Feature Films - Turkish Cinema 2020 by Boğaziçi Kültür Sanat Vakfı

FEATURE FILMS

Feature Films

ALI

Turkey, 2019, 110’ colour Director: Ramazan Özer Producer: Fatih Gürler Script: Gurbet Gurur Cantürk DoP: Ufuk Dinç Editing: Hakan Akol Music: Alper Aytekin Cast: Gürbey İleri, Hakan Meriçliler, Semra Dinçer, Köksal Engür Trailer: https://vimeo.com/402852872

Ali, which tells the tragic story of a family who live in a small Anatolian town, unveils the difficult times a young man experiences due to gastric cancer. In his mid-twenties, Ali finds out that he has cancer after he faints while diving with his friends. Isolating himself from his surroundings during the unresponsive treatment process, Ali first pushes his new girlfriend Aslı away. He then stops talking to his friends and even shuts himself down toward his family. Day after day, Ali’s father Cemil, who does everything he can for his son’s treatment, will deteriorate along with his son. 3The film that brings to mind the question “what would you have done?”, leaves the audience as judges to the father’s actions. Ramazan Özer: Turkish director and screenwriter. After completing his university education, he continued his business life in the Film and TV sector. He worked in various positions in the cinema and TV industry, and after these successful experiences, he started to realize his own projects by establishing the EFEKTİF SANAT production company in 2011

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Contact Inter Medya, Can Okan can.okan@intermedya.tv

ANT KARINCA

Turkey, 2019, 116’ colour Director: Nazif Tunç Producer: Ömer Mirac Tunç Script: Halit Karaata, Nazif Tunç DoP: Yerkinbek Ptyraliyev Editing: Necdet Tok, Nazif Tunç Music: Taner Demiralp Cast: Halit Karaata, Hacer Kızılhan, Oktay Dal, Jale Arıkan Trailer: https://vimeo.com/361273644

“Karınca” is the story of Şemsi –a truck driver- who is racing against time. Fidan was all by herself on a long and winding road in the mountains, in the middle of nowhere, when Semsi gives her a ride to Istanbul. Only to find out much later, that Fidan is no ordinary girl but a suicide bomber –who had been brainwashed by the terror organisation and sent to Istanbul on a mission to kill. She is a ticking bomb, she is a suicide bomber …and Semsi has to find her… before any blood is spilled or lives lost. He is fighting to undo a grave mistake. He is seeking atonement. Will Semsi find her and save her from the terrorists? Will he be able to save any live? Nazif Tunç was born in 1964 in Malkara, Tekirdağ. He received his undergraduate degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication. For many years he wrote about cinema and theater in newspapers and magazines. He produced more than 100 television films in Halk Film which he founded in 2006. He gave lectures about film production at Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema-Television. For now, he is the Vice President of the Film Producers Professional

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Association (Fiyab). And he continues to make films based on the historical development of the Anatolian people, the national culture of Turkey, the tradition of faith. Contact Halk Film, Yusuf Faruk Tunç yusuffaruktunc@gmail.com

BREATH SOLUK

Turkey, 2019, 94’ colour Director: Özkan Yılmaz Producer: Benan Baf Yılmaz, Tolga Tekdurmaz, Mustafa Karadeniz Script: Benan Baf Yılmaz, Özkan Yılmaz DoP: Özgür Eken Editing: Ömer Özyılmazel Music: Göktuğ Çiftçi Cast: Emrullah Çakay, Aslı İnandık, Uğur Polat Trailer: http://vimeo.com/364464824

Middle aged, grumpy man who hasn’t been able to avail neither himself, nor others, and has always depended on his friends in order to hang on to life: Tamer. He abandoned his studies as well as his goals, marriage, family, at times his friends. A woman in her early 30’s, sharing the same house with her mother and brother, purposeless and unemployed. On the contrary to Tamer, Aslı is full of life and yet, introverted. She has found herself a friend, a mentor and a guide. A caregiver, who is considerably ordinary, psychologically disconnected from life and, instead stays with his patients until their last breath: Celil. That brings these three characters together is their desire to hold on to life, which they have different perspectives of. Özkan Yılmaz: Born in 1976 in Germany, Ozkan Yılmaz had his undergraduate degree on film in Anadolu University in Eskişehir and graduate degree on communication sciences from Marmara University. During his academic career, he shot several shorts and documentaries. In his film career, he appeared in many films both as first AD and executive producer.

