A new law is passed which makes the act of reading subject to a license. After waiting in line to get his license, Ali finds himself stuck with a permit that allows him to access only certain types of books. Ali does not give up easily. Under the gaze of men in uniform, he will try every possible...
Catalyzed by a chance encounter, Can Eskinazi’s short then sinks into the pleasures of meandering conversation. Immersed in a nocturnal palette of inky blacks and luminous whites, this road movie in miniature follows its drunken characters walking, talking, and looking toward wide-open skies.
The film shows the behind-the-scenes process of making a documentary about an author known for their autofiction stories. By including its own behind-the-scenes footage, it mirrors the author's storytelling approach, blending the documentary’s creation with the author's narrative technique. In...
The world is about to end and the escape shuttles are taking off. Seher, who has built a separate life for herself, returns to their home in the village to pick up her father Tahir and her brother Serdar. She encounters an unexpected situation: Tahir has set the table for one last family dinner.
Shavkat, a pizza courier, and his girlfriend Fatima are illegal migrants in a new land. When they crash their motorcycle while on delivery, Shavkat fears deportation and flees the scene.
Katman is the story of the archaeological dig that has been conducted at the Gre Amer dig in the village of Işıkveren in Batman since 2009 by Dr. Gül Pulhan and Dr. Stuart Blaylock. The activities are conducted by the Batman Culture and Tourism Directorate's Museum Directorate within the...
Tufan who works at a small print shop lives in Eskişehir with his wife Mukaddes and daughter Simge. Huriye, their lonely neighbour next door falls ill one night. A doctor recommends that she shouldn’t stay on her own. Tufan takes pity on Huriye, who has no family to turn to, and decides to host...
Jale, a free-spirited street vendor in her late thirties, roams around the forsaken shores of the Bosphorus. She crosses paths with heartbroken teenagers, an obnoxious admirer, exorcists, exhibitionists, fellow street sellers, fisherwomen and treasure-hunters. Like frogs gathered around a pond,...
4 years old Armenian girl Ziazan one day decides to go on an adventure. She will sneak in from Armenia to Turkey inside her uncle's luggage. Will she be able to go over the closed borders between 2 countries and realize her adventure?
Oğlago tells the story of a cross-country skiing athlete competing for the Turkish National Team. Despite being one of the most popular sports in Winter Olympics, cross-country skiing is almost unknown in Turkey. Although having participated four consecutive times to the Olympic Games, he never...
A transgender man struggles with self-realization and acceptance in traditional society of Turkey. Constrained by identification cards color-coded for gender, will he finally be considered for a Blue ID?
An imaginary post card written to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. Jocelyne Saab writes about her illness, about the fragility of her body, and the situation in the Middle East that is ravaged by war.
