Emre Yeksan

Leaving behind a ruined career and a bitter divorce, Selim returns to his hometown Izmir. Unwilling to make plans for the future, he wanders around revisiting his past: family, schoolmates, an ex-lover. He runs into Cihan, a friend from the military service, an idler with a charming energy. As people start leaving Izmir due to a terrible smell caused by a mysterious maritime accident, Selim finds himself gradually drawn to a new world where he will go back embracing the possibilities of life.

Leaving behind a ruined career and a bitter divorce, Selim returns to his hometown Izmir. Unwilling to make plans for the future, he wanders around revisiting his past: family, schoolmates, an ex-lover. He runs into Cihan, a friend from the military service, an idler with a charming energy. As people start leaving Izmir due to a terrible smell caused by a mysterious maritime accident, Selim finds himself gradually drawn to a new world where he will go back embracing the possibilities of life.

Welcome Lenin chronicles the story of the Lenin statue, most likely thrown away after the collapse of the Soviet Union, traveled for almost two years in the Black Sea to be eventually put “under protection” in a dusty storage room in a municipality building in a remote village in Turkey.

Dois irmãos distantes são reunidos quando desempenham papéis opostos em uma surra racista: enquanto Georgi, que recentemente se juntou a um grupo neonazista, participa da violência, Hristo testemunha e resgata uma família turca. Georgi, agora convidado a participar de eventos maiores, começa a questionar sua implicação no movimento e Hristo se pergunta se a linda garota turca que ele salvou poderia ser sua passagem para a triste vida de Sofia. Somente reunindo os dois irmãos serão capazes de avaliar o que realmente querem da vida.