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Contact Çakıl Film, Özkan Yılmaz ozkanylmz@gmail.com

FATED HEARTS KADER POSTASI

Turkey, 2019, 102’ colour Director: Elif Akarsu Polat, Çiğdem Bozali Producer: Ali Üstündağ Script: Elif Akarsu Polat, Çiğdem Bozali DoP: Tufan Kılınç Editing: Ali Üstündağ Music: Yalçın Akyıldız Cast: Boncuk Yılmaz, Benian Dönmez, Şahin Ergüney, Rana Kayaçan Trailer: https://vimeo.com/336640811

It’s a story of a young woman in a small Anatolian town who is trying to find an alternative way out of the expected life by being a pen friend with the ‘life sentence’ prisoners to deal with the emotional emptiness after her first love that she thinks she lost forever.

Elif Akarsu Polat was born in Ankara in 1981 and graduated from Television & Cinema at Ankara University in 2004. The documentary film she produced and directed for her graduation project won multiple awards at festivals both in Turkey and overseas. She has been working as an assistant director on numerous TV drama series, as a director of feature films and a producer of commercials. Çiğdem Bozali was born in Trabzon in 1982 and graduated from the Cinema & Television Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

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As a student, she received instruction from and attended workshops by the acclaimed filmmakers, Lütfi Ö. Akad, Metin Erksan, İlhan Arakon, Memduh Ün, Nedim Otyam, Duygu Sağıroğlu and Feyzi Tuna. Since 2004, she has been working as an assistant director and 2nd unit director on a variety of TV series and feature films. Contact Ninova Films, Uğur Şahin ninovafilms@gmail.com

FOOD FOR A FUNERAL ÖLÜ EKMEĞİ (AŞIQ)

Turkey, 2019, 100’ colour Director: Reis Çelik Producer: İ.Anıl Çelik, Dilek Aydın Script: Reis Çelik DoP: C.Murat Özcan Editing: Reis Çelik, Mesut Ulutaş Music: Engin Aslan, Ertan Tekin, Reis Çelik Cast: Tarkhan Omarov, Ziaddin Aliev, Şilan Düzdaban

A young boy in a remote region who dreams of becoming a master of traditional music sets off on a trip with his teacher. He promises to bring back an apple as a souvenir for a girl. This eloquent contemporary allegory is set against a backdrop of tradition and culture.

Reis Çelik was born in Ardahan, in east Anatolia, in 1961. He moved to Istanbul after junior high school and studied music and theatre at the State Conservatoire. In 1982 he began a career in journalism, working as an economics/political correspondent for various national newspapers. In the following years, both his interviews and photographs appeared in several international newspapers and magazines. Around the same time, he began making documentary films, commercial and political campaign films, as well

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as maintaining an active interest in still photography. To date Çelik’s photographic work has been featured in exhibitions in over 12 countries. Contact Kaz Film kazfilm1@gmail.com

GOING BLIND KÖRLEŞME

Turkey, 2020, 87’ colour Director: Hacı Orman Producer: Hacı Orman Script: Hacı Orman DoP: İlker Berke Editing: Sedat Yılmaz Cast: Fatih Al, Asiye Dinçsoy, Vedat Erincin, Cüneyt Yalaz Trailer: https://vimeo.com/315653857

