Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

A short documentary film about the changing life of Köksal Bektaşoğlu, a world-renowned social media phenomenon with a rare disease, and the realization of Köksal Baba's biggest dream.

The story of four refugee women who stand on their own feet despite their families' pain and difficulty.

In a small port town, fifteen year-old Ferah is spending the summer at her grandmother’s beach house. The grandmother indulges in watching dating reality shows, while Ferah craves her own sexual release. Pressure is palpable, desire doesn't still, and the summer wind blows strong through every opening.

The film depicts the struggle between two men who want to take revenge on each other. Çakal is tried for arms and drug trafficking. However, there is no evidence against him. Murat and three of his friends, who know about Çakal's activities, testify against him. Thus, Çakal is found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison. Despite this, while in prison, he forms a new organization. With this new structure, he spreads across the entire country. He begins to harm the families of Murat and his friends who testified against him. After being released from prison, Çakal and Murat will attempt to take revenge on each other.

Hulusi Bey, who has three daughters, raises his eldest daughter Fatoş like a boy. Spoiled and tough-natured, Fatoş discourages all suitors by playing various tricks. Hulusi Bey's last hope is to marry Fatoş to Ayhan, the son of his old friend, who is her cradle mate. Despite all his efforts, Hulusi Bey cannot track down Ayhan, who went to Europe after his father's death. Just as Fatoş thinks she has escaped marriage, Ayhan, her childhood sweetheart, returns to marry her. While Ayhan makes plans to bring Fatoş to heel, Fatoş seeks ways to dissuade Ayhan.

A Turkish version of Straw Dogs (1971), set in a small Cypriot village in the days before the 1974 Turkish invasion.

A drama of separation seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, Osman, whose parents leave Turkey to work in Europe. Around this drama the expressive Turkish music, the overwhelming nature and traditional poetry unfold — together they form some of the riches Osman carries in his suitcase accompanying him to his new life.

The story of a girl fighting to become a singer.

Captain Pengu and his team embark on an unforgettable rescue mission in the city with their 90-million-year-old friend, Yozo. As the adventure unfolds, things take a dramatic turn when Yozo, who has a deep connection with nature, is kidnapped by a scientist named Professor Alpha. Our heroes must fight hard to rescue Yozo and protect the balance of nature.

A man gets caught in a series of gun shootouts, car chases and sexual intercourses looking cool as hell.

The film tells the story of Adile, a day laborer.

An epic Turkish racing saga that takes place in Adana. You will see a Tofaş take down a Ferrari. When tüp is there, nothing is impossible. You will laugh. You will cry. Welcome to the tüp saga.

Living on a farm with her father and stepmother, Necla, nicknamed 'Fosforlu Cevriye' because of her masculine demeanor, and her sister who drinks herself into alcohol, her life changes completely one day when her father is found dead at home. Necla will have to take on a crime she did not commit in order to find the murderer.

A brief glance at a dough man seeking for love.

The film tells the story of the love between Susran and Mizago, two Circassians fighting for freedom against the Russians in the Caucasus. Susran is the leader of the Circassians fighting against the Russians in the region. Susran falls in love with Mizago while dancing with her at a party. Mizago is the daughter of Karabata, a Circassian who collaborates with Russian Colonel Rakimov. Upon learning this, Susran goes to Karabata's house. However, he is ambushed and captured. Meanwhile, Susran's comrades-in-arms, Kanshav and Çelemet, kidnap Mizago. Susran will try to escape from Colonel Rakimov's clutches and reunite with Mizago.

The story of a sharp young man's struggle against gangs.

A group of friends who grew up in the same neighborhood find it difficult to live where they were born and raised due to rising rents caused by the interest of wealthy people in their neighborhood. After all of their neighbors are forced to leave the neighborhood one by one, the final straw comes when Latif, one of the most beloved residents of the neighborhood, is evicted from his home by his landlord. Determined to transform their neighborhood back into a place where working-class people and ordinary folks could live, the residents rolled up their sleeves to stop the destruction of both their neighborhood and their past. What initially seemed like an easy plan ended up dragging them into an unexpected and hilarious adventure.

