Signals: Young Turkish Cinema
Overview of films
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Autumn
Straight our of prison, the once political active Yusuf returns to his Black- Sea hometown. It isn’t just redemption he seeks but a peaceful asylum
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Innocence
Society has turned its back on Bekir, Ugur and Yusuf, three marginals who look for love in the most unlikely places. Director Zeki Demirkubuz’s tou
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Pandora’s Box
An estranged family is brought together upon the news of their mother’s worsening illness. But the tough-minded mother is not so keen on spending t
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Two Lines
Psychologically unnerving and sinisterly suspenseful, first-time director Selim Evci’s Two Lines is an acute observation of the young generation
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Summer Book
A long summer vacation by the sea. An ordinary Turkish family whose life takes an unexpected turn. Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, thi
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Milk
A young emerging poet, his beautiful but unfulfilled mother and their small Turkish town about to be swallowed by industrialization. A contemplativ
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Kasaba
Awe-inspiring black-and-white début film of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, shot in a village in Anatolia, about the director’s childhood years. Two child
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The One Note Man
Charming tragicomedy about music and love. Cymbal player in a symphony orchestra has a supporter in the audience.
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Journey to the Sun
Two men of different origin, a western Turk and a Kurd. A true friendship that goes beyond cultural boundaries. Amidst the chaotic background of Is
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On Board
First film by the social-realist film collective Yeni Sinemacilar, which became the harbinger of a new style of film making in Turkey: straightforw
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Somersault in a Coffin
A social outcast’s daily adventures couldn’t be more endearing; Mahsun looks like he just escaped from Folsom Prison but his genuineness and warm-h