Sinan is a visually-impaired poet. Although he has lost his vision at the age of 3, he is a humorous man at peace with his blindness. His wife Nilgün, wants to bestow Sinan the gift of the visual world. Following the successful operation, Sinan begins to see vaguely. But after a while, he experiences disruptions in adapting. Nilgün is convinced that the chaos originates from habits formed during Sinan’s days of blindness, and thus increases the pressure on him to adapt to the world of the seeing. The tension leads to a tragic face off where they question each other’s personalities. Hacı Orman: He has worked as education expert on human rights and culture policies at several NGOs within the European Union. He was imprisoned twice on political grounds. In 2014, he shot the short film HOMOPOLITICUS about the historical dialogue between German Pastor Lepsius and Turkish general Enver Pasha and was invited to the Council of Europe. His first feature film GOING BLIND is currently in post-production phase.

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Contact Hacı Orman ormanhaci@gmail.com

I - MANIA CİNNET

Turkey, 2019, colour Director: Aytekin Birkon Producer: Taff Pictures Script: Aytekin Birkon DoP: Sezgin Denkçi Editing: Büşra Demir Cast: Yeliz Akkaya, Emre Başer, Ufuk Kaplan, Nicholas Paul Facey Trailer: https://bit.ly/3btrk3u

Nida, who lives a peaceful family life with her daughter, slaughters her beloved husband after a mental breakdown. The next morning, seeing her husband’s corpse, Nida flees in order to clear her name as she finds out that a video of the murder has been spread across the internet. Nida battles her elusive memory as she tries to solve her husband’s murder and the mysterious deaths around her.

Aytekin Birkon: He was born on May 1, 1981 in Istanbul. He has been working in Fono Film Studios for more than twenty years. He has served as an editor more than 40 movies, as a supervisor more than 300 films, as a consultant more than 30 films.

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Contact TAFF PICTURES dilara@taffpics.com

I AM THE SEA BEN BİR DENİZİM

Turkey, 2020, 76’ colour Director: Umut Evirgen Producer: Umut Evirgen Script: Umut Evirgen DoP: Veli Kuzlu Editing: Naim Kanat Music: Cem Öget Cast: Gürberk Polat, Serkan Keskin, Sitare Akbaş

Deniz (Sea), is a 20 year old boy who makes a living by gathering discarded cardboards for his father’s recycling business. He returns to the warehouse empty handed every time unlike the Syrian refugees and gets scolded by his father. One day he enters a construction site, in order to collect more cardboard. There he meets Nisan (April), a young girl who will change the course of his life. He urgently needs to find some money in order to be with her.

Umut Evirgen: He studied business at Berkeley College and he is currently studying for an M.A. in film and television at Istanbul Bilgi University. In 2019 he shot his first short film entitled “Fine dying”. The film received invitation from 33rd Edmonton Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) and continues its festival journey. He finished his first feature film “I am the Sea” in 2020.

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Filmography I am the Sea, 2020 Zero,2020 (short) Fine Dying, 2019 (short) Contact Ninova Films, Uğur Şahin ninovafilms@gmail.com

I HAD A DREAM BİR DÜŞ GÖRDÜM

Turkey, 2020, 115’ colour Director: Murat Çeri Producer: Murat Çeri Script: Murat Çeri DoP: Durmuş Sorkut Editing: Murat Çeri Cast: Harun Reha Pakoğlu, Nevzat Yılmaz, Recep Çavdar, Ferda Işıl Trailer: https://vimeo.com/430289859

Tarık is an urban child about 8 years old. In a car accident, his father dies, he suffers from memory loss. Her mother is in a coma in the hospital. Since he has no one, he is sent to the village with his grandparents. Tarık does not remember anything, but dreams constantly. He connects himself to a little donkey who lost its mother in a car accident in the village and makes it his duty to keep it alive

Murat Çeri was born and raised in a village in Gerede, Turkey, in the realm of dreams and fairytales. After high school in Ankara he moved to Istanbul, the city of legends and dreams, to study literature.

