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Elephants and Grass
Critical and often acidly hilarious thriller about corruption and crime in today’s Turkey. A marathon runner becomes unwittingly involved in the dirtyPublished on: -
Away from Home
Celebrated writer makes his début with life-like story showing the tragedies of three Turkish generations, on the theme of emigration, skillfully andPublished on: -
Sîabend u Xecê
Sîabend û Xecê is an adaptation of an old Kurdish legend about a tragic love. The young orphan Sîabend grows up with his uncle and…Published on: -
Future Lasts Forever
Sumru travels to Diyarbakir to do research for her thesis. Listening to the evidence of Kurdish victims of the sanguinary oppression, she is confrontePublished on: -
The Search
Sensitive portrait of a man and his horse in the mountains. About animals’ emotional importance to humans, with a beautiful dream scene. Screened befoPublished on: -
Voice of My Father
The history of a Kurdish family from 1979-2009, utilising a mix of documentary and fiction. Exquisite images and personal sound recordings (tapes sentPublished on: -
Ebedi dönüs
Engrossing mix of Turkish soaps and poetry, with no beginning or end, in which themes such as family, loneliness, departures and love are magnified.Published on: -
Majority
A wonderful portrait of a rural family and modern city existence, told through the life (and its problems) of a teenage boy, his relatives and…Published on: -
Anaesthetics
Chalayan intended to create a conceptual sketchbook. In eleven scenes, he deals with institutionalised violence in society.Published on: