- The Bogeyman -Mommo-Kızkardeşim-
- Men on the Bridge -Köprüdekiler-
- My Only Sunshine -Hayat Var-
- The Shadowless -Gölgesizler-
- Wrong Rosary -Uzak İhtimal-
- Fikret Bey
- The Last Season: Shawaks -Demsala Dawî: Şewaxan, Son Mevsim: Şavaklar-
- On the Way to School -İki Dil Bir Bavul-
- Pains of Autumn -Güz Sancısı-
- The Salt of Life -Hayatın Tuzu-
- Three Apples Fell from the Sky -Gökten Üç Elma Düştü-
- Twisted -Girdap-
Golden Wings Digital Distribution Competition
THE BOGEYMAN Mommo - Kızkardeşim
All the hopes, dreams, triumphs and disappointments of childhood are captured in this internationally acclaimed award-winning first feature film.Set against the background of an isolated Anatolian community, it's the moving tale of the bond that exists between nine-year old Ali and his younger sister Aysa. More >>
MEN ON THE BRIDGE Köprüdekiler
The landmark that is Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge links Europe and Asia and the lives of the three young men at the heart of Asli Özge's refreshing and insightful look at the modern world. Murat is a traffic cop dreaming of love; Umut, a taxi driver, is resigned to an unhappy marriage; Fikret sells roses and fantasises about a better life. More >>
MY ONLY SUNSHINE Hayat Var
The new film from the director of the internationally acclaimed TIMES AND WINDS is the powerful story of a young girl's emotional and sexual violation. 14-year old Hayat lives with her no-good father and ailing grandfather. More >>
THE SHADOWLESS Gölgesizler
Based on the award-winning cult novel by Hasan Ali Toptas ('the Kafka of the East'). Writer/director Umit Unal turns an Anatolian village into a surreal ambiguous dreamscape of bizarre landscapes and complex relationships. More >>
WRONG ROSARY Uzak İhtimal
Set in an Istanbul of windy streets, antiquarian bookshops and seafront cafes, this Rotterdam Film Festival major award winner is an atmospheric tale of impossible love. A newly-arrived muezzin (the man who leads the call to prayer) falls in love with his next door neighbour, a Catholic nurse. More >>
15th London Turkish Film Festival Screenings
3 APPLES FELL FROM THE SKY
Gökten 3 Elma Düstü
The '3 apples' are young Ali, a petty thief who runs away from home; Recep, his grandfather, an ex-military disciplinarian whose hated neighbour in an Istanbul apartment block is Nilgün, a prostitute. Yet none of them are really what they may first appear to be... More >>
FIKRET BEY Fikret Bey
An atmospheric, warm and often moving intimate portrait that is also a microcosm of the wider world outside. It looks like the end for the engineering works that Fikret Bey has run for a long lifetime. It's a time for memories, both painful and happy, shared with his oldest employee Mehmet and his daughter Zeynep. More >>
THE LAST SEASON: SHAWAKS
Demsala Dawi: Sewaxan / Son Mevsim: Şavaklar
A compelling documentary experience from the director of several ficition films. The Shawaks are a nomadic community in eastern Turkey. At the end of each Winter, people and animals move from their village to higher pasture in the mountains where they spend the Summer. More >>
ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL İki Dil Bir Bavul
As issues of integration, education and cultural and ethnic identity continue to be debated in Turkey, this quietly perceptive documentary looks at one very human situation. Recently graduated and only Turkish speaking primary teacher Emre has been sent to a school in the remote Kurdish village of Demirci. More >>
PAINS OF AUTUMN Güz Sancısı
Set in 1955 against the background of the bitter Turkish and Greek dispute over Cyprus, and based on the award winning novel by Yilmaz Karakoyunlu, PAINS OF AUTUMN is a tense and fast moving political thriller with a more than a passing contemporary resonance. More >>
THE SALT OF LIFE Hayatın Tuzu
It's just another day in the small town of Bitlis; a cow has escaped from the local abattoir; strange messages are appearing in the locally produced cigarette packets; the minaret is falling down and widow Medine is being persuaded to feed birth control pills to her potted plants. And then there's the mystery of the permanently shuttered shop. More >>
TWISTED Girdap
A tale of twists and turns that begins as a bizarre story of the supernatural and ends in the very real world of politics and extremism. Umut is just an ordinary Istanbul student with no great political beliefs when strange things begin to happen in the flat he shares with two others. More >>