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Contact Filimetre, Murat Çeri serdeberan@gmail.com

IN THE SHADOWS GÖLGELER İÇİNDE

Turkey, 2020, colour, 96’ Director: Erdem Tepegöz Producer: Figen Ermek Özçorlu, Umut Özçorlu Script: Erdem Tepegöz DoP: Hayk Kirakosyan Editing: Arzu Volkan Music: Gregory Dombrowski Cast: Numan Acar, Vedat Erincin, Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Emrullah Çakay Trailer: https://vimeo.com/390738531 Password: intheshadows2020_02

“In the Shadows” is a near future story with no indication of time and place. This is a post-apocalyptic world that ruled over by primitive technology. Zait, a loyal mine worker who works for a mine factory which is managed by unknowns. He begins to be doubtful about the system he lives in and tries to find the eminence grise. And then he realises that existence of him depends on destruction of the system itself which is dark better than he thought. Erdem Tepegoz was born in 1982. Graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Economics. He studied film directing in Prag Film School. He traveled all around the world for making many documentaries. Zerre (TheParticle), his debut film that is written and directed by him, won almost 23 awards including Best Film Golden St. George at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival and was screened in 30 countries. The director received

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many praises from cinema critics on his social realist cinema approach. Gölgeler Içinde (In the Shadows) is his second feature film. He continues his masterdegree in thefield of anthropology. Contact Contact Film Works, Umut Özçorlu umut.ozcorlu@contact.com.tr

JUST DIFFERENT SADECE FARKLI

Turkey, 2020, 126’ colour Director: Ahmet Sönmez Producer: Ahmet Sönmez Script: Nalan Merter Savaş DoP: Hayk Kirakosyan Editing: Yakup Baysal Music: Alpay Göltekin Cast: Ömer Akgüllü, Vildan Atasever Trailer: https://vimeo.com/335402709 Password: just2019

Fikret works in a library, is married and has a ten-year-old son. When his wife leaves him, his son becomes like a father to him - just different. It’s the story of a father with “high-functioning autism” and his “normal” son.

Ahmet Sönmez: Born in Ağrı in 1974. Graduated from Moscow State Movie Institute in 1999 (VGIK). Sönmez, who has been working as director and scriptwriter in many movies and soap operas in Turkey since 2003, established 24 Kare Film Production in 2011 and Movie Time Production Companies in 2015 and carried out many important projects. In 2013, he worked as a jury in 50th Antalya International Film Festival.

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Filmography Just Different, 2020 Trileçe, 2018 Guide, 2015 Farewell Katya, 2012 Contact Ahmet Sönmez ahmetsonmez1@gmail.com

KING SHAKIR: LAND OF PIRATES KRAL ŞAKİR: KORSANLAR DİYARI

Turkey, 2019, 93’ colour Director: Berk Tokay Producer: Necati Akpınar Script: Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu Music: Abdulkadir Süzgün Voices: Atilla Şendil, Levent Ünsal, Mustafa Oral Trailer: https://vimeo.com/379014302

A giant, prehistoric creature emerges from the deepest part of the ocean and approaches the city. The only force that can defeat the monster is a golden cannon. Shakir and his family set out to find the golden cannon, but things go wrong and they get trapped in a mysterious sphere in the Bermuda Triangle. This mysterious region hides a fantastic universe where pirates roam and monsters exist. Will Shakir and his family find the golden cannon as soon as possible and stop the creature before it reaches the city?

Berk Tokay is an actor and director, known for Grafi 2000 (2002) Harbi TV (2009) and Fırıldak Ailesi (2017).

