In a timeless and unknown island (which is Cunda Adasi in Ayvalik, on the Aegean Coast of Turkey) a writer tries Read More »
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The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet AKA Kadin Hamlet (1977) Metin Erksan, Fatma Girik, Sevda Ferdag, Reha Yurdakul
An extraordinary interpretation of Hamlet from the phenomenal director of the Turkish Cinema: Metin Erksan. Read More »
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 »
Sarmasik (2015) Ivy – Tolga Karaçelik
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 »
Dracula in Istanbul (1953) Drakula Istanbul’da
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 (1972) Agit – Yilmaz Güney
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. Read More »