The film, starring Karyofyllia Karabeti and Alptekin Serdengeçti in its title roles, follows the story of Irini, a young Greek woman who comes to İstanbul to trace the roots of her family.
Turkish film director Seçkin Yaşar’s 2nd feature “Sevgilim İstanbul” (İstanbul, My Love) won the best film and best director prizes at India International Women Film Festival 14 – 21 December 2008.Read More »
The second feature film directed by award-winning screenwriter Cemal Þan following his debut Ali, which was not publicly screened, tackles urban themes such as alienation, love, loneliness, desperation and confinement through the eponymous heroine Zeynep, who leads an obsessively ordered life. Shutting herself to the outside world to build a life of her own, with almost all her days the same. One night, at a bar she goes to for a friend’s birthday, Zeynep meets a young man named Ali. From then on, there will be unexpected changes in Zeynep’s life. (Istanbul Film Festival booklet – 2008)Read More »
After 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.Read More »
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Balans ve Manevra is a great movie about a group of people living in one of the most beautiful Aegian coast towns who, despite the serenity and the beauty of the place, just can’t seem to find the “balance” that they all so desperately need in their lives no matter what “maneuver” they make. The low ratings and bad reviews are mainly due to the fact that this is not a movie that appeals to the common audience. It has a slow pace that focuses on character development instead of the story, because the characters are the story in the film and the performances across the board are simply amazing. Read More »
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Umut is a young water polo player – a gentle and quiet high school senior just trying to live his life in a complicated world. When a fellow player spreads a rumor that he is gay, Umut displays maturity beyond his years. He doesn’t deny the allegation – refusing to apologize or explain himself.
His parents, distracted by their own marital problems, prove powerless to stem any fallout as his time at school becomes more and more fraught… until events reach a shocking head.
Set in the high testosterone world of teen sports – and a sometimes suffocating Turkish society – Not Knowing is a thoughtful and touching coming-of-age drama that holds a mirror up to what it still means to be young and gay in so much of the world today.Read More »
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father’s behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, ‘Engin Dogan’ who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not interested in Mustafa who is younger than Zeynep, but she is not indifferent to him. While Zeynep is trying to make a bonfire of bad situation, Selçuk, Budak Akalin who lives on the other side of city is a voice technician. He feels guilty after his wife’s death. The suitcase which has his wife’s dresses changes the Zeynep’s destiny.Read More »
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Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn’t visited for years, upon his mother’s death. He is faced with a neglected, crumbling house. Ayla, a young girl (17-19) awaits him there. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years; He stays by his dead mother’s bedside for a while on the morning of his return. Ayla’s presence alleviates the emotions evoked by death to an extent. But how will Yusuf cope with the guilt that embraces him after the funeral? Will he manage to overcome it? The maternal household’s chattels, and everyday habits, the staid rhythm of the provinces and the spaces filled with ghosts&; The town he once had left to escape all this, re-enchants Yusuf. Yusuf finds out on the day he’s due to return to Istanbul that he is obliged to perform the sacrifice his mother had been prevented by death from fulfilling. Ayla pressures him.Read More »
From the press kit:
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While challenging common beliefs on the history of
civilization, the film takes the audience back to 12
thousand years ago, to Göbeklitepe, an ancient site
recently found in SanliUrfa, Turkiye. With its brilliant
graphics and interviews with experts, the film shows how
old taboos come tumbling down as we keep scratching
the surface.Read More »
