Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

The story of a young man who goes to the mountains to take revenge on a landlord. Karalar Mehmet lives with his mother and sister Melek. Like the other villagers, they work for Halim Ağa. Mehmet and Halim's daughter Kına are in love with each other. One day, when Mehmet's shirt tears, Kına mends it. Upon hearing this, the villagers sing a song about it. Halim Ağa and his sons, believing that Mehmet has dishonored them, torment him. When the police intervene, Halim Ağa accuses Mehmet of theft. The police arrest Mehmet. Unable to control his anger, Halim Ağa's son Ali burns down Mehmet's house and tries to rape Melek. Melek commits suicide to escape Ali. As Mehmet is being taken away by the police, the bandit Kara Hacı rescues him. When Mehmet returns to his village, he sees that Melek is dead. Upon this, Mehmet goes to the mountains to take revenge on Halim Ağa and joins Kara Hacı's gang.

Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.

Istanbul is the source of hope for African immigrants, due to its strategic location between Asia and Europe. The Everwarm Bed tells the stories of those immigrant workers who provide money for their families and try to turn back home. While they ought to take turns sleeping on the one and only single bed they have in their rental apartments, we will witness the daily lives, struggles and dreams of Abubakar, Sheku, Zidane and many more…

Tarik, 8 years old, lives in the city. He suffers a car accident with his father, who dies, and with his mother, who is in a coma in the hospital. Tarik suffers from memory loss. With no other relatives in the city, he is sent to a village to live with his grandparents. The boy doesn't remember anything, but dreams constantly and connects himself with an animal that lost its mother in a car accident in the village.

The film subjects the cross-section of the life of a family living on the edge of a city and the curiousity of their little son about it.

Airsoft enthusiasts Cenk, Cihan and their friends learn that a Russian airsoft team wants to play them in a match with a cash prize. The team accepts the offer and goes to the island where the game will be played. However, shortly after the game starts, they realize that something is wrong. The weapons in the hands of the Russian team are real! Now the Russian team is the hunter and Cenk, Cihan and their friends are the hunted...

'Tek Maç' Erdem, pirate movie seller Settar, mugger Şahin, painter Nadir, Bekir Ali, Levent, and Genco are all cellmates with different personalities who have been imprisoned for different crimes. Each of these inmates, who are all in their own worlds, live according to their own rules. One day, a new and sexy warden named Kamuran is assigned to the prison. Warden Kamuran orders a play to be performed in the cell block. The inmates, who come together for a common purpose through this plan, do not realize that they are part of a play that will lead to their own downfall!

A tycoon tries to teach some life lessons to his three spoiled sons by making them work on the floor of his factory, where one of them falls in love.

At the end of an extraordinary situation in the village, when the people of the village cannot reach the government, they try to break a curse by organizing various rituals under the leadership of the Mukhtar and Kadir. After a while, the government official who comes to the village will confront the villagers with another reality in an authoritarian manner.

The film is about a rich man who falls in love with a poor woman. Cüneyt, the son of a millionaire businessman, is about to get engaged. To test his fiancée and her friends, he tells everyone that he has gone bankrupt. As a result, his fiancée breaks up with him. His friends also do not attend the engagement ceremony. As a result, Cüneyt decides to distance himself from his social circle and spend some time in the outskirts of the city. With the help of a worker who is employed by him, he begins living in Kumkapı. Cüneyt will fall in love there and decide to marry.

Two sisters in their early thirties find themselves isolated in the Aegean summer cottage of their childhood, as they must deal with their uneasy sibling relationship and confront their devastating recent past past.

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.

A cult is trying to summon the demon, who was imprisoned in a necklace by Gosha Tamaya, by sacrificing young girls. The police department manages to get a hold of the cult leader, and the commission officer takes the chain back home. Unfortunately, his sister brings the chain along when going on a holiday with her friends, where they set up a camp next to a castle; a castle where the demon was imprisoned in a long time ago.

'Selam' is a Turkish movie that tells the impressive stories of three Turkish teachers who are idealists working at schools opened by Turkish entrepreneurs on three different continents and in three different countries: Afghanistan, Senegal, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This story is based on true events that has been in progress for more than 20 years in which a number of young people in love of peace and humanity leave their countries to teach, help and live in countries they have never heard of before. This is the story of people who live for their ideals and other people before themselves, and who leave their families, loves, friends, countries behind. They set on this pet just with the inspiration of the words which said "A couple of eyes are waiting for you here, but thousands of eyes are waiting in faraway lands." They had sacrifice and kindness in their bags, love in their hearts and a smiling Selam (greetings) in their tongues. - Written by Akif Okumus

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Written and directed by Ali Taner Baltacı, this 40-minute production brings Atatürk and other important figures of Turkish political history to the screen.

Five short stories based on 'Love' and 'Tolerance' themes. Each of the short films moves along their own lines and ultimately converges in the concepts of love and tolerance.

The police is in search of the mystery case behind the disappearance of a girl. Salih Hodja is the main suspect behind the girls' disappearance since that he was the only one at the scene. There turns out to be similarities between the events that Salih Hodja is speaking of and the paranormal events that are happening to Yakup's son Yusuf.

The film tells the story of a young blind woman. Elif, who lives with her father, is left completely alone after losing him. However, the entire town, led by the former gangster Arap Hasan, supports Elif. Meanwhile, a young man named Kadir takes an interest in Elif. Kadir, who performs surgery to restore Elif's sight, falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a gang that Kadir has disrupted kidnaps Elif in an attempt to pit Kadir against Arab Hasan. Their goal is to get Arab Hasan to kill Kadir.