When a marriage proposal is shattered by an anti-Arab attack at a Syrian-owned restaurant, Remainders explores Arab resentment in Turkey through a couple's relationship pushed to its breaking point.

A father and a daughter… The weight of their bond emerges in the shadow of silences. In Limbo Transire brings to the screen a story of confrontation at the boundaries of love, resentment, and time. While focusing on the father–daughter relationship, the film builds an atmosphere that draws the audience in through the depth and unseen conflicts born of silence. It is not a classic “relationship” story; rather, it is a reckoning carried by the unsaid and the unspoken glances. “A daughter carries both love and resentment for her father; between them, the unspoken echoes in the silence of death.”

The sudden discovery of his son's secret turns Ibrahim's traditional world upside down. Fraught with emotional conflict he takes Ismail on a fateful trip. Inspired by the biblical story of Prophet Abraham, father of all patriarchs, and his son Ismail set in present-day Cyprus, unraveling the conservative facade of the society.

A door that only fairy tale characters can see appears at the school of Melisa, the "Mixed Princess," and Erman, the "Werewolf." The evil witch Yasemin and the dwarf make a plan to bring evil beings into the world through that door and take over the world. Melisa, Erman, and Alper, who comes from the fairy tale world to help the good guys, fight to stop the evil beings.

The story of two female theater actors, Deniz and İpek. The events that take place during the rehearsals and staging of Jean Genet's play "The Balcony" are intertwined with love, indifference, passion, sexuality, and the lust for power, just like in the play itself.

Arif is a street vendor who drinks every night and constantly gets into trouble and ends up in jail. His uncle Necmettinzade Rüknettin does not want Arif to live a vagrant life, but Arif cannot live with him because of his strictness. One night, Fatoş, who is desperate, approaches Arif and tells him she has run away from her stepmother. Arif and Fatoş begin living together. Arif, who is in love with Fatoş, wants to escape the poverty they are in. However, Fatoş is not the person Arif is in love with.

A musical journey among exotic places and people of Anatolia, unique host of ancient civilizations of 10 millennia. The authentic performances recorded live on location spontaneously. With the modern arrangements made, an incomparable musical is formed. Director: Nezih Unen

Leyla, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, goes to Turkey for a vacation with her father. Bored with her own life, Leyla wants to be alone and wander around alone. While the nanny is sleeping, she escapes from the hotel at night. She goes to the house of a man named Yilmaz, whom she met on the street.

Documentary film tells the story of Tülütbaklar, a national hero of the Balıkesir region Turkey in its War of Independence.

Aysun is a director in her late twenties. While casting the film she is preparing to shoot, a cargo arrives from her sister Arzu, who lives abroad. Arzu sent a letter and a cassette containing camera recordings taken by Aysun when she was twelve. The footage features her family's car ride. This event that Aysun experienced in her childhood is also the subject of the movie she is about to shoot.

Despite her young age, Melike works as a food critic for a magazine. One day, she decides to quit her job, and around the same time, she receives a phone call that leads her to Bodrum. The person Melike meets in Bodrum is chef Aydın. This romantic encounter takes place in a film directed by Adnan Güler, featuring talented actors such as Anıl Altan and Beyzanur Mete, as well as successful actors like Asuman Dabak, Burak Alkaş, Cem Kılıç, and Ayçe İşözen. Set against the enchanting backdrop of Bodrum, this story shows that a delicious love is full of sweet surprises.

Doğa is a young woman who becomes pregnant by a jinn named Ziffar. With the birth of the jinn baby, the jinn tribes want to claim ownership of the baby. Therefore, the jinn tribes take over human bodies and pursue the baby. Finding herself in the midst of a nightmare, Doğa has no choice but to fight. To escape the jinn tribe seeking to take the baby, Doğa is forced to make a deal with a Muslim jinn tribe.

The story of a man who was pushed back into crime after serving nine years in prison.