive at a country village, the villagers assume one is a sheriff and the other is a local magistrate.

Ferdi, a taxi driver who works nights, encounters many of the city’s more hidden and harsh sides after dark. Zeynep is on the run from a mob connected to the nightlife business. One faithful night brings them together

A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Her husband finds out and starts a fight. In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband.

Saroyanland is a docu-drama focusing on the journey of famous writer William Saroyan to the birthplace of his Armenian family Bitlis, in Turkey in 1964. While retaking the same road, the film aims to understand Saroyan's unique attitude to belonging, witnessing the self-discovery of a man who followed the traces of his Armenian ancestors.

Marife, who lived alone in a mountain house in the Black Sea region for forty years, was abandoned by Ilyas, whom she had fallen in love with in her youth, due to an illness she contracted while making plans to marry him. This illness was a plan prepared by Yahya, who secretly loved Marife, to reveal Ilyas's true face. While Marife lost her beauty with the poisoned honey she was fed, Ilyas's love ended with that beauty. While Ilyas practically ran away from where he lived, Marife retreated into a furious seclusion. Forty years later, Ilyas's son Ateş brought his father's body to Trabzon. His father's will was to be buried in Marife's garden. However, Marife's response to this will was full of anger.

4 pals find themselves in the middle of an adventure involving the US Army and aliens when one of them is gone missing during their secret weekend getaway without their wives in a spa center in Kömlük.

Follows four individuals as they travel beyond their familiar worlds. These contrasting travels became the basis for Refik Anadol's digital artwork. The film explores profound emotional shifts and the creative process, blending art, science, and human stories into a compelling narrative.

Loosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken binge over the disappearance of his love, Murat (Ayhan Isik) is picked up out of the gutter by the police and dropped smack-dab in the middle of a political bombshell.

Lale, who lost her parents at a young age and lives with her sister Nevin, is studying at medical school. Murat, a renowned brain surgeon, arrives at Lale's school as a teacher. All the girls at school have their eyes on Murat. However, the young man falls for Lale. Murat does everything he can to win Lale's trust and eventually wins her heart. The couple plans to get married after graduation. However, Nevin's illness complicates matters.

Three friends who just got out of prison promise each other that they will no longer commit crimes. However, all three plot the same robbery, unaware of each other.

An island off the coast of Turkey is about to be evacuated due to a possible earthquake but its inhabitants have been stricken with a mysterious illness, consigning them to an uncertain fate.

Cüneyt Arkin is war veteran, now using lots of of alcohol to forget terrible wartime memories. But some drug mafia bastards forces him to take double barreled shotgun and show them what angry Cüneyt is capable of.