In the dead of night, a group of men—among them, a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect—drive through the Anatolian countryside, the serpentine roads and rolling hills lit only by the headlights of their cars. They are searching for a corpse, the victim of a brutal murder. The suspect, who claims he was drunk, can't remember where he buried the body. As night wears on, details about the murder emerge and the investigators'...

Sinan, an aspiring writer, returns home after university hoping to scrape together enough money to publish his first novel. He wanders the town encountering old flames and obstinate gatekeepers and finds his youthful ambition increasingly at odds with the deferred dreams of his gambling-addict father. As his own fantasies mingle with reality, Sinan grapples with the people and the place that have made him who he is. Following in the great tradition...

Winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, the new film from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia) is an immersive and provocative drama. Set in the picturesque and striking landscape of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, Winter Sleep focuses on a small village, half-empty, in the wintry off-season. The film follows a local celebrity, Aydin, an actor who runs a small hotel with his wife, writes a column for the local newspaper,...

Winner of the Best Film and Fipresci prizes at the Istanbul International Film Festival, Reha Erdem's Times and winds is a film "bewitched by the rhythms of everyday life" (The village voice). "Magnificent ... A humanist epic!" - LA Weekly.

Istanbul. In the area of Fikirtepe. Urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye are threatened to lose their house. Being unemployed for a while, Kamil has no other choice than to secretly accept a job at the construction site. He is not only taking away the job from a Syrian refugee, but also working for the company that destroys his own area. Oppression...

Mahmut is a relatively successful commercial photographer who has been struggling to come to terms with the growing gap between his artistic ideals and his professional obligations. His tedious workload, coupled with the lingering loss he still feels for his ex-wife (newly married and on the verge of leaving Istanbul for Canada), leaves Mahmut clinging to the melancholic and obsessive routines of his solitary life. 

One of the world’s great cinematic artists, Jafar Panahi has been carefully crafting self-reflexive works about artistic, personal, and political freedom for the past three decades, despite his oppression at the hands of the Iranian government. In NO BEARS, as in many of his recent titles, Panahi plays a fictionalized version of himself, in this case relocated to a rural border town to remotely direct a new film in nearby Turkey - the story of which...

During a tumultuous revolution, a group of military officers plan a coup to take down the government, by taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with countless obstacles, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track. A wry commentary on Turkey’s uneasy political past and present. Biting political satire meets subtle comedy in a film that highlights absurdity without ever being...

In a small desolate town in northeastern Germany, a handsome ex-soldier, a Turkish businessman, and his beautiful, restless wife find themselves in a desperate love triangle in this suspenseful reworking of classic film noir *The Postman Always Rings Twice* from acclaimed director Christian Petzold. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*JERICHOW a compact and...

Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing. Gaza dreams of escaping this life, but can't help being drawn into a dark world of immorality, exploitation and human suffering. Winner of Best Film at the **Valladolid International Film Festival**. *"An impressively...