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Contact BKM, Cansu Aydın cansu@bkmonline.net

MAVZER

Turkey, 2020, 85’ colour Director: Fatih Özcan Producer: Enes Erbay Script: Fatih Özcan DoP: Orçun Özkılınç Editing: Naim Kanat Music: Mine Pakel Cast: Serhat Kılıç, Ozan Çelik, Seda Türkmen, Ahmet Aydın

Veysi lives in a village in the middle of Anatolia. One morning, when he goes to his barn with his son Mustafa, a pack of wolves attacks on his sheeps and Veysi loses most of them. Thus he wants a better gun to protect his herd, which is Mauser, ‘The king of the rifles’ as they say. Eventually he finds himself in a fight with the wolf and also his brother about their fathers inheritance.

Fatih Özcan: He was born on March 30, 1984 in Karaman. He completed his primary and secondary educations in Karaman and his high school and university education in Istanbul. After his high school education, he studied Philosophy in İstanbul University and Economics in Anadolu University. Since 2002, he has been producing and directing feature-length films and documentary projects, working as a scriptwriter.

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Contact Teferruat Film, Enes Erbay enes@teferruatfilm.com

MIRACLE IN CELL NO: 7 7. KOĞUŞTAKİ MUCİZE

Turkey, Korea, 2019, 132’ colour Director: Mehmet Ada Öztekin Producer: Saner Ayar, Sinan Turan, Hakan Karamahmutoğlu Script: Kubilay Tat DoP: Torben Forsberg Editing: Ruşen Dağhan Music: Hasan Özsüt Cast: Aras Bulut İynemli, Nisa Sofiya Aksongur, Deniz Baysal, Mesut Akusta Trailer: https://bit.ly/2YbOcAb

Set during the early 1980s during Turkey’s coup d’état period, Miracle in Cell No. 7 tells the heartbreaking story of Memo, who lives with his beloved little daughter and grandmother in an Aegean town. With a mental deficiency, Memo is a shepherd who lives happily in his small world. In 1983, when Memo is framed with the murder of the martial law commander’s daughter, his life is turned upside down. He’s sentenced to death penalty and gets locked up in the seventh ward, where he has a small chance of staying alive. The inmates treat him hatefully at first only to see he’s a gold-hearted person after some time. They are convinced that Memo can’t be a killer. In time, everyone Memo has done right by gets mobilized to save his life. While everyone is seeking justice, Memo and his daughter Ova’s only wish is to get reunited. An innocent man, Memo now needs a miracle to be able to get back to his old life… Mehmet Ada Öztekin: Turkish director, screenwriter, writer, translator. During his university years in Antalya and Izmir, he worked as a manager on private radios. After years of radio broadcasting, his passion for cinema set his way to Istanbul. He started working in a production company. He has accomplished many successful projects as a screenwriter and director with many commercials, video clips, short films, films and series.

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Contact Inter Medya, Can Okan can.okan@intermedya.tv

NINE LIVES LEYLA DOKUZ KERE LEYLA

Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Ezel Akay Producer: Figen Ermek Özçorlu, Umut Özçorlu Script: Adnan Yıldırım, Özlem Lale, Uğur Saatçi, Ezel Akay Trailer: https://bit.ly/2ADRgw2

It tells a tragicomic but funny story of Adam, an antique dealer who is trying to get rid of his wife, Leyla for his goddess mistress, Nergis. In this unexpected journey he didn’t manage his goal but without even noticing, he helps women to create a new world for themselves together.

Ezel Akay was born in 1961. He studied engineering at Bosphorus University, and theatre arts at Villanova University, Philadelphia USA. He took part in many theatre productions as an actor and director before entering film production as a founding partner of IFR, where he was the director of more than 800 commercials.He was the executive producer of Yesim Ustaoglu’s “Journey to the Sun”, which also won many awards at international festivals including the prestigious Berlin Film Festival.

