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The Wound / Yara (1998) Yilmaz Arslan, Yelda Reynaud, Halil Ergün, Nur Sürer
Hulya, the daughter of a family who migrated to Germany from Turkey (Yelda Reynaud) Read More »
Fratricide / Brudermord (2005) Yilmaz Arslan, Xevat Gectan, Erdal Celik, Bulent Buyukasik
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way Read More »
Love, Spells and All That / Ask, Buyu vs (2019) Ümit Ünal, Selen Uçer, Ece Dizdar, Aysenil Samlioglu
After not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish Read More »
Madame Sousatzka (1988) John Schlesinger, Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft
Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila’s Read More »
Last House in Istanbul / Çirkin dünya (1974) Osman F. Seden, Hülya Koçyigit, Savas Basar, Dogan Bavli
An outlaw gang take over the house of a Doctor and his family raping Read More »
The Enemy / Düsman (1980) Zeki Ökten, Aytaç Arman, Güngör Bayrak, Sevket Altug
Ismail is out of work despite am obvious willingness to do almost anything to earn enough to provide for his family. Read More »
The Herd / Sürü (1979) Zeki Ökten, Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Erol Demiröz
Sürü portrays the lives of desperate Kurdish farmers in Turkey’s backward Southeast. Read More »
The Bad Seed / Kötü tohum (1963) Nevzat Pesen, Alev Oraloglu, Lale Oraloglu, Öztürk Serengil
This is the Turkish remake of famous movie of Melvin Leroy’s 1956 The Bad Seed. Read More »
Endise AKA Anxiety (1974) Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney, Erkan Yücel, Kamran Usluer, Adem Tolay
This is the story of Cevher and his family, who all work in cotton fields in late seventies in Turkey. Read More »