Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

The film tells the story of how Haşim's life changed after he met a woman.

The life Ipek and Azat takes a horrific turn as Ipek begins to experience nightmares that turn out to be real.

Muhsin Çelebi, wearing the "pink pearl kaftan" he had purchased with his own fortune for the sake of his country, stood before the Safavid Shah Ismail as a proud diplomatic envoy and carried out the gesture he had proudly conceived to deliver the decree he had sent with dignity, neither kneeling nor bowing his head. Despite Shah Ismail's intrigues, Muhsin Çelebi preserves the Ottoman Empire's prestige with his honorable demeanor, laying the kaftan on the ground, and completes his mission.

Little Fatoş's father died when she was very young. Her mother married Turgut so that she could take care of herself and her child. Turgut is a cruel man. He makes the sick woman and her child work and takes everything they have. Fatoş meets Gariban on the street and starts selling candy with him. However, her mother is very sick. Turgut's mistreatment has made the woman's illness much worse. When they were kicked out of the house, they ended up on the street. The mother and daughter are alone now. They have no one but Gariban.

Müyesser is a disabled old woman dependent on her daughter-in-law's care. She can neither walk nor speak. In the mansion where they have just moved due to her son's new occupation, Müyesser meets a mysterious guest awaited for years, who proposes a last dance with her.

Selim is a mentally disabled man in his forties who was raised with great sacrifice by his family. An incident that occurs on his brother Zafer's wedding day will turn everything upside down. An event that befalls Selim will lead his family members to a sad fate where they will discover truths they were previously unaware of.

Tutkum, a university student, is researching an old necklace for her thesis. Guided by her professor, she will visit another professor to hear about past events related to the necklace.

A brand new bust is brought to a small village. State officials who brought it forget to take back the obsolete one. The only teacher at the village school, Şeref, assigns the duty of protecting the old one to the janitor İzzet. This burden will lead İzzet’s life to an impasse.

The film tells the friendship story of three young people named Ali, Tufan and Selim. Selim is a musician, Ali and Tufan are car mechanics. They live in the same house. Elif, who works as a manicurist, joins the group as Ali's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Tufan meets Mehtap, a rich woman. However, Mehtap's involvement in illegal activities causes trouble for Tufan. Learning about the situation, Elif, Ali and Selim decide to save Tufan from this environment.

A triangle of love, death and separation. Eda and Sarp rent an Airbnb before a long separation. They walk into the house to find the housekeeper, Can, lying on the floor having tried to kill himself. And they save his life. But something more important needs rescuing: their relationship… With the help of wine and weed, the three talk, become closer and start playing a guessing game. But after a while Can crosses a line, despite being consistently right in his guesses.

A newly met actor and actress fall in love during the production of a film, "Dialogue"; but rehearsing with the director turns them into their fictive characters, a couple on the verge of separation.

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.

Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her.

The film tells the story of Güllü and Murat's love.

Mexican President Velasquez has been deposed by a military coup, and is hiding in a secret place. After him are the military, who repress the loyalist peasants with brutality, and a gang of thieves, who want to get a cache of money. Velasquez thin hope of survival is his faithful bodyguard Cobra who may eventually help him escape, or at least get some documents out of the country. But Cobra can not do this alone, and alliances do not seem possible in the midst of a trigger-happy revolution.

Hüseyin goes to a bar to have a drink. There is no one else inside except for a drunk customer. A mysterious man arrives shortly after, looking for a woman with green eyes and a straw hat. Before Hüseyin has a chance to say that there is no such person, the drunk customer pulls out a gun and shoots the man. Hüseyin suddenly finds himself in the middle of a murder case. Later that night, when he goes outside, he happens to come across the woman described. Her name is Perihan. At first, she denies the allegations. However, when she learns that the incident has been reported to the police, she is forced to tell the truth. Perihan is cheating on her husband. A enemy who finds out about this blackmails her. The woman, trying to escape, finds herself involved in a series of crimes, from theft to murder.

Shot instinctively during the evacuation of a family home due to urban renewal, Intervals transforms fragments of domestic rituals and archival images into an intimate essay on memory, loss, and belonging, exploring the gaps between moments, between remembering and disappearance.

Viktor is no longer alive. Anton travels to Istanbul to break the sad news to Aylin, a mutual friend. In this short film, Irem Gökçen and Aron Eichhorn create a study of things that are lost and those that are beginning, oscillating between the unsaid, melancholy, and courage.

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

In the snow-covered geography of Anatolia, in the Burmadere village of Ardahan, a 70-year-old woman is found dead in her home. While Fuad is examining this suspicious death, another death news comes. This news causes doctor Cemre and the prosecutor to come to Burmadere village. The trio, whose paths intersect with these events, are stuck around the incessant suspicious deaths and their struggle turns to face their own consciences and reckoning.

Uğur, one of the richest businessmen in the country, takes his wife Gül, a very famous actress, to Kaleköy for a surprise honeymoon. Uğur has sent the villagers away so that he can be alone with Gül. The couple, who met a week before their honeymoon and got married in a whirlwind wedding, find themselves in a reckoning about their relationship as the days go by. According to Uğur, Gül seems to be hiding something. As time passes, the tension between the couple does not resolve, and when Uğur reveals what she has been hiding, all hell breaks loose.

A love story between a chauffeur, a poor girl and a very rich woman.

Savaş decides to take his revenge against the attorney that caused his sentense.

Ece goes to House of Nightmares for find the man that she saw in her dreams every night. Will be answered her questions when the man appears.

A painter and a filmmaker embark on a long journey in Anatolia. Their aim is to combine and compare two different arts in their common denominator "space". The painter and the director take a break in different geographies of Anatolia and continue their discussions. But this journey is also a journey that will reach the painter's childhood, the foundations of his passion for horses and the roots of Turkish painting art.

Sevda Erses is a singer who has devoted herself to Turkish classical music and strives to be principled in her work. She is careful not to go beyond professional relationships with her boss and listeners, which is why her career has stagnated. As part of her Anatolian tour with a company, Erses also gives concerts in a small town. The singer not only receives great interest from the local people but also unintentionally captivates the town's leader. However, her heart belongs to an engineer she met in the same town.

Dr. Efruz has the ability to remember every face he sees. On the eve of his long-delayed honeymoon with his wife of 25 years, he encounters someone who will turn his life upside down. For the first time in his life, Efruz cannot remember whose face he knows.

Return to the Nest tells the story of a young woman who, following the death of her mother, sets out to find her father, whom she has never met. In 1985, during the Iran-Iraq War, a large-scale operation is carried out to bring 215 passengers from Iran to Turkey. Among these passengers, whose lives have been saved, is a young Japanese girl named Keiko. Keiko falls deeply in love with Zafer, a lieutenant in the special forces stationed at the Turkish Embassy in Iran. However, the war forces them apart. Zafer manages to get her onto the plane heading to Turkey to save her life. But there is one crucial thing he does not know: Keiko is pregnant. After arriving in Turkey, Keiko gives birth to her daughter Yumi.

Aylin, a promising actress in France, must return to Turkey urgently to see her seriously ill father. But the bureaucratic problems she faces, force her to make a tough decision: If she goes back to her homeland she won't be able to return and if she stays she won't be able to say goodbye to her father. The clock keeps ticking for Aylin.

At one end of the chain there are the popular blue jeans while on the other end in unregistered workshops, there are the bodies of people who contracted mortal lung diseases. Group of former sandblasting workers, lawyers, doctors, artists and activists came together to stop this deadly practice.

The film portrays the bus journey of a young woman played by the director herself. Throughout the journey, the woman's mind goes off to a few imaginary time zones and she starts dreaming about what could happen

Ömer is the mischievous son of a wealthy family. His grandmother makes a will to put an end to his grandson's extravagance. According to the will, Ömer will be able to have her wealth only on one condition. This condition is that Ömer works for a year in a job where he will understand life. With the unexpected death of his grandmother, Ömer takes a job as a driver for a wealthy family. However, the family's relationship with their young daughter, Neriman, will gain a different dimension over time.

A film that takes a different approach to the theme of people whose lives have changed after traveling to India and embarking on a spiritual journey, focusing on the lives of young people in Turkey. The story takes place at a university in Istanbul. One day, the door to a classroom filled with young people facing various challenges opens, and a young Indian girl named Shiva enters. At first, everyone teases her for her clothing and appearance, but she eventually becomes everyone's friend. Her different perspective, beliefs, and mythological stories, stemming from her different cultural background, will change their lives. However, what no one knows is that this Indian girl has a secret. The film stands out for its critical perspective on the superficial lives of today's youth, the social pressures that prevent them from becoming individuals, and the decline of their emotional well-being.

An incredible student movie. We are so talented and funny i hope none of us never go bald.

Dalavere tells the story of Baybars and Münir, who are dragged into a challenging adventure to find their stolen cars. Baybars is a young man who lives his life with cunning. Together with his brother-in-law Münir, he runs a car rental company in Zeytinburnu. One day the stealing of Münir's car causes both of their lives to change. Trying to find the stolen car, the couple are dragged from Istanbul to Bodrum after thieves. Baybars and Münir, who want to teach a big lesson to the thieves, are caught between a swap between two mafia groups without even realizing it. What happened to them is not limited to this. When they become aware of their involvement in the mafia, they also cause many mistakes in the hotel. Baybars and his brother-in-law Münir, who tried to get rid of their troubles,

Çağla moves to Austria for university, facing the loneliness of a temporary dormitory, a liminal space that shapes her emotional journey. Meanwhile, her family in Istanbul struggles with the uncertainty and frustration of living in a rented apartment. Their home, demolished due to aggressive urban policies under the guise of earthquake risk prevention, remains incomplete for years. Through intimate yet online conversations, they share their longing for belonging, the weight of waiting, and the mundane tasks of daily life. In these cold, fractured spaces, time seems to blur, and memories echo as voices.

After a mysterious nuclear event renders every man impotent except one, Kazım, who has miraculously retained his virility, suddenly becomes the sole “real” man in the world.

Gurbuz, a crook in Istanbul's Balat district attempts to defraud a mob leader nicknamed Yellow Kenan and his men and gets killed. But he’s going to be resurrected like Frankenstein, one of the most popular horror figures in horror movies.

A bandit takes to the mountains and the gendarmerie corporal tasked with capturing him.

Su is 9 years old girl who waits for her father to come home with her favourite ice-cream.He arrives home visibly drunk and he still wants to keep his promise to his daugther. The two head our for a night drive in the magical land of Cappadocia.

The legend of Yaşar Kemal, the Homer of Turkey, in Başrol

Azize is a young hunchback woman who lives in a tiny coastal town with her father. Due to her appearance, she suffers from the constant ridicule and bullying of people and often feels rejected as a consequence. One day, a blind violin player comes to the town and Azize’s life changes forever.