Troia

This documentary tells the story of the city of Troy from an archeological perspective and tracks Trojan findings in the modern day from over 50 countries. More >>

Odeon Covent Garden

Sat 6 Dec 12.00 (noon)
+Rıza Baloğlu (Dir)
Sevinç Çor Baloğlu (Screenplay)

Murky Waters / Münferit

"You'd salt the meat if the meat stinks…but what if the salt stinks?" In a lovely coastal town, the decomposed bodies of two men, including one transvestite, are retrieved from a car under the sea. More >>

Rio Cinema Sat 6 Dec 1.15pm
+ Dersu Yavuz Altun (Dir) and Öze Solak (Act)
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Made in Europe

Three stories unfold in three European capitals on a single night. It is 2001: the night U.S troops entered Afghanistan. Three groups of Turkish people gather in Madrid, Paris and Berlin where they are seeking, or living without, legal status after moving from country to country for years like itinerant ghosts. More >>

Rio Cinema Sat 6 Dec 3.45pm
+ İnan Temelkuran (Dir)
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+ Ömer Come Home / Ömer Eve Gel

Documentary by
Serkan Şavk, Barış Şahin and Şevket Onur Cihan

Ara

Ara, meaning 'The Space Between', is the story of two couples and an empty building in Istanbul. These characters are the new faces of Istanbul, stuck between East and West, their modest past and decadent present, between Istanbul and the provincial homes they can't go back to, between their innermost secrects and the lies they tell. More >>

Odeon Covent Garden Sat 6 Dec 6.00pm
+ Ümit Ünal (Dir), Erdem Akakçe (act) and Selen Uçar (Act)
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A Fairground Attraction / Hazan Mevsimi - Bir Panayır Hikayesi

This is the bitter and brief story of two desperate lovers on fairground: Necia, a wandering circus chanteuse, and Cemal, a site worker. Both are incapable of settling down, living like rolling stones, wherever the wind may blow. More >>

Rio Cinema Sat 6 Dec 6.30pm
+ Mehmet Eryılmaz (Dir), Zümrüt Erkin (Act) and Gültekin Çilekar (Act)
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My Marlon and Brando / Gitmek

Turkish actress Ayça Damgacı and Hama Ali, a charismatic Kurdish B-movie actor and sometime star of Iraqi Superman, fell in love in real-life whilst working on a film. Separated by borders, their love affair continued through video love letters and broken telephone lines. More >>

Rio Cinema Sat 6 Dec 9.15pm
+ Ayça Damgacı (Act) and Lucinda Englehart (Prod)
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A Man's Fear Of God / Takva

Humble Muharrem has lived the same life of Islamic devotion and prayer for 30 years. But this all changes when his simple honesty attracts the leader of a powerful religious group who entrusts him with collecting rent for the Mosque’s considerable holdings. More >>

Rio Cinema Sat 6 Dec 11.45pm
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