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- DirectorCenk YengilogluStarsSibel KekilliJale ArikanMehmet ÇepiçAbdullah, who is trying to provide for his family by working as a taxi driver in Berlin, has serious problems with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Hatice. Abdullah also has a past anger that he holds against the Germans. Maybe he thinks being a father is a set of rules, who can't show his true love to his wife and children.
- 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.
- StarsSibel KekilliSamuel FinziFriederike KempterCouples.
- DirectorFeo AladagStarsSibel KekilliNizam SchillerDerya AlaboraUmay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against her family's resistance. Her struggle initiates a dynamic that results in a life-threatening situation.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsEbru CeylanNuri Bilge CeylanNazan KesalDowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.
- 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.
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsSanem ÖgeÖzer ArslanBaris GonenenIstanbul 2014: Asli gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. The police investigates the case and ends up questioning Asli's family. Her husband gets drawn into the affair. Their lives, and also their son's, start to become compromised. The situation escalates, as Asli is not willing to cooperate with the investigators.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsDefne HalmanHakan ÇimenserGizem AkmanEla and Can seemingly have it all. Yet in this affluent section of Istanbul, love turns to suspicion, success delivers only material comfort and truth keeps playing hide-and-seek.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsOzen OzkanAli Bey KayaliElit IscanThe pain of growing up, as seen by three Turkish youths: Ömer, the son of the local imam, who wishes the death of his father; his best friend, Yakup, who's enamored with the village schoolteacher; and Yildiz, who is forced to balance her studies with the needs of her demanding mother.
- DirectorKenan KavutStarsAli SulimanJale ArikanMustafa AvkiranOn the verge of losing his mind because of high fever and an overwhelming feeling of guilt over an accidental death, a Syrian immigrant stranded at the Turkish-Greek border is saved by a Turkish woman who lives with her husband close to the border.
- DirectorAli VatanseverStarsErol AfsinSaadet AksoyOnur BulduThe Fikirtepe district of Istanbul. Urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye risk losing their home. Unemployed for a long time, Kamil, has no choice but to secretly accept a job on a construction site.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsGaye GürselDurukan OrduSarkis SeropyanSumru is doing music researches at a university in Istanbul. To work on her thesis on gathering and recording an exhaustive collection of Anatolian elegies she sets off for the south-east of the country for a few months. The brief trip turns out to be the longest journey of her life.
- StarsBurcu BiricikSelma ErgeçFeyyaz SerifogluNalan, who seems perfect from the outside, is being severely abused by her mother. Sedat, one of the richest men in Turkey, proposes to her. But her husband and family, who seem perfect from the outside, are not normal either.
- StarsIlker KaleliAfra SaraçogluCeren MorayPhysics teacher Akif Erdem, the protagonist of the story, wants to give a lesson in humanity to his students. Only Akif Teacher uses a different teaching method than the teachers we know and are used to.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorUluç BayraktarStarsNejat IslerNur FettahogluSenay GürlerA lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsMehmet ÖzgürBerkay AtesTülin ÖzenAmid the intense political violence of Istanbul, Kadir is released on parole two years early on the condition that he become an informant for the police gathering terrorist informations, activities, and searching for bombs on trash cans.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStefan ArsenijevicAida BegicStarsAli SulimanHiam AbbassEsin AlpoganAn aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.
- DirectorÖzgür DoganOrhan EskiköyStarsEmre AydinErsin BüyükgölBirgül HuzOne year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish, the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state.
- 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.