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- DirectorBora TekayStarsUgur BilginLeyla YungulBaris Yilmaz GunduzA mockumentary on film making.
- DirectorBora TekayStarsSelim ErdoganElvin BesikciogluBülent KayabasThe duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorCaner AlperMehmet BinayStarsKerem CanGiovanni ArvanehErkan AvciA feature film about an unusual trio: Daniel, a German photo-journalist in Istanbul without much knowledge about Turkish values. Can, a flamboyant, out and proud male belly dancer with lots of love and support from his family, and Ahmet born to an eastern and conservative family whose quest for honesty and liberty results in a tragic end.
- DirectorNesli ÇölgeçenStarsSener SenAli UyandiranÜstün AsutayThe mayor of Selamsiz (a small town in Anatolia) tries to gather a band for a welcoming ceremony, after learning about the prime minister's planned visit to the town.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsSelçuk YöntemHakan KarahanTaner BirselA barber working in Istanbul longs to be 'both here and far, far away'. And one day, without warning, he takes himself off and disappears abruptly into the great far away. The barber settles in a far-flung village, and as chance would have it the one-time local barber, Jingle Nuri, vanished from the place years ago.
- DirectorFirat TanisStarsFirat TanisNeslihan YeldanCüneyt UzunlarGüven Sarselimoglu is the owner of one of the biggest holding companies in Turkey, which has investments in different areas, particularly in construction sector. Handling his family and his country with a destructive love, Güven Selimolu paints a different picture of himself in front of public by using the media power.
- DirectorAhmet ÇadirciStarsNilüfer AydanOsman CavciAkasya AsiltürkmenA story of a projectionist who plays sex films,
- DirectorBen HopkinsStarsTayanç AyaydinGenco ErkalSenay AydinA Turkish small time black marketeer wants to enter the cell phone business. To get enough money, he promises the local doctor to get medicine for sick children.
- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsAli Seçkiner AliciTarhan KaragözMurat KiliçThe night long journey of the 4 soldiers discharged from the army.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsSener SenSerap AksoyAli ErkazanIn the last years of the Ottoman Empire, a poor little Thrace town named Saripinar is hit by a minor earthquake which has neither destroyed nor left it with many casualties. However, a telegraph sent to the central government exaggerates the situation and mentions that the governor of the town has been severely wounded, making the event a nationwide matter.
- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsNadir SaribacakGörkem YeltanMurat ErgunMuezzin Musa falls for his neighbor, the Catholic nurse Clara. The story gets even more exceptional when Musa meets Yakup, who turns out to be connected with Clara.
- DirectorOrhan OguzStarsNilüfer AçikalinPeker AçikalinMehmet EsenMine and Kursat is a married young couple. their neighbour is fall in love with Mine and he always follows her. By the way to get rid of Mine's husband, the psycho neighbour makes some plans.
- DirectorCan KilciogluStarsSerdar OrçinTülin ÖzenAda AkkayaA love story between a carpet-cleaner salesman and a cake-maker.
- 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.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMazhar AlansonAli PoyrazogluYaprak ÖzdemirogluStruggling musician sells his soul to the devil for instrumental fame.
- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsErcan KesalAyça DamgaciTansu BiçerA barber in Yozgat - a very small city in the middle Anatolia - has an emotional breakdown when he runs into Yavuz and Nese who have come to town to sing in a small music hall-bar.
- DirectorSerdar AkarStarsSerdar AkarHaldun BoysanMeltem CumbulIn his early twenties, Maruf, a mellow person, lives in a small village in southeastern Turkey where the traditions still have strong influence in the daily lives of the people. The biggest dream of Maruf is to marry to his girlfriend with whom they share a passionate love.
- 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.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsSadri AlisikFiliz AkinAjda PekkanThe story of Osman begins to take a different direction, with a bet of 1 million that two enemies and a wealthy family have entered into the possibility of an honorable singer.
- DirectorOrhan OguzStarsFikret KuskanMevlüt DemiryayMenderes SamancilarA dwarf and a transvestite, both are excluded from the society and doomed to exist at night. Their lives overlap in a strange encounter and this becomes the start of their friendship.
- 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.
- DirectorYalçin YelenceStarsMeltem CumbulZafer AlgözGüven KiraçA court is to unravel the reality behind the mysterious marriages of Nazan, who claims that both her former and current husbands have not accomplished their manly duties during both marriages and she stayed virgin.
- DirectorKudret SabanciStarsGüven KiraçIstar GöksevenCengiz KüçükayvazPimps want to expand and conquer the world, by abiding the greats and oppressing the losers, but they lose their prostitute to some sailors.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsSerra YilmazIrem AltugIdil FiratA woman lets a harmless looking fortune teller into her house. The fortune teller is clearly gifted, but it turns out she had no intention of just telling fortunes. Soon, the woman deeply regrets letting her in.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsRuhi SariBasak KöklükayaErol BabaogluIsa is beaten up after being accused of stealing $50. When his landlord demands the back rent, Isa gets angry and shoots him. The police round up the tenants, but are not suspicious of him. Back in his room, Isa collapses and is helped by his pretty neighbor Meryem, who also pays the $50 when the thugs return.
