Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

A poor young man chosen by a advertising company, and they made him a public hero to make him advertise poor quality products that no one buys.

Bahar (Nurgül Yeşilçay) is sent to New York because a serious illness. Treated in hospital Seymen Aga (Özcan Deniz) and Bahar try together to overcome this disease. Seymen Aga trying to be as strong as possible and not to give up. In Kapadokya, where their family and friends, they are waiting for the good news from the U.S..

Sara is a famous Iranian actress lives in France for years. She lost her contact with her family she left in Iran, when she immigrated to France at 17. One night when she comes home she receives a letter form her father calling her to Iran. As her entrance to her country is prohibited because of the obscene scenes she took part in, she takes illegal ways to arrive her village in Iran. A dangerous long journey full of patience; she will travel on the garrons through the foggy and snowy mountains, starts for her. Accompanied by the smugglers and a group of Turkish guides, will she be able to arrive her village to discover the mystery of her father's letter?

The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.

Details the struggles of an oppressed woman's sexual frustrations.

The abandoned Fosforlu sing and dance in the streets to survive. She run into the once famous singer Kemal, who now is blind and have lost his memory. The two start to perform together. A surgeon enjoying their act offers to help Kemal out of his misery.

Taner and Yeşim are a couple who have been married for twelve years. The couple, who live a happy life with their ten-year-old daughter Defne, count down the days to go to their summer house, as they do every year. However, this year's vacation will not be like the others. Upon arriving at the summer house, the family witnesses strange occurrences, and is shaken when Defne begins eating insects she has dug up from the ground. The extraordinary events that befall them cause Tamer to revisit his past. Tamer, who is investigating the mysterious roots that even Yeşim does not know about, is forced to confront Cini İbn-i Cühaşe, the most dangerous of the jinn, and his army.

Commissioner Musa, Kemal, and Ekrem arrive at Ayfer's brothel after receiving a report of a murder. A man has been killed. Shortly thereafter, Commissioner Musa is murdered by a killer named Orhan. Orhan works for a very famous businessman named Şahmat. Commissioner Musa and Kemal attempt to apprehend Orhan and bring Şahmat to justice.

The film tells the story of a man whose life changes because of his brother's mistakes. Orhan is a car mechanic. Orhan, who wants to help his brother Hakan start a business, takes on a large amount of debt. Hakan, who wants to get rich quickly, ruins the business. As a result, Orhan goes to work outside the city to pay off the debt. Meanwhile, a relationship begins between Hakan and Pınar, whom Orhan loves but cannot confess his feelings to. When Orhan returns, even bigger problems await him that need to be resolved.

Nuri, from the Selimoğulları family, kills Turgut, from the Kadiroğulları family. However, he is saved from prison thanks to his relatives who witnessed the crime. Both families have children who have been educated abroad. Dr. Osman, from the Kadiroğulları family, is in love with his uncle's daughter, Türkan. However, Türkan sees him as an older brother. Kemal, an engineer from the Selimoğulları family, also loves Türkan. The three young people begin to fight in their own way to resolve the blood feud. Over time, Kemal and Türkan grow closer. However, the feuding families oppose this relationship and make plans for revenge.

When Adil is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, an important secret he has been hiding for years will be soon revealed. For Serap, who got pregnant from her extra-marital affair, her father's illness is just the beginning of hard times.

Based on the theme of marriage, this is a humorous story about two families who come face to face. The film tells the story of a civil servant family with seven children, and the events that unfold during the marriage of their two adult daughters are presented to the audience in a comical manner. In addition, the film makes you laugh and cry at the same time, and family relationships and financial difficulties are described in an entertaining way.

Newly divorced Nilgün, a doctor from Istanbul, is sent to a remote small town to practice; where she meets up with long lost friend Havva while treating local prostitutes.

Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling survival yarn, the superb debut feature of Alphan Eşeli. Starting out with three characters – a refugee mother and daughter and their grizzled guide – the film traces their daunting trek across this barren terrain to safety, with the Russians encroaching and other stragglers, including a pair of wounded, frostbitten Ottoman soldiers, all orbiting the same burnt-out village they find in their path. Puncturing its aura of ghostly impasse with some shocking narrative reversals, and constantly prickling with the mutual dread of strangers in gruelling extremes, the movie stakes out hugely credible ground next to established Eastern Front war classics (In the Fog, Come and See) while remaining thoroughly its own beast. (Source: LFF programme)

As a coincidence, Murat founds his ex-love Selma after several years in his town. He would like to make up and regain her trust and love. However Selma already have a different life style.

