A politically activist father is hiding from police. They say to his daughter Ekin that her father was away for military service.
Cengiz’s father is a leader of a labor union. His family is living at outskirts of the big city. Police arrests his father one night.
Father of Pelin is a wealthy businessman. He was an activist once he was young. He gets arrested when his wife denounce him.
Three children come together at the waiting room of a prison.Read More »
Turkish
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Handan Ipekçi – Babam askerde AKA Dad is in the Army (1995)
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Irfan Tözüm – Cazibe hanimin gündüz düsleri aka Daydreams of Miss Cazibe (1992)
1991-2000DramaFantasyIrfan TözümTurkeyCazibe (Hale Soygazi) is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother (Suna Selen) and her uncle (Macit Koper) who feels an attraction towards her. The only thing which is private to her is her projector machine, which she keeps in a room at the roof of the house. Whenever she gets free time alone she goes to the room, sits on her rocking chair, switches on the projector and meets the boy she loved when she was at school, in her dreams. However, she believes that these are not dreams but that they are real, she really meets the boy whenever she switches on the projector. One day, a political criminal (one of her neighbors) come to their house at night to hide out. Cazibe thinks that he is the man in her dreams and makes love with him that night. The other day, the man leaves just with a note, and Cazibe loses her mind and starts to do strange things at home.Read More »
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Tayfun Pirselimoglu – Dayim AKA My Uncle (2000)
1991-2000DramaShort FilmTayfun PirselimogluTurkeyQuote:
The first film by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu. In that autobiographical movie based on Pirselimoglu’s childhood memories about his uncle, an overvoice narrates his uncle’s struggles to achieve flying alone.Read More » -
Can Merdan Dogan – Stiletto ‘A Pink Family Tragedy’ (2021)
2021-2030Can Merdan DoganDramaShort FilmTurkeyHasan is a taxi driver working the night shift. On the early-morning drive home, he sees a woman passing in high heels. Fascinated by her appearance, he does something that leads to disaster in a world where the boundaries of masculinity are clearly drawn.Read More »
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Suha Arin – Agacin Türküsü AKA The Ballad of the Wood (1987)
1981-1990DocumentaryShort FilmSuha ArinTurkeyAnother fantastic Süha Arın documentary, lovingly in-depth, about various types of ancient craftsmanship that are dying out in the modern world. It’s an episode from the series Old Houses, Old Masters. As the title indicates, this is all about wood, from construction to grave markers to prayer beads to violins.Read More »
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Merve Bozcu – Plastic Dream (2021)
2021-2030DramaMerve BozcuShort FilmTurkeyBelma’s self-confidence gets damaged when the doctor she went to for her skin rash problem tells her that she should get botox. She becomes a woman who is uncomfortable with her skin and gets botox but things do not go as she expected.Read More »
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Kudret Sabanci – Azize: Bir Laleli Hikayesi aka Azize: A Madonna in Laleli (1999)
1991-2000CrimeDramaKudret SabanciTurkeyIn a high-crime area of Istanbul called Laleli, a pimp and his two friends try to sell a blond Russian prostitute as a “virgin” to a rich businessman. However, they lose both the down payment and the girl to four thugs who appear from nowhere. – MUBIRead More »
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Ali Aydin – Kronoloji AKA Chronology (2019)
Ali Aydin2011-2020ThrillerTurkeyHakan and Nihal seems to have a perfect marriage. The problems of the young architect couple are started to emerge when Nihal suddenly disappears. While looking for his wife with the police, Hakan faces the facts of their relationship.Read More »
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Necip Caghan Ozdemir – Bembeyaz AKA Pure White (2021)
2021-2030DramaNecip Caghan OzdemirTurkeyVural’s life is the epitome of mundanity. He performs his duties as a father to a young boy, a husband, and a caring son to his sick father, with whom he runs a photography shop across the American Consulate in Istanbul. Yet, Vural has a secret, a minor transgression of his faith: an affair with Sonay, a young woman who visits his shop for passport pictures she needs in order to apply for a visa to the US. In her emotional distress, she confronts Vural, putting a threat on his uncomplicated living. Vural is faced with a hard choice between to deal with the consequences of this relationship or go down the dark path of dealing with his complete loss of morality.Read More »