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A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.
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Vural, a husband and a father who was raised in faith, leads a seemingly pious and conformist life. But everything takes a sudden dark turn when he finds out a truth about his personal life.
Unable to cope with the psychological burden of an unwanted pregnancy, Bahar decides to commit suicide. The first stop on her last journey is her university friend Mahir. The world of Mahir, who is crippled after being attacked during a march he participated in, and his father Cemal, who avoids facing what he has been through, cause Bahar to question her decision again.
Mirza, who works as a security guard at a site, embarks on a relentless battle with the mafia after a murder is committed at the site and the only eyewitness, a young girl, is kidnapped. At first, neither the police nor the mafia take Mirza seriously, but as he swiftly dismantles the mafia, the situation grows increasingly complex. As the mystery unravels, it becomes clear that everyone is not what they seem, and the twisted nature of their relationships is exposed.
After encountering a young girl’s suicide at the end of his night shift, Commissioner Cihan finds no answers while attempting to solve the mystery behind her death. This growing uncertainty eventually drags him into a desperate struggle against the void of his own existence.
The life of Nazan, who runs the small town bakery "Tatlı Maya" (Bread of Hope) all on her own, changes when a young Syrian woman named Rana walks through her door. Already in labor, Rana gives birth to her baby inside the bakery. Having lost her husband, been evicted from her home, and left with nowhere else to go, Rana is taken in by Nazan—first into her own home, and later into the bakery. As a quiet bond forms between the two women amidst the rhythms of daily life, rumors begin to spread and intensify throughout the town. Fueled in part by Sami—a man who has long harbored an interest in Nazan—these prejudices lead customers to abandon the bakery, eventually resulting in the authorities sealing off "Tatlı Maya" on the grounds that Rana was being employed there illegally. Nazan begins to pay a heavy price for the decision she made.
Viktor is no longer alive. Anton travels to Istanbul to break the sad news to Aylin, a mutual friend. In this short film, Irem Gökçen and Aron Eichhorn create a study of things that are lost and those that are beginning, oscillating between the unsaid, melancholy, and courage.
Osman was assigned to finish a blood feud by his family. As he hits the road, he spots a snail on the windshield and avoids using the wipers even when it's raining. On the way he picks up hitchhikers who end up guiding him to find his own way in life. Bartu and Günes are two youths who are trying to live in nature. Another hitchhiker Esin has quit her job as a singer at the nightclub because her boss wanted her to work as a hostess. She is the only person that Osman confesses his current task of murder. Muzo is the last hitchhiker Osman picks up and he is carrying a bag full of drugs. When the police stop them, Osman finds a way to live his life with a clear conscience.
In an old neighborhood of Istanbul that is on the verge of losing its genteel character, Meliha, a woman living alone, carries on with her life without leaving her home, finding pleasure in small everyday routines. One day, she gives her bank card and PIN to a stranger who brings her scarf back after it falls from her balcony, asking him to withdraw some money for a bowl of soup. But Meliha’s naive trust turns into a major crisis for her family. As they question their mother’s memory, their own distrust of one another gradually comes to the surface. “The World Isn’t the Way You Know It” takes a darkly comic approach to exploring how trust is shaped by class prejudice and roles within the family.