Once upon a time, Arife, who made a living by telling stories at weddings in rural Anatolia, and her husband Civan, who entertained people by dancing in the same settings, were walking through mountainous terrain to attend a wedding they had been invited to when Civan suddenly suffered a heart attack. Witnessing her husband's death in a cave, Arife finds herself helpless when the three bandits she had been telling stories about arrive at the cave, and she hides inside. The bandits see Civan's lifeless body. Startled by Arife's sudden appearance, the bandits draw their weapons to kill her. However, Arife begins to narrate the lives of the three bandits in a mysterious and dramatic style with her eloquence and unconventional manner of speaking, causing the bandits to lower their guns and listen to Arife's stories with curiosity until dawn. The bandits' sorrows, troubles, and secrets are now fully revealed. The bandits must now make a decision.

Orhan Koparan and his brother Naylon make their living by maintaining the graves of the deceased in the company they have named Koparan Brothers. Wanting to grow their business, the brothers decide to bid for a shroud tender at the municipality one day. However, they are unaware that the winner of the tender has already been decided beforehand. During the bidding process, the Koparan brothers cause a series of incidents, making enemies in the process, and find themselves caught up in various tragicomic events.

Exiled Turkish–Kurdish folk singer Ahmet Kaya joins a young journalist on a road trip from Paris to Istanbul.

Serdar is 29 years old. He is an introvert person who continues his life as an animator. The idealist journalist who works in the magazine Ah Güzel Istanbul has long been in love with Gizem, but Gizem is not even aware of his existence. Serdar, with his roommates Batu and Masal result as a result of a claim, meets Gizem and decides to be dear. The subject of Gizem's interview with the magazine is filo-phobia. And Serdar introduces himself as a filo-phobic.

In the 1930s in Konya, Turkey, the famous belly dancer Cemile dreams of going to the big city. Murat falls in love with her.

Erol and Sadi are two close friends who work at the same nightclub. Sadi falls in love with Serap, a dancer at the large nightclub. Serap reciprocates his feelings, but disappears when she learns that Sadi has a long-term girlfriend.

"Sen ne dilersen" is proving, Turkish movie sector is working and rising..

In a wooded area, the bodies of many young people who died for different reasons are found. A young commissioner with severe insomnia is tasked with solving these murders.

A love story between an outlaw, his lover, whose house he takes shelter in, and his lover's sister, who is in love with the outlaw.

Doctor Bahar receives a phone call during her son Mert’s birthday and leaves for an old man’s home to prepare a report for death. This task may seem like a professional routine for Bahar, but it turns into something else with the confession of the bride that leaves Bahar between her conscience and her career.

We are now saying goodbye to the 1960s. The 60's started eventfully on May 27. It ended as eventfully as it began. The '70s inherited escalating violence, student riots, and rumors of intervention. Prime Minister Demirel was trying to put out the fire in the street and to calm the increasingly restless army on the other. The October 1969 elections were held in this atmosphere and the Justice Party came out of the ballot box again. May 27 came by overthrowing the DP government, but the AP, which declared that three of the three elections held since the 1960s, were the continuation of the DP, emerged successfully. Demirel was about to roll up his sleeves for a new era. He felt that no one could stop him now. He was wrong. As he was dizzy from victory, he fell at Caesar's fault. Forgot about Brutus...

Coming from village to the town to work as construction worker,Ibrahim (Ibrahim Tatlisis) , married Emine (Serpil Cakmakli ) daughter of Gulbahar (Suzan Avci) who sells her body for a living but some people are not happy..

Kerem is going on vacation with his mother and sister. Kerem asks them to take a break on the road. When he returns, he cannot find his mother and brother. He waits for some sounds from the forest while he waits for his mother and brother to come. When he follows the voices and enters the forest, he finds himself in the Nightmare House. In the House of Nightmares awaits him from the Dark. Kerem will face his past and will want to correct what he has done.

Yılmaz is a young man stuck between his dreams and his father in a small town in Anatolia. His greatest dream is to buy a small tractor (patpat) that will pave the way for him to start his own business. However, both his father and the living conditions in the region stand as major obstacles even to his smallest dream. Yılmaz, along with his close friend who also wanders aimlessly in pursuit of his dreams, chases after new and different opportunities every day.

A man who is about to die plays a little game in his own mind with his past selves.

History of Turkish Horror Cinema tries to take the first step in explaining how horror cinema started in Turkey, what prejudices it strives to break, and how film directors, producers and screenwriters see horror cinema.