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Filmography Little Black Fishes, 2014 F Type Movie, 2012 7 Husbands for Hurmuz,, 2009 Killing the Shadow, 2006 Where’s Firuze, 2004 Contact Contact Film Works, Umut Özçorlu umut.ozcorlu@contact.com.tr

OMAR AND US OMAR VE BİZ

Turkey, 2019, 104’ colour Director: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadır Er Producer: Mehmet Bahadır Er Script: Mehmet Bahadır Er DoP: Aydın Sarıoğlu Editing: Maryna Er Gorbach, Aziz İmamoğlu Cast: Cem Bender, Tajsher Yakub, Menderes Samancılar, Hala Alsayanah Trailer: https://bit.ly/3fy9xth

Ismet is a Turkish soldier, who was on duty at the border as a Commander of the Coast Guard and recently got retired. After suddenly becoming neighbors with two Syrian refugees (Omar and Mariye) at his house near the Turkish-Greek border and the humane experience he has to live through, he now has to face his prejudices and his political view. Professional actors *Taj Sher Yakub (Omar) and *Hala Alsayasneh (Mariye) starring in this movie are two Syrian refugees who live in Turkey under temporary immigration status. Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadır Er: Director duo wrote ,directed and produced their third film together. Previous films which were screened and awarded at many prestigious festivals as Rotterdam IFF, Montreal IFF, Tokyo IFF, Seattle IFF, Warsaw IFF, Tallin… Maryna and Bahadir are the members of European Film Academy.

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Filmography Omar and Us, 2019 Love Me, 2013 Black Dogs Barking, 2009 Contact Mehmet Bahadır Er mehmetbahadirer@gmail.com

ONCE UPON A JUDGMENT DAY MAHŞER BİR VARMIŞ BİR YOKMUŞ

Turkey, 2020, 108’ colour Director: Mehmet Tanrısever Producer: Mehmet Tanrısever Script: Mehmet Tanrısever DoP: Mirsad Herovic Editing: Mehmet Tanrısever Cast: Soydan Soydaş, Tarık Tanrısever, Asuman Dabak, Süleyman Kabaali Trailer: https://vimeo.com/387929505

Arife, who once lived in rural areas of Anatolia, make a living by telling stories to people at weddings, and her husband Dancer Civan, who entertained people by dancing in the same environments, suddenly has a heart attack while walking on mountainous terrain to catch a wedding. Witnessing the death of her husband in a cave, Arife remains helpless with the arrival of 3 bandits in the stories she constantly tells, hides herself in the cave.

Tanrısever, who produced the box office records with his films “Abdullah from Minye 1” and “Abdullah from Minye 2”, directed his first film as “Exile” in 1992 and received awards from international film festivals. Tanrısever, who also produced “The Boot” and “My Victory”, continued to collect awards at the international film festivals in 2010 with the film “Free Man”. In 2019, he won nearly 200 awards at international film festivals with his films “Free Slave” and “Bozkir Look at the Birds”, which he called “My

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Masterpieces” and contributed to the promotion of the country with his “Culture and Art Vision”. In the following year, he continued writing and directing “Strings of Sorrow” and “The Last Judgement Once Upon A Time” Contact Feza Film, Tarık Tanrısever info@fezafilm.com

RAFADAN TAYFA: GÖBEKLİTEPE

Turkey, 2019, 85’ colour Director: İsmail Fidan Producer: Özkan Çivit Script: İsmail Fidan DoP: Kubilay Kafkaslı Editing: Kubilay Kafkaslı Music: Mustafa Tarkan Ergün Voices: Şirin Giobbi, Emine Sergen, Levent Kol, Yağmur Sergen, Hakan Coşar Trailer: https://bit.ly/2Skjy4K

Akın, the youngest member of Rafadan Tayfa, receives an enigmatic antique tray from his pen pal Veysi and worried that he is in trouble. He convinces the gang to travel all the way down to the newly discovered 12000 years old ancient site, Göbeklitepe.

