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- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsBora AltasErdal BesikçiogluTülin ÖzenThe quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsJean-Marc BarrErmin BravoGrigoriy DobryginThis film was inspired by a chapter from the Noble Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural zones. Both of these factions are ruled by corporations and populated by elites.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsMelih SelcukBasak KöklükayaRiza AkinYusuff has a hard time defining his adulthood. In one hand, there are his mother's expectations while on the other hand his passions.
- 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.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- 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.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirAhmet MekinStory of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas, who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the hardships and have a happy marriage. However, after he helps a man one night, Ilyas' life changes forever and he leaves Asya and their son for another woman and doesn't come back.
- DirectorMehmet Ada ÖztekinStarsAras Bulut IynemliNisa Sofiya AksongurDeniz BaysalA story of love between a mentally-ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his lovely six year old daughter. Prison will be their home. Based on the 2013 Korean movie Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013).
- 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.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsAli SürmeliSanem ÇelikBülent KayabasA chief police inspector's first hand witness testimony impeaches someone of an intelligent service crime. Some hitman who is officially dead, but concealed by an intelligence agency, has been involved in a political treason plot.
- DirectorDurul TaylanYagmur TaylanStarsEngin GünaydinBinnur KayaSettar TanriögenA reckless electrician, who is struggling with debt, decides to kill his wife and use her savings as a way out. His plan takes an unexpected twist when his loving wife, comes back from the dead to be with her family.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsKivanç TatlitugMert FiratBelçim BilginIn a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazOzan GüvenDemet EvgarIn 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
- DirectorSelçuk AydemirStarsMurat CemcirAhmet KuralErdal TosunTwo musicians witness a murder, which gets them entangled with a bunch of street thugs and mafia.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazÖzge ÖzberkOzan GüvenA slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsBasak KöklükayaÖykü KarayelYigit ÖzsenerWhy would someone like Leyla go to a high school reunion dinner? And take an overnight train to get there. After all, she hasn't been to a single one for the last 25 years - What is Canan, a student nurse, doing on the train? Reluctantly going to an interview for a nursing job when she would like to be an actress instead.
- DirectorÖmer VargiStarsSener SenKenan ImirzaliogluIsmail HaciogluA retired former dangerous man has to fight a new generation of mafia boss for the girl his son loves.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsÇetin TekindorFikret KuskanHümeyraThe family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after the military coup of Turkey in 1980.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsFarah Zeynep AbdullahMehmet GünsürKerem BürsinAn old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçBaran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsHazar ErgüçlüOsman AlkasPopi AvraamShadows and Faces tells the story of a young girl who is separated from his shadow puppetry performer father during the ethnic conflict between Cypriot Greeks and Cypriot Turks in 1963.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsDeniz HasgülerOnur ÜnsalYildirim SimsekJin, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsZeki DemirkubuzNurhayat KavrakNilüfer AçikalinZeki Demirkubuz plays the lead character Ahmet who wants to make a film about Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'. He falls into a deep depression, loses interest in the film and life, pushes those who love him away and cannot complete the film.
- DirectorÖmer KavurStarsMehmet AslantugSahika TekandTuncel KurtizA Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting task is plunged into a web of mystery and intrigue when the watchmaker innocently witnesses the murder of a beautiful woman on his first day in the village.
- DirectorKoray SevindiStarsOsman DoganMuaz EteThe attendant in the Society for the Protection of Children realizes that every morning one loaf of bread is missing in the storeroom. First, he thinks it's the bakery's fault but later finds out that a child is filching the bread. So, he decides to keep an eye on him.
- DirectorAktan Arym KubatStarsNuraly TursunkojoevZarema AsanalievaAktan Arym KubatCentaur lives a modest life with his family in rural Kyrgyzstan until he abruptly becomes the center of attention when he is caught stealing a racehorse at night. A story inspired by the myth when horses became the wings of men.
