Zuhal

Zuhal 2022

5.00

Zuhal, a successful lawyer living alone in the center of Istanbul, begins to hear the sound of a cat in her house one day. She sets out on a quest in her apartment to find this cat, which no one has heard of but herself.

2022

Elbow

Elbow 2024

6.50

Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin. Her biggest wish: to be given a chance. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends. But a fatal incident changes everything. Hazal is forced to flee.

2024

Ela and Hilmi with Ali

Ela and Hilmi with Ali 2022

4.50

Veteran math teacher Hilmi is preparing the earthquake survivor Ela for her college applications and is mentoring Ali, the doorman's son, who flunked for the second time at school. As they seek refuge from loneliness in each other, they slowly find themselves in an uncanny triangle, where all boundaries dissolve.

2022

Otherwise in Istanbul

Otherwise in Istanbul 2024

1

Otherwise in Istanbul is a performative documentary about dancer-choreographer Mihran Tomasyan; through a portrait of Tomasyan, the film also chronicles life in Istanbul in recent history through his personal archive.

2024

Home

Home 2018

4.50

Veysel's wild solitary life in the woods is disrupted when the land he inhabits is sold to investors. One day, his younger brother Hasan comes from the city to convince him to leave. As the imminent threat of the eviction rapidly grows, the belated confrontation of the two brothers leads to the discovery of a magical home: A hidden universe in the heart of the forest.

2018

Sevinç Vesaire

Sevinç Vesaire 2019

8.50

At a nondescript government agency suspended in time, a group of lexicographers are about to settle into their usual routine: the eradication of all unnecessary, objectionable and potentially objectionable words by unanimous vote. Discussions need to be made and decisions reached, by this motley crew, in this gloomy room, for all of humanity, when in walks the new Typist with fresh questions and challenges for the entire group.

2019

Phases of Matter

Phases of Matter 2020

5.00

Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.

2020