İsmail Fidan: Founded ISF STUDIOS in 2012,one of the leading animation studios in Turkey. After the success of Rafadan Tayfa’s first feature animation, Underground Adventure, in 2019’s last quarter, he produced and directed Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe, the most watched feature animation of all time in Turkey

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Contact ISF, Mutlu Aslan isf.studyo@gmail.com

SCENT OF MY DAUGHTER KIZIM GİBİ KOKUYORSUN

Turkey, 2019, 103’ colour Director: Olgun Özdemir Producer: Olgun Özdemir Script: Olgun Özdemir DoP: Ali Utku Editing: Semih Gülcüoğlu Music: Onur Tarçın Cast: Clemence Verniau, Çağlar Ertuğrul, Yılşen Özdemir, Şerif Sezer Trailer: https://bit.ly/3hwlYrk

Beatrice’s life change dramatically during the terrorist attack in Nice July 2016 where she loses her parents, her husband and three year old daughter, who came to admire the fireworks on the famous Promenade des Anglais.

Olgun Özdemir was born 26 August 1973 in İzmir, Turkey. He graduated from the Köln International Studio Academia Media School. His degree is Stage Management. He is the owner of Sargona Film.

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Contact Olgun Özdemir olgunozdemir@gmail.com

SILENCED TREE CEVİZ AĞACI

Turkey, Persia, 2020, 118’ colour Director: Faysal Soysal Producer: Faysal Soysal, Ali Noori Oskouei Script: Faysal Soysal DoP: Vedat Özdemir Editing: Mostafah Khergepoosh Music: Payam Azadi Cast: Serdar Orçin, Sezin Akbaşoğulları, Ali Mert Yavuzcan, Kübra Kip Trailer: https://vimeo.com/405103994

Hayati is a small-town literature teacher and a one hit wonder author who tries helplessly to hold on to his past: his shattering marriage, his sick old mother, a decaying walnut tree and the memory of his father. Instead of moving on with his life and taking control, he passively accepts its blows and is only interested in digging into the past, until his discovery forces him to confront his own weakness and answer the question: is standing idle while witnessing evil being done is just as much of a sin as doing it?

Faysal left medicine faculty and graduated from pharmacy faculty in 2003. He did MA on cinema at Tehran Art University and at the same time on Poetry at Van Yuzuncuyil University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, and 4 in New York. He has been selected for Talent Campus of Sarajevo F.F in 2009. He finished his first feature film ‘Crossroads’ in 2013 (Shot in Bosnia and Turkey) and awarded by national and international film festivals. He did documentary series for Al Jazire TV and TRT TV. Silenced Tree is his second feature film and it is the first Turkish-Iranian co-production.

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Filmography Silenced Tree, 2020 Crossroads, 2013 Contact Arthood Entertaintment, Said Nur Akkuş akkus@arthoodentertainment.com

SİR-AYET II

Turkey, 2019, 85’ Colour Director: Kayhan Başoğlu Producer: Enis Özkan Script: Alper Kıvılcım, Özgür Bakar, Koray Yeltekin DoP: Uğur Kaplan Editing: Ferhat Yüksel Music: Fırat Deniz Haznedaroğlu, Çağlar Haznedaroğlu Cast: Üzeyir Ulus, Mehmet Aras, Arzu Suriçi, Cansu Karataş, Betül Akdeniz Trailer: https://bit.ly/38iYuB4

Bilal faces a very difficult position. But what he is not yet aware of is that the difficulties he is experiencing will push him into an even more dire situation. Bilal agha, suffering from financial difficulties and overwhelmed, is in despair. This deep desperation leads him to make a very dangerous deal. He finally gets a cursed fortune with this deal. However, the end of the economic problems can not reduce the regret of the soul. Bilal, who regrets, wants to give up this deal but everything has a price.

Kayhan Başoğlu: Born in 1976, Kayhan Başoğlu was born in Germany. Due to his interest in art and cinema, he settled in Antalya and started working on a local TV channel. After working in many branches of television for many years, he came to Istanbul in 2001 because of his passion for cinema. He made his directorial debut at TGRT with the program “Brand”. He worked with major production companies and producers, such as Limon Yapım, Aksoