An extraordinary interpretation of Hamlet from the phenomenal director of the Turkish Cinema: Metin Erksan. Read More »
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Time to Love AKA Sevmek zamani (1965) Metin Erksan, Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan
Halil who is a painter falls in love with a picture which belongs to a daughter of a mansion’s owner. Read More »
Being Italian with Signora Enrica AKA Sinyora Enrica ile Italyan Olmak (2010) Ali Ilhan, Claudia Cardinale, Ismail Hacioglu, Lavinia Longhi
Claudia Cardinale playing as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student. Read More »
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) Fatih Akin, Alexander Hacke, Ahmed Ulug, Cem Yegul
Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia Read More »
Ivy AKA Sarmasik (2015) Tolga Karaçelik, Nadir Saribacak, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Cermik, Özgür Emre Yildirim
When the ship’s owner goes bankrupt, the crew learns there is a lien on the ship Read More »
The Poor AKA Zavallilar (1975) Yilmaz Güney, Atif Yilmaz, Yildirim Önal, Güven Sengil
The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. Read More »
Friend AKA Arkadas (1974) Yilmaz Güney, Kerim Afsar, Azra Balkan, Civan Canova
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village Read More »
Dracula in Istanbul AKA Drakula Istanbul’da (1953) Mehmet Muhtar, Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray
A Istanbul lawyer named Azmi goes to Romania to meet with a Count named Dracula. Read More »
Journey to the Sun AKA Günese Yolculuk (1999) Yesim Ustaoglu, Nazmî Kirik, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Read More »
Elegy AKA Agit (1972) Yilmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Bilal Inci
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. Read More »
Zenne Dancer (2012) Caner Alper, Kerem Can, Giovanni Arvaneh, Erkan Avci
A feature film about an unusual trio: Daniel, a German photo-journalist in Istanbul without much knowledge about Turkish values. Read More »
Drawers AKA Cekmeceler (2015) Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay, Ece Dizdar, Tilbe Saran, Taner Birsel
Deniz, 33, ends up in a hospital after a traumatic night Read More »
Kosmos (2010) Reha Erdem, Sermet Yesil, Türkü Turan, Serkan Keskin
A strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Read More »
Law of the Border (1966) Lütfi Akad, Yilmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Tas
In order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border. Read More »
Innocence (1997) Zeki Demirkubuz, Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Read More »