The Secret on the Canvas is a dramatic story set in Cyprus, woven with love, betrayal, and secrets buried years ago. Screenwriter Mert, who comes to the island in search of inspiration, finds traces of the forbidden love that painter Ayten had with a Greek Cypriot youth named Nikos in her youth. This discovery leads him to the dark secrets of the past, and during his research, his path crosses with Zehra's, and together they try to uncover a truth that has been hidden for generations.

The film tells the tale of a father who can't get along with his sons. Haci Nuri runs a factory with his sons Erol and Metin. However, he pressures them in many areas of their lives. Unable to stand any more of his father's pestering, Erol moves out. After a while, Metin also leaves home to live with his elder brother. But in response, Haci Nuri disowns the two of them. The two brothers will try to start a business and get by without their father.

Synopsis TBA. A folk horror film that takes place in Istanbul.

The story of a hired killer, a man he wants to kill, and two women.

No matter what happens, Gönül, who wants to buy a horse, sets out to the farm to convince Necdet. Meanwhile, Necdet plans to play a game for Gönül.

Çetin is greedy. Years later upon his father's death he returns home. He begins a new friendship with his mentally disabled brother Arif.

The film tells the life and struggle of Doctor İsmail Beşikçi, who graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Administrative Sciences and completed his PhD in sociology at Erzurum University. He reached the conclusion “Kurds exist, there is a Kurdish problem” during his field work and spent 17 years of his life in prison at different periods because he opposed official theses based on denial.

The adventures of four friends who graduated from the same school.

The film tells the story of two friends who are in love with the same girl. Orhan, Selma, and Ahmet are three friends who grew up together. Orhan and Selma are children of neighboring mansions. Ahmet is the gardener's son. The feelings of the three young people, who are like siblings, begin to change with age. Ahmet and Selma are in love with each other. On the day they are about to confess their feelings, Orhan acts more quickly. He tells Ahmet about his love for Selma. Nothing will ever be the same again. Despite his love, Ahmet is determined to stay out of this relationship. Their happiness was made possible by a bitter coincidence. But it won't last long.

The film is about two friends trying to take down a crime gang. Metin, who was recently suspended from his job as a police officer, is making a living doing other jobs. He befriends Münir, a police detective who has recently moved to the same neighborhood. Münir is currently investigating a criminal gang that the police have been tracking. He offers Metin the opportunity to work together. At first, Metin is reluctant to get involved. However, he eventually decides to do everything in his power to help Münir dismantle the gang.

While working on melting glaciers caused by greenhouse gases and global warming, Captain Pengu learns that his only friend, Putuk, has fallen from the melting glacier and disappeared into the sea. Captain Pengu immediately sets out to search for his friend, and Misket, Pelik, and Mandalina join him on his journey. On their journey to find Putuk, they will encounter exciting, adventurous, and humorous moments.

Sebahat and Melahat are best friends. They live in Trabzon, Turkey. One day, their husbands leave the village to go to Istanbul for work. While Sebahat and Melahat are waiting for them, they learn that their husbands are cheating on them in Istanbul.

The film about emergence of reciprocal psychological abuse and emotional conflict.

Foreign agents in Turkey discover the raw materials for a hydrogen bomb on a piece of land. They plot against Kemal, the owner of the land. Kemal is forced to rent the land to the agents. However, he regrets this decision. One night, at a tavern, he meets Reşat, who looks exactly like him. He tells Reşat about his experiences, and they devise a plan. To fight the agents, Reşat switches places with Kemal. Reşat will work with the police to try to reclaim the land.

After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.

36-year-old Alis starts living in his car after his father kicks him out of the house. He shaves on the street, eats the food his mother brings over to his car, and applies to job adverts that his mother marks in the newspaper for him. After a series of rejections, he finds himself working door-to-door marketing Karnaval brand carpet cleaners. An unusual bond forms between Alis and "Karnaval". Karnaval even moves in with Alis occupying the front seat of his car. In this new adventure of his, Alis meets a wedding cake-maker named Demet. She lives with her father ever since her mother's death, and dreams of hopping on her motorbike and moving to Istanbul where she would open up a bakery shop

A taxi driver and an orphan girl meet each other for the first time through an arranged marriage. The orphan girl grows up to inherit a family fortune and turns out to be the lady of a mansion, by means of a secret benefactor.

What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey.

Savaş is a wealthy businessman who takes from the rich and gives to the poor, distinguishing between the righteous and the unjust. The extent of his wealth and land holdings is unknown. However, this power makes his enemies salivate, which is why he stands out so much in the underworld. But Savaş does not compromise on this and helps every oppressed person who seeks refuge with him, fighting against the mafia.

The story of two young people who kidnap the rich girl who mocks him, and then fall in love with each other.

While four buddies are hanging out in one of their houses, Kaan mentions a digital drug called "I,Doser." They watch videos of people who have tried it but it doesn't look secure to them.None of the boys dare to try it.They decide to play a game and incidents occur.

The story of a millionaire on the run from his enemies and a young man who looks like him. Events begin when two people, one a millionaire and the other a poor man, who look like twins, swap places.

Stories of Turkish people living in three European cities Madrid, Paris, and Berlin. Most are illegal immigrants, and while seeking for permits or living in hide outs they go through life dealing with humiliation, insecurities, betrayals, self-pity. The stories reflect the schizophrenic nature of the immigrant world, which turns the movie into something more than life in Europe.

When Onur’s girlfriend Leyla burns his belongings, including a mysterious box of pastries meant for Hacamat Hüso’s friend, she unwittingly destroys fifty thousand euros hidden inside. Homeless and confused, Onur turns to childhood pals Fiko and Süleyman, only to be grabbed by Hacamat’s men and beaten, prompting the three friends to scramble desperately to recover the lost money and save their lives.