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- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsAli Seçkiner AliciTarhan KaragözMurat KiliçThe night long journey of the 4 soldiers discharged from the army.
- DirectorTolga KaraçelikStarsTolga TekinBartu KüçükçaglayanTugce AltugIn a Turkish village, three siblings who neither know each other nor anything about their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start to find out more about their father and each other, they also start to learn more about themselves.
- DirectorSerdar AkarStarsErdal BesikçiogluBurcu BiricikErtan SabanIlyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.
- DirectorOnur SaylakStarsAhmet Mümtaz TaylanHayat Van EckTurgut TuncalpGaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing.
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsAlican AkmanFatih ArtmanIncinur DasdemirSalim, a homicide detective, is a 30-year-old man in the world of his own. Salim, divorced and with a 3-year-old daughter, finds out that his ongoing eye treatment is not successful, and he will eventually become completely blind.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsJean-Marc BarrErmin BravoGrigoriy DobryginThis film was inspired by a chapter from the Noble Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural zones. Both of these factions are ruled by corporations and populated by elites.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsCemre EbuzziyaEce YükselHelin KandemirThree young girls are sent back to their father in a poor village in central Anatolia, one after another, after failing in more affluent foster families.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsTuncel KurtizErkan YücelYaman OkayThe tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
- DirectorÖzgür SevimliStarsCezmi BaskinIncinur DasdemirEngin Emre DegerSabure and Murtaza live in a village up in the mountains of Malatya. Sabure lost her sight years ago, and Murtaza takes care of her. Their children live in Istanbul. One day, Murtaza calls Istanbul from the grocer in a nearby town and hears that their daughter is ill. He returns to the village, but doesn't tell Sabure about their daughter.
- DirectorAtil InaçStarsFatih AlNazan KesalErol BabaogluFeramus, member of a philosophy faculty in a university, returns to hometown for his father's funeral. There, he and two other locals whom he interacts face dramatic changes in their lives.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMeral OguzLale MansurDeniz TürkaliNewly divorced Nilgün is assigned to a small town. One day, she meets her long-lost childhood friend Havva while examining sex workers in a brothel. Two women get closer, but their relationship is tested by social and cultural conflicts.
- DirectorAhu ÖztürkStarsAsiye DinçsoyNazan KesalDidem InselelNesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.
- DirectorSeyfi TeomanStarsTaner BirselTayfun GunayHarun OzuagMustafa is a hard-working and ambitious agricultural merchant who is cold and austere towards his family. One day he has a brain hemorrhage on a business trip and goes into a coma after the operation. Guler is suspicious of her husband having an affair. Veysel, their teenage son, wants to leave the military academy and study business administration.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsTurgay AydinArzu BazmanEsra Bezen BilginIn an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male protagonists encounter three phases of manhood in Turkish society. Directors Reha Erdem's light touch and slyly amusing style do not miss the opportunity to illuminate some serious points in a strictly patriarchal society.
- DirectorBanu SivaciStarsKemal Burak AlperRuhi SariDemet GençOnly on the roof of his parents' house, above the alleys of a slum in Adana, with his beloved pigeons, can Yusuf find peace, and himself. Finding a foothold in the dystopian world outside is more difficult.
- DirectorAli AtayStarsUgur YücelBinnur KayaCengiz BozkurtA serial killer keeps creating crime scenes that are ridiculously decorated with paints, markings and poems everywhere. The team begin solving the most mysterious murder case of the country, using the most wrong methods.
- DirectorAndaç HaznedarogluStarsSaba MubarakYesim Ceren BozogluSebnem DönmezEight-year old girl Lena who has lost her family members in a war wends her way with her little sister and their neighbor Meryem and other immigrants.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsZeki DemirkubuzSebnem HassanisoughiÖykü KarayelUpon losing his wife and son, Ahmet has to struggle with the feeling of loneliness.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsBasak KöklükayaÖykü KarayelYigit ÖzsenerWhy would someone like Leyla go to a high school reunion dinner? And take an overnight train to get there. After all, she hasn't been to a single one for the last 25 years - What is Canan, a student nurse, doing on the train? Reluctantly going to an interview for a nursing job when she would like to be an actress instead.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsNejat IslerMithat EsmerLaçin CeylanMithat Bey is a retired civil servant. Ali is doorman of his apartment. The two men belong to different worlds, unless they live in same apartment.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsSevil AkiGizem AkmanOsman AlkasA female architect who wants to preserve her utopias realizes the only probable way to experience this in today's Istanbul is through dreams and parallel lives. Indeed, her dreams help her to continue, build new hopes and lives.
- DirectorVuslat SaraçogluStarsBeyti EnginFeridun KoçSerdar OrçinA print shop worker, Tufan, takes in a neighbor with emphysema and helps his daughter take care of a wounded bird, but tensions develop at his economically struggling business and strains develop because of his house guest with his marriage.
- DirectorSelim EvciStarsIlhan SesenSettar TanriögenTürkü TuranThe musician Mahir Bey has a relationship with his daughter's friend, Duru. Ali Bey goes into a disarray mode when finds out what her friend and father have done behind her back.
- DirectorCem YilmazStarsCem YilmazCemre EbuzziyaOzan GüvenMetin Arici who has been working as a staff for a ferry in Istanbul for a long time, also has been living in the same vehicle for 6 years. An interviewer visits them one day to evaluate how the staff in the ferry works. Ayzek, as Metin's friends call him, finds himself in a complicated situation in the fear of something he has never thought of.
- DirectorMustafa KaraStarsHaydar SismanNuray YesilarazHanife Kara"Cold of Kalandar" pictures within a unique pastoral atmosphere the realist, passionate and emotional story of Mehmet and his family living far from modern life, in a mountain village.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsNejat IslerSaadet AksoyUfuk BayraktarYusuf, who goes to town for his mother's funeral, meets his mother's friend Ayla. Ayla pressures Yusuf to fulfill her mother's vow.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsMelih SelcukBasak KöklükayaRiza AkinYusuff has a hard time defining his adulthood. In one hand, there are his mother's expectations while on the other hand his passions.
- DirectorRamin MatinStarsDeniz CelilogluEzgi ÇelikGizem ErdemTahsin is a burnt-out architect. One night, he encounters an old friend, Siren; a woman who now lives on the remote southern coast of Turkey. Enchanted, he decides to follow her down south.
- DirectorErcan KesalStarsErcan KesalSelin YeninciInanç KonukçuErcan Kesal's debut feature, a one-day tragicomic story of doctor Kemal, who wants to become a candidate for Istanbul's Beyoglu district mayor. He is trying every way to become a candidate. Unexpected events will occur that night.
- DirectorAli ÖzelStarsElif AydinAsil BuyukozcelikMehmet CulaHarun returns to his hometown to convince his father to move. The two encounter with the issues of the past.
- DirectorCenk ErtürkStarsAli AtayHaluk BilginerHande DogandemirSuffering through a mid-life crisis, Omer has to face the angry villagers in order to realize his estranged father's dying wish to be buried under the enshrined Noah Tree which his father claims to have planted half a century ago.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsHazar ErgüçlüOsman AlkasPopi AvraamShadows and Faces tells the story of a young girl who is separated from his shadow puppetry performer father during the ethnic conflict between Cypriot Greeks and Cypriot Turks in 1963.
- DirectorMehmet Akif BüyükatalayStarsZejhun DemirovDeniz OrtaGünfer CölgecenOray speaks in a quarrel with his wife Burcu three times 'talaq', the islamic formula for repudiation. The imam informs him about the consequences: he has to divorce his wife. Now Oray is in a dilemma: Should he stay with Burcu or with the community?
- DirectorKaan MüjdeciStarsOkan AvciCakirEzgi ErginAn eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.
- DirectorMehmet GüreliStarsCemil AgacikogluEmre AltugCem BazaTriangle with four corners.
- DirectorSedat YilmazStarsAram DildarEngin Emre DegerKadim YasarTurkey's first Kurdish language newspaper is under siege. After exposing human rights abuses in Diyarbakir, the journalists become the target of increasingly ruthless government-sanctioned intimidation.
- DirectorDurul TaylanYagmur TaylanStarsEngin GünaydinHaluk BilginerBinnur KayaThe story of Aziz through an existential crisis longing for his youth: he is not happy with his work nor his private life, which is hijacked by his sister and her family, who have been living with him for some time now.
- DirectorCaner AlperMehmet BinayStarsEce DizdarTilbe SaranTaner BirselDeniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.
- DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
- DirectorKivanç SezerStarsAlican YücesoyBasak OzcanMüfit KayacanOnur is sacked from his job as manager of a pharmaceutical company and is not worried. But his wife Bahar is. Onur doesn't listen to her and becomes indifferent to her and the world around him. He'd rather be surrounded by more zebras.
- DirectorHüseyin KarabeyStarsAyça DamgaciHama Ali KahnCengiz BozkurtThree years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress from Turkey, had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes.
- DirectorOzkan YilmazStarsUgur PolatAsli InandikEmrullah ÇakaySoluk, Özkan Yilmaz's first film trial, focuses on the communication between a man who has been living his last days and has given up holding on to life long ago, a woman who tries to solve her loneliness by befriending him, and the caregiver, an interesting character. It can be classified as a single location movie since most of it takes place in sick man's house.
- DirectorTunç SahinStarsSarp ApakÖzge ÖzpirinçciBülent Emin YararUlas, a music-lover's son, attempts to declare love to Irem with a mix tape, but they break apart. Later, he meets Irem by chance, but it takes another decade to get together.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsSelen UçerEce DizdarAysenil SamliogluAfter not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish island where, as teenagers, they first fell in love. What is the mysterious force that binds them together after all this time? And what can they do about it?
- DirectorOzan AçiktanStarsFatih Berk SahinEce ÇesmiogluHalit Özgür SariDuring summer vacation in a beachside town, 16-year-old Deniz seeks the affection of his childhood crush and navigates a love triangle.
- DirectorAbdurrahman ÖnerStarsEzgi MolaBilal Zeynel ÇelikAysenil SamliogluBekir, dreams of going to the moon by his bicycle just like the kid he saw on TV in the Turkish E. T. movie, 'Badi' film trailer. Rabia and her sister get into a hot dispute over the inheritance.
- DirectorMehmet GüldoganStarsKenan AcarEmre CanpolatÖmer Duran
- DirectorTufan TastanStarsBaris FalaySaygin SoysalHasibe ErenTwo detectives interrogate the locals of a small town located in the northern coast of Turkey, to find the missing Lenin statue that had been washed up shore later then, erected at town sqaure to attract tourists.
- DirectorFikret ReyhanStarsHakan SalinmisSüreyya KilimciHakan Emre UnalWhen he was working in the UK, Fatih borrowed a lot of money from his friend, Ayhan to send to his family back in Turkey. Fatih has since returned to Turkey and the debt remains unpaid. During a trip back home, Ayhan visits Fatih and his family and politely asks for the money back.
- DirectorSelman NacarStarsMucahit KocakNezaket ErdenÜnal SilverAfter a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker's wife.
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsÖner ErkanElit IscanÖykü KarayelThe already sufficiently complex relationships of a group of artists living in the Cihangir district of Istanbul have become a bit strange because of a hand-held camera in their lives.
- DirectorTunç SahinStarsBurcu BiricikPinar DenizAras AydinDuygu and Bahadir work for a company that acquires banks' receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and to maximize the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
- DirectorUluç BayraktarStarsNejat IslerFunda EryigitYusuf Mirza ZargDuring his military service in 1990's Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life. In 2013, when the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in Istanbul start, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines between truth and fiction, the dream and the reality start to get blurred for him.
- DirectorAlper OzyurtluCaner ÖzyurtluStarsDeniz CelilogluKerem AtabeyogluAlpay Kemal AtalanA psychopath breaks in and plants bombs in bigbrother house to get public attention.
- DirectorFerit KarahanStarsSamet YildizEkin KoçMahir IpekSet over the course of a tense day at an isolated boarding school, this moral drama follows a boy's desperate fight to save his sick friend in the face of a rigid bureaucracy.
- DirectorBerkun OyaStarsAyça BingölFatih ArtmanFunda EryigitA family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
- DirectorSeren YüceStarsSongül ÖdenTolga TekinTülay GünalHaving reached their 40s Handan and Korhan live a humdrum life in an upper scale neighborhood in Istanbul. Handan tries to keep herself occupied, relentlessly trying on new pastimes, counting on Korhan's support for each one. Korhan, on the other hand, having witnessed too many of her whims, has learned not to make much of them.
- DirectorEmre ErdogduStarsHalil BabürHayal KöseogluSermet YesilThis film is about the gravity of the desire for being loved.
- DirectorAli Kemal GuvenStarsAhmet Rifat SungarBaris GonenenGulhan KadimTwo former high school buddies meet on a raki night in Beyoglu after 17 years. As they drink and talk they realize another life is possible on a land where toxic masculinity does not exist.
- DirectorKaan AriciIsmet KurtulusStarsMelisa SenolsunCem Yigit UzümogluUshan ÇakirAn hour before their wedding ceremony at a prestigious hotel, Ceren and Semih begin to doubt themselves when the best man Mert starts to reveal secrets from the past.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsSelahattin PasaliEkin KoçErol BabaogluEmre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.
- DirectorSelcen ErgunStarsMerve DizdarSaygin SoysalAsiye DinçsoyA young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsPinar DenizBerkay AtesCem Yigit UzümogluBecoming part of a collective anger, Ishak copes with his conscience in a small village in Anatolia and struggles with the violence of collective silence.
- DirectorTareq DaoudStarsAmira CasarKhava IsrapilovaDoganay ÜnalAn expatriate in Turkey, Claire pays the services of a smuggler to flee the country with her only daughter, whose custody she has just lost. But he abandons them in a dilapidated house in the middle of the forest.
- DirectorAli Tansu TurhanStarsFunda EryigitUshan ÇakirHare SürelA 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.
- DirectorNadir SonmezStarsÖner ErkanEsme MadraIlda OzgürelA sarcastic, erotic, and tense gaze into the private, professional and social lives of Istanbulite artists whose lives intertwine with fiction.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDeniz CelilogluMerve DizdarMusab EkiciA young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
- DirectorTunahan KurtStarsAhmet AggünAlperen AktasNesrin YariA sleepwalker, outcast man who has killed his wife while they were both sleeping, tries to save his boy from the same destiny.
- DirectorFikret ReyhanStarsSelen KurtaranUgur KarabulutAlper ÇankayaNesrin who lives with her four-year-old son, struggles with her ex-husband Ömer's oppressive behavior and bureaucratic hardships while she is on the brink of making a critical decision regarding her relationship with her boyfriend Selim.
- DirectorAyse PolatStarsKatja BürkleAhmet VarliÇagla YurgaA German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
- DirectorSelman NacarStarsTülin ÖzenOgulcan Arman UsluGulcin Kultur SahinCriminal lawyer Canan has to make a moral choice that will affect the lives of her ailing mother, a judge, and a murder suspect client, whose defense is turning in his favor.
- DirectorNehir TunaStarsDoga KarakasCan Bartu AslanOzan ÇelikTwelve-year-old Ahmet is devastated when his newly religious father sends him to an Islamic dormitory, a Yurt, to learn Muslim values. Recently converted, his father sees it as the righteous path for his son, and an opportunity for self-redemption. For Ahmet, it's a nightmare. In 1997, the political polarization in Turkey makes for a charged atmosphere, with tensions between religious and secular Turks increasingly present. Devout Muslim are ostracized, and religious dormitories, "Yurt"s, are regularly raided by soldiers. Ahmet works hard to be the "perfect son" but it isn't easy. He has trouble fitting in with rough kids at the Yurt, and feels isolated in his day secular school, where he hides his new home from his classmates. His only solace is a new friend Hakan, a street-smart kid who knows how to work the Yurt system. Together they dream of being older and making their own decisions. Their friendship emboldens Ahmet, who becomes a target for the ire of Yakup Hodja, the dormitory manager. Hodja resents Ahmet's family wealth, and believes his father has bought his way into the religious leaders' good graces. His cruel treatment of Ahmet escalates until Ahmet's father is forced to take action; Hodja is transferred. Only then, Ahmet recognizes he will never meet his father's expectations. He decides to escape; together with Hakan, they steal a car and run away. What begins as the best day of their lives soon turns dangerous, and Ahmet is faced with a choice. Though neither his previous life nor the oppressive nature of the Yurt feel like home, he has to decide where he belongs.