Feridun Koç

At Turkey’s oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a neglected female officer form an unlikely bond: as they hide the death of the zoo’s oldest inhabitant, an Anatolian leopard, in order to stop the privatization process and fake its escape, they set in motion an absurd charade that spins out of control. In Turkey’s grey and quiet capital, the ghost of the leopard persists.

Mevlüt works as a night watchman in a container park. While he is trying to train a dog left in a park, a tourist group comes to visit. After his watch that night, many balances in Mevlüt's life will change. The film draws attention with its black and white cinematography.

May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their very own inefficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all.

Tufan who works at a small print shop lives in Eskişehir with his wife Mukaddes and daughter Simge. Huriye, their lonely neighbour next door falls ill one night. A doctor recommends that she shouldn’t stay on her own. Tufan takes pity on Huriye, who has no family to turn to, and decides to host her at his house.

A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Underground", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find himself disgusted.

Sanem is a working girl sharing a flat with three transvestites in Istanbul. Every day she dreams of a savior who will take her away. One day a young man named Gokhan moves into the neighborhood, and soon Sanem gets his attention. This will be the beginning of a journey during which both will question each other and their choices in life.

A middle class young man rebels against his father’s brutish authority and seeks a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority. Yuce’s moral tale draws from the example of today’s Turkish youth and the timeless shadow of fathers over sons.

Sober and effective début in beautiful black-and-white by a very young maker about a man who works as a cleaner and administrator in the city hospital. We follow him for a day in his routine.

Do outro lado, novo filme do diretor alemão Fathi Akin, nos mostra como os destinos podem mudar dependendo de pequenos momentos, de pequenos acontecimentos. São três famílias, duas turcas e uma alemã. Seus membros estão espalhados entre os dois países. Yeter é uma prostituta quarentona turca que vive na Alemanha. Ela envia dinheiro para sua filha, Ayten, uma ativista política que vive em Istambul, na Turquia. Nejat é um professor numa universidade Alemã, seu pai, Ali, é um turco aposentado que inicia um romance com a prostituta Yeter. Lotte é uma jovem estudante universitária que vive com sua mãe, Susanne, na Alemanha. Os destinos dessas três famílias se cruzam de uma forma dramática e inesperada.

Um espírito simples e fiel é Muharrem. Trabalha incessantemente para o patrão Ali e vai à mesquita sem faltas. Já beira a velhice e vive sozinho de forma casta. Até que o chefe religioso o convoca para cobrar o imenso dinheiro mensal que a mesquita fatura com a comunidade, lhe oferece carro, roupas e acessórios de luxo que Muharrem nunca teve e ainda mais. Ah, tentação! Tradução do título original: Piedade.

A diferença de idade entre Isa, professor universitário, e Bahar, sua jovem mulher que trabalha na televisão, acaba por atrapalhar seu relacionamento, ainda mais porque Isa está envolvido com sua tese. Isa passa a se comunicar apenas quando não há mais jeito. Bahar vai embora e Isa se volta para sua mulher anterior, Serap. Como o clima e as estações, tudo vai e tudo volta.

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

Sibel (Sibel Kekilli) é uma bela muçulmana de 20 anos. Em uma clínica de recuperação, após uma tentativa de suicídio, ela conhece Cahit (Birol Ünel), um turco quarentão e sua vida sofre uma reviravolta.

Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little to alleviate their detachment.

Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little to alleviate their detachment.

Musa, a customs clerk, lives quietly with his mother. Tragedy and change come for him, as they do for everyone, and he must confront his own attitude towards life’s absurdity.

Isa is blamed for a robbery. He is badly beaten and given twenty four hours to return the money. Instead of finding the money, Isa finds a gun.

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.

Tulay, a restless woman whose marriage is slowly disintegrating sets out to come to terms with various traumas while continually being watched by Halit, a resident in her apartment complex.

About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.