- DirectorDeniz Akcay KatiksizStarsAhu TürkpençeLale BasarSavas Alp BasarThe story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
- DirectorAtalay TasdikenStarsElif BülbülMehmet BülbülMete DönmezerA brother and sister are split up after their mother dies, their father remarries, and their new stepmother rejects them.
- DirectorTolga ÖrnekStarsTimuçin EsenMeltem CumbulSarp AkkayaThe story (fictional) of a Turkish intel team trying to stop a terrorist organization trying to conduct attacks in Istanbul. Due to differing positions of TR, the UK and the U.S. towards the issue, cohesion among allies will also be tested during the process.
- DirectorÜmit Cin GüvenAydin SaymanStarsFirat TanisHalil Ibrahim ArasÖzgü NamalTen years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang gather money for Cemil, they, at the same time, suffer from harsh living conditions.
- DirectorBelma BasStarsSeyma UzunlarVahide PerçinSevinc BasZephyr, a strong-willed adolescent girl, spends her summer vacation with her grandparents in the mountains, waiting for her mother to come and take her back home. Her mother finally shows up, but only to say farewell before going far away places for a voluntary position. But Zephyr is determined that she will not let her mother ever leave her again.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenSevket AltugLarissa LitichevskayaMahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. Sulo brings a deaf and dumb girl named Kumru, to working the night club, but the club owner sends her away, she in he sees that Kumru is deaf and dumb.
- DirectorRasit ÇelikezerStarsKöksal EngürBennu YildirimlarIsmail HaciogluRecep, a retired soldier, is left alone after losing his wife. He lives a routine life every day. She cannot get along with her upper neighbor Nilgün, who is a prostitute. He tries to kick Nilgün out of the apartment because he is the manager. One day, his grandson Ali comes to stay for a while. He advises Ali to stay away from Nilgün.
- DirectorOzan ÇobanogluStarsHüseyin Avni DanyalTolga GüleçTuvana Türkay8 senior executives of a large company are abducted during a crucial litigation process. The owner of the company they work for died suddenly 3 months ago, and the remaining managers of the company with major losses are on trial.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsOnur SaylakMegi KobaladzeSerkan KeskinA man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsMert AkçaNilgün BelgünBasak DasmanBahadir is a lone high school student who cannot communicate with anyone. One day, he takes a gun and goes to school, hopes that he can change the world in this way.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsTsilla CheltonDerya AlaboraOnur ÜnsalWhen an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
- DirectorMurat DüzgünogluStarsTansu BiçerVuslat SaraçogluEsra KizildoganBahadir, an aspiring 35-year-old director, spends his life making cheap television films inspired by the stories of folk songs. On the other hand, he has a great ambition to make films like his idol, Tarkovsky. He stands between his dreams and the real, tragicomic conditions.
- DirectorAlper OzyurtluCaner ÖzyurtluStarsDeniz CelilogluKerem AtabeyogluAlpay Kemal AtalanA psychopath breaks in and plants bombs in bigbrother house to get public attention.
- DirectorBaris PirhasanStarsEce EksiLale MansurHaluk PiyesEsma is sent to the village of Kemal, her father's military friend, to spend the summer vacation. Trying to get used to the village life and customs here, the young girl falls in love with Hüseyin, whom she has just met. Meanwhile, Kemal's sister Saliha runs away from her husband and comes to the village.
- DirectorBatur Emin AkyelStarsOsman AkcaSuleyman AtanisevMehmet Atay'Meddah' tells the story of an over-the-hill stage actor, Aziz, played by Münir Canar, who has reduced his life to second-rate hotel rooms.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsMiray AkayGizem AkmanOsman AlkasA fisherman, his wife and young daughter ,who is unable to speak, lives in a village on the shores of a lake. Their story starts with a myth of a fish, trying to find a cure for their daughter.
- DirectorKutlug AtamanStarsErdal YildizTaner BirselSila Lara CantürkAs Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires, 27-year-old Medine must serve oven-roasted lamb at her 5-year-old son Mert's circumcision feast.
- DirectorZübeyr SasmazStarsMete HorozogluHazar ErgüçlüDidem BalçinThree people from three different worlds... Three Others who become the unwitting cause of each others suffering...Three ordinary lives so tormented that even death seems sweet... Can emotional pain be vanquished through physical pain?
- DirectorCemal SanStarsNesrin CavadzadeFirat TanisOsman AkcaDilber lives with her family in a very poor eastern village, her only dream is to marry her childhood lover, Ali. But when she finds out that it won't happen because of a reason that she can't get away with, she gets crazy and lock herself up in her family's barn.
- DirectorMehmet Bahadir ErMaryna Er GorbachStarsCemal ToktasVolga SorguAyfer DönmezRestless and young, best buddies Selim and Çaça live a meager existence on the outskirts of Istanbul. By day they breed pigeons on the roof, by night they roam the streets with their entourage in their pimped-up car, "My Orange Angel". Their neighborhood's view of the city's gigantic business towers accelerates their ambitions.
- DirectorAydin BulutStarsMehmet Ali NurogluIsmail HaciogluVolga SorguA guy returns home from military service in the terror-stricken Southeast only to find his younger brother murdered and disposed of in a dumpster. He discovers more than he's bargained for as he tries to find the killer.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsAli PoyrazogluCezmi BaskinSerra YilmazCops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant
- DirectorErsin KanaStarsHalil Ibrahim ArasOzan BilenYesim Dalgiçer