Hüdaverdi, who has no family, lives in poverty throughout his life. One day, when he was hungry, he went to the beach and prayed. After a while, he realized he had ten lira in his pocket. That night, money kept coming out of his pants. The next day, he told his friends about it. He couldn't decide what to do with the money coming out of his pocket. Later, with the help of his friends, he opened a bank. His competitors in the banking sector will try to uncover the secret of Hüdaverdi, who suddenly became wealthy.

Ahmet, a filmmaker on Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', sinks into depression, alienates loved ones, and abandons his film.

Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband.

Barboros sets off to see a play with his wife Ceren and nine-year-old son Ali, when a luxury car crashes into his vehicle at high speed. Barboros loses his wife and son in the accident, and his grief is compounded when the driver responsible for his family's death is released.

A woman trying to take revenge on her husband who left her.

Selma lives a poor life with her sister Leyla and her alcoholic father. Leyla is the mistress of a rich man called Ziya. Selma gets a job as a secretary and her boss Suat turns out to be the man who Leyla has had a short affair with. Selma and Suat fall in love and decide to get married, but Suat's family doesn't accept her as their bride. Leyla is pregnant, she delivers a baby and returns to her lover Ziya leaving Selma the baby. Selma's father tells Suat that baby is his. Selma also tries to explain the situation but Suat doesn't believe her. Selma gets sick and is hospitalized. Leyla reveals the truth to Suat. The sad days are over for the loving couple..

A townsman teacher Ahmet builds a school in the village but villagers burn the school because of fear of Aga.

A confused script writer takes refuge in the ruins of a Byzantine church at a remote village while looking for locations for his next film.

Gül is a young girl who works as a cleaner at the conservatory. She secretly cares for the students at the school. Meral, the daughter of a wealthy family, is a student at the school and is engaged to a young man named Selim. However, Meral's conceited, snobbish, and spoiled behavior bothers Selim and causes him to not want to marry her. One day, when no one is in the classroom, Gül plays the piano and sings. Selim, who has come to pick up Meral from school, thinks that Gül, whose voice he likes very much, is a student at the school. He meets her and invites her to his birthday party. Gül accepts the invitation, but Meral reveals that she is a cleaner. Gül is embarrassed. However, Selim is very fond of her, and their relationship progresses. Selim's father is on the verge of bankruptcy. His only salvation is his son's marriage to Meral, and Selim reluctantly agrees.

Cemil is a shy young man who works behind the scenes in a shopping mall. He wants to be "the employee of the month" badly but he can't. That's when he rebels in a way that shocks everyone.

The story of cowboy Bill, who comes to town to avenge his murdered father.

A mother tells her daughter the fairy tale of a little girl named Karanfil Kız to help her fall asleep. According to the tale, Karanfil Kız goes to the cinema with her father, but she falls asleep in the movie theater. When she wakes up, she learns that her father is missing and begins to search for him.

Joe's search for his girlfriend leads him through a series of unexpected encounters.

The story is about a couple who break up and then get back together. Necdet is a young man who has just graduated from a technical university. Meliha is the daughter of a family who has recently moved into the same street as Necdet. Despite being in love with each other, Necdet and Meliha stubbornly refuse to reconcile. Meanwhile, Necdet's childhood friend Tufan marries Meliha. However, Necdet and Meliha cannot forget each other. A stormy night will change everything.

This film is about Zagor’s revenge upon four men that persecuted his family. Rodrigo, Lopez and Şerif take the mine that Zagor discovers. They don’t even give him a share. They deposit him famished, thirsty and on foot in the desert. Along the journey, he meets Mr. Taylor and his daughter. Mr. Taylor teaches Zagor how to use a gun quickly. Zagor goes back and settles the score with those who have done him wrong. But the villains do not sit idle. They kill Zagor’s sibling Katito, mother, and father. They also kill Mr. Taylor and steal his horse. Zagor marries Mr. Taylor’s daughter. He then exacts revenge on Rodrigo, Lopez, Şerif and Karlo one by one

Reeling from her father's death, romantic disappointment and the ramifications of her uncle's gambling, Günfer meets a man who's not what he seems.

Kay Wishoth and Claudia Laszczak's 2005 video documentary profiles five Turkish gays and lesbians. When Ebru, a 22-year old lesbian, came out to her family, her mother had a nervous breakdown; she feels she cannot be an out lesbian as long as she lives in Turkey. Omer, who is very popular among the bear set, cruises in parks and on the internet, unbeknownst to his wife and child. Demet is a MTF trans-activist who has been arrested and tortured by the police repeatedly because of her gender identity. Engin lives with his parents, who believe he's straight, but sneaks out for days at a time to be with his boyfriend. Serder strives to be an out gay activist, but does so with extreme caution.