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Sultana is a drama set in Istanbul's one and only strip club, telling a story of a women, power, rivalry and solidarity. A new Turkish story where women are not victims in a fairy tale, but warriors learning that the 'handsome prince' is often the real monster- and their only salvation is each other. Meral the long reigning queen of the one and only strip club of Istanbul which is Sultana, takes a talented new Belarusian dancer named Anna under her wing. But she soon realizes she has created a rival powerful enough to replace her, and a ruthless power struggle erupts between the two women.
Cengiz is the singer at a tea garden in Bursa and his greatest ambition is to release an album. Cengiz's life changes when he meets Taskin. Believing that the song composed by Taskin's father, Serafettin, would be a great start for his album, Cengiz buys the song using money he borrowed from his older brother. When Taskin spends all that money, Cengiz starts performing with Taskin and his sister Arzu.
Turkey's shimmering Tuz Lake, the country's second-largest lake, supplies 70% of its salt, even as its waters recede due to climate change. Here villagers still harvest pure, untreated salt. For widower Salih, salt is more than a livelihood – it's survival. Before dawn, he rides out on his loyal horse Fedai with his daughter Zeliş, gathering salt at sunrise and sharing the harvest with neighbours. But when Salih's friend Muhtar yields to the mayor's orders and a greedy corporation claims the lake's salt rights, villagers are barred from the shore and threatened with losing their horses. Salih refuses to give in. He makes forbidden journeys, devises schemes to outwit the ever-watchful gendarmes, and relies on his honest heart and loyal accomplices.
Middle-aged HAKKI lives in a historical Aegean village with his family. He provides for them by selling statuettes in front of the nearby ancient city as well as guiding local tours. The region harbors business opportunities as touristic interest booms; however, HAKKI fails to catch the trend. One day, he finds a historical artifact in his garden by chance and sells it for a car's price, later he finds out the actual value of the artifact is a hundred times higher. With great ambition, he starts digging tunnels in his garden, hoping to find more valuables, yet he gets nothing. He is now obsessed, sacrifices much of his life and takes on a dark journey for both him and his family.
Leaving behind a ruined career and a bitter divorce, Selim returns to his hometown Izmir. Unwilling to make plans for the future, he wanders around revisiting his past: family, schoolmates, an ex-lover. He runs into Cihan, a friend from the military service, an idler with a charming energy. As people start leaving Izmir due to a terrible smell caused by a mysterious maritime accident, Selim finds himself gradually drawn to a new world where he will go back embracing the possibilities of life.
Samet invites his friends over to celebrate his promotion to general manager. While feeding the cats before entering the house, he sees the woman on the ground floor undressing and runs away when she notices him, which leads to the doorman being blamed. His wife Zeynep, who has always defended the doorman while discussing this issue with her friends, will she defend what she believes is right when she learns that Samet is the real culprit? Or will she protect her interests?
Twin sisters Katre and Birsu and their friends encounter unexpected events while preparing for a party where they will gather one last time before exams.
Umut, a strange, introverted, born young man, lives with his mother Leyla in a slum in Istanbul Esenler, and works as an apprentice in an auto repair shop. Realizing that her mother has been acting strangely recently, Umut begins to follow her secretly and learns that Leyla is with a man. The facts about the identity of this man will turn Umut's life upside down ... In the second part of the film, a completely different Umut goes after a completely different Leyla ...
Three old acquaintances debate different interpretations of the Koran, Christian sects, their lives, and life after death in a tiny, cramped neighborhood barber shop.
A village in the Black Sea region is under the influence of a curse. A couple decides to stop the sad story of lovers who have not been able to meet for hundreds of years under the influence of the charm, even if they are the children of enemy families.
Ali, a fisherman, devoted his life to his young son, Efe. Efe was the only son of Ali who was in this life. Efe is different from other children. Efe, who has a communication problem, is not a child who can laugh and play and react to what he hears. As Ali tries to bond with his son, he runs into many barriers in communtion with him, and Ali's greatest wish is to know that his son understands him. The plot evolves around a father who loves his son dearly but going thru many struggles to create communication channels with his who carries the burden of the memories of his father, his mother and the woman he loves, will shape the life of both.
Seventeen-year-old Yusuf comes home after spending four years at a detention center. His return to the family circle freshly recalls the act that his loved ones, bound by rigid tradition, forced Yusuf to commit.
Wolfgang follows a ransom note from his supposed illegal kidney donor Irina back to Istanbul, the city which he would love to erase from memory. Donor and recipient collide and struggle for a fair solution after which there is a bitter new beginning
Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.
The film focuses on the experiences of five different couples over the course of a single day. When the main character declares that she wants to fall in love, fate takes notice and sets in motion a chain of events that will bring her love. It becomes clear that every action is a turning point in someone else's life, and that every misfortune can actually lead to something good.
Having lost her husband, Sultan seeks remarriage to escape her loneliness. Despite her son's objections and her daughter's criticism that it's "too early," she is determined. To survive as a single woman, she breaks social norms, turns her house into a boarding house, opens a stall in the market, and enters male-dominated businesses. Her courageous stance inspires other women in the town and sparks the women's struggle for independence.
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Arap Kadri, fond of his freedom, is an unruly man who lives in the forest. The same forest where Tarzan establishes order, creatures try to live an orderly life. Kadri cannot adapt to city life, throwing a wrench into the regular life he encounters in the forest. This situation causes a conflict between him and Tarzan.
The world is ending, but the president of The Grand Turkish Republic won’t let that happen until he has a chicken schnitzel. Gleefully silly science fiction satire with political bite.
A middle class young man rebels against his father’s brutish authority and seeks a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority. Yuce’s moral tale draws from the example of today’s Turkish youth and the timeless shadow of fathers over sons.
In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through traditional farming. Their son, Ibrahim, dreams of a different future for himself.