- DirectorOsman Nail DoganStarsSeyit Nizam YilmazMert Bugra TatarogluKutay SandikçiA rogue teenager who is a pigeon thief aids an 8-year-old child who is trying to complete the house foundation from his father by doing the job he knows best.
- DirectorEnes ErbayStarsKöksal EngürIsmail HaciogluToprak Saglam
- DirectorMurat OnbulStarsIlker KizmazCem UçanAhmet ArslanChildren affected by the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt in southern Syria in March 2011, write graffiti to criticize the Baath regime. Children are arrested and tortured. In the city of Dera, where the tribal structure is strong, tribal leaders want the children from Atif Necip, the correspondent of the city of Dera.
- DirectorÖzer FeyziogluStarsHayat Van EckSelen ÖztürkYetkin DikincilerThe biography of Turkish weightlifter and Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsSerkan KeskinNihal YalçinBülent Emin YararIstanbul is under quarantine. Felek and Kerim find the best way to make profits in this period. They will access people's computers and introduce themselves as government officials, making them confess their "crimes". However, the city in question is Istanbul and all kinds of people live here.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsKubra KipEce YükselUmut KurtAsli, a young mother who is trying to find a nanny to get back to work, finally meets young Gulnihal. Gulnihal is also a mother. With Gulnihal coming into her life, Asli faces her secrets which she has been avoiding herself.
- DirectorEylem KaftanStarsMeryem UzerliFeyyaz DumanHakan KarsakAyse leaves behind city life and returns to the mountains of her childhood. She honours her dying mother's last wish: to look after her beloved beehives.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsYilmaz ErdoganFarah Zeynep AbdullahSongül ÖdenPromising a visual feast of colors, costumes, light and locations, SOUR APPLES will have you simultaneously laughing and crying with its powerful acting performances as well as Yilmaz Erdogan's witty and memorable dialogues.
- DirectorMehmet Ada ÖztekinStarsSarp AkkayaSongül ÖdenErcan KesalAccompanied by a ward, a prisoner travels to his hometown to reconnect with his daughter and make amends, but a tragic truth mars his journey.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsUmut KaradagFiliz BozokGökhan AzlagA man who makes his living from his father's fruit garden, tries to get rid of an electricity pole that is intended to be planted in the middle of his land.
- DirectorFatih MutluStarsBülent AlkisAçelya TopalogluSergen DeveciNalan is a successful TV Host. One day she had a traffic accident and every sentence that came out of her mouth started to mean different meanings.
- 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.
- DirectorKemal UzunStarsIpek TuzcuogluGürkan UygunMünir Can CindorukTurkey, which in recent years managed to martial law, a coffee shop that day, August 10, 1978 to the leftist scanned in Ankara. This event will be later referred to as Balgat massacre. A few hours after the incident, the police thought it was the connections of many nationalists in the surrounding neighborhood gets young people into custody.
- DirectorÖzer FeyziogluStarsAzer SelteRahman BeselMurat DenizA true intersection story of a teenage boy lives in Black Sea hills whose life is full of struggle, a heroic soldier Ferhat and an uninvited visitor from back of beyond.
- DirectorFatih ÖzcanStarsSerhat Mustafa KiliçOzan ÇelikSeda TürkmenAfter hunting a wolf cub, Veysi must deal with his brother Bekir, who wants a bigger part of their father's heritage, while the male wolf watches over them.
- DirectorSelman NacarStarsMucahit KocakNezaket ErdenÜnal SilverAfter a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker's wife.
- DirectorEmir KhalilzadehKudret SabanciStarsGizem KaracaIlker KizmazTekin TemelThe series focuses on the imprisonment life in Yassiada from the birth of Ahmet Tevfik Ileri from the former ministers.
- StarsMehmet ÖzgürKerem ArslanogluMelisa PamukAbdulkadir Geylani and Esref, who met during their journey, will set off for Baghdad together. Returning from his seclusion, Abdulkadir Geylani sees the chaos of the city and enters the struggle for the truth.