Turkish

Follows the life of a Turkish woman living and working in Germany.

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Almanya Acı Vatan (Germany, Bitter Home) presents two emigrants trying to cope with their life in Germany: Mahmut, a man in his mid-thirties, and Güldane who accepts Mahmut’s offer to marry him in exchange for a large sum of money so that he is able to stay in Germany legally. They travel to Germany together, but Güldane leaves Mahmut on his own in the foreign country. As they are mutually dependent (Güldane needs protection when she finds herself harassed by a stalker while Mahmut needs his wife to prove that he is not an illegal worker) they decide not to end their marriage of convenience, but to actually create a pleasant life together.Read More »

A young Kurdish political activist named “Rıfat” is wounded by the police and is taken home by his friends. His father nurses him with the hope he won’t die. Second short film of Emin Alper who is famous for his feature debut “Tepenin Ardı”.Read More »

An exiled Syrian author travels to a remote island in the North Sea to commit suicide. There he stays at a modest hotel run by a devoted elderly woman whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires and instincts for life.Read More »

Ali gets out from prison more recently. He needs money to go to Germany. Therefore, he accepts the offer to kill a businessman. When he completes mission there is a huge trickery: money is fake.Read More »

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Metin Erksan’s most controversial film, Kuyu/The Well (1968), considered as one of the classics of Turkish cinema, is a rural drama that focuses on a relationship, founded on male obsession and female resistance, which culminates in tragedy.

From an artistic point of view, the film is one of the masterpieces of Turkish cinema. The minimalist narrative works in repetitions; the characters of the two protagonists who are both loners in an indifferent world are developed meticulously and with special concern for human psychology; societal dynamics are sharp; and the characters that are offsprings of such a society very accurately drawn. The photo­graphy and the camera angles are beyond reproach. However, the film’s graphic display of male brute power is controversial.Read More »

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Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains. When a rich landowner wants to avenge the death of his father, he hires Memed as a bounty hunter.Read More »

Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, director Georgi M. Unkovski’s first feature is a heartwarming, funny and deeply human coming-of-age tale about self-expression, cultural tension and youthful rebellion. With irresistible performances and an incredibly charming lead, the film has resonated with audiences on the festival circuit, bringing tenderness and authenticity to every scene.Read More »

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A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Her husband finds out and starts a fight. In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband. With his burdened conscience, he goes out to Berlin’s Turkish district to find the woman. He is spotted by her relatives, and while escaping, by strange coincidence he ends up hiding in the man’s home whom he has killed. According to Turkish customs, a guest in one’s household must be treated with dignity and respect even if he is the enemy. Thus, the tension and difficulties among the Turkish family and the German engineer begin. As long as he stays he will survive, but how long can he live in the home of a man he murdered?Read More »

Displaced is a documentary about the stories of four third generation European-Turks who left their hometowns and comes to Istanbul in search of their own identies.Read More »