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- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerSebnem DönmezBeyazA story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome...
- 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.
- DirectorMehmet Can MertogluStarsSebnem BozokluMurat KiliçMuttalip MüjdeciA middle-class Turkish couple is far from willing to admit they used adoption as a last resort to build a family, and will do anything to keep it a secret.
- 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.
- DirectorHalit RefigStarsTanju GürsuFiliz AkinÖzden ÇelikA Family immigrates from suburb to metropolitan to have a better life. Inspired from the Orhan Kemal's same named novel "Abroad birds", published in 1962.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsGüven KiraçHaluk BilginerDerya AlaboraYusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
- DirectorYilmaz DuruStarsIrfan AtasoyHamiyet YankiYilmaz DuruA cruel landlord ruins not only the villagers' life but also his brothers and his own. Describes the life in a Turkish village during 1960s.
- DirectorTolga KaraçelikStarsNadir SaribacakHakan KarsakKadir ÇermikWhen the crew of a bankrupt cargo ship gets stuck on board for months, isolation breeds pressures that sink the men into a sea of madness and terror.
- DirectorÖzer KiziltanStarsErkan CanMeray ÜlgenGüven KiraçA promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.
- DirectorAhmet UluçayStarsFizuli CaferofGülayse ErkocHasbiye GünayIn his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsAhmet UgurluTuncel KurtizAysen AydemirMahsun is homeless and unemployed. He lives in Rumelihisari (one of the most picturesque and oldest quarters of Istanbul), and tries to stay alive with the help of local fishermen. Mahsun loves cars, he steals at nights and in the mornings he drives them back clean and well kept.
- DirectorSerdar AkarStarsMüjde ArSavas DinçelRafet El RomanThirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practicing as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. The neighborhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship.
- DirectorBay OkanStarsBay OkanBjörn GeddaTuncel KurtizA group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
- DirectorBay OkanStarsIlyas SalmanValérie LemoineMicky SébastianThe film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara.
- DirectorOzan AçiktanStarsNehir ErdoganTardu FlordunIlker KaleliCenk has just arrived back to Istanbul from the United States. Suppressed love slowly begins to resurface after he encounters Ece, a woman whom he had a romantic relationship with in the past. Suddenly, there is a robbery attempt in a quiet and gloomy house, which results in a crime being committed.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsTarik AkanMelike DemiragTuncel KurtizBecause of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorInan TemelkuranStarsKadir ÇermikÖner ErkanDamla SönmezA story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days in front of a grocery store waiting for a chance to do something with their lives.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsSermet YesilTürkü TuranSerkan KeskinA strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Yahya is nearly in a panic when his young son falls into the river on a wintry day and looks lifeless when he's pulled from the water.
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsAli AtayDemet EvgarDamla SönmezCemal is a man who lives with his father in Akhisar town of Manisa and works in his own barber shop. Cemal, who seems to be at his own pace, is in trouble, and even he doesn't know what's going on. On the other hand, in this town where almost everyone knows each other, seemingly ordinary people have extraordinary powers.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçIngenuous countryman Ali Nazik moves to Istanbul, expecting help to become a famous singer, he finds Muhsin Kanadikirik, a fading music producer.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçBaran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven KiraçWith the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsJonas DasslerVasiliki Georgina PseimadaChristine JensenA serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsAdam BousdoukosMoritz BleibtreuPheline RogganIn Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsKasia SmutniakFrancesco ArcaFilippo ScicchitanoElena and Antonio are opposites who develop an irresistible mutual attraction. They attempt to avoid it but eventually give in. Egle, played by Paola Miraccione, is a tragic yet comedic character in this relationship dramedy.
- DirectorKerem TopuzStarsMert AksacTurgay AtalayCumali KarakayaAmateur filmmaker Kemal Mutlu captures scenes of everyday life with plans of making a film. He lives with his housemate Nuri in a small flat in Istanbul. One day,Nuri's friend from orphanage, Izzet, comes to visit unannounced. Just out of prison, Izzet's colorful character grabs Kemal's attention, and he decides to make a film about him.
- DirectorIlksen BasarirStarsOnur ÜnsalMert FiratEmre KarayelIt all starts with a bride kissing one of the guests.
- DirectorMichael OnderStarsKenan EceDamla SönmezBerk HakmanTaksim Hold'em tells the story of the Gezi Park protests that shook Istanbul in 2013, from the viewpoint of a self-absorbed man who is judgemental about everyone yet reluctant to act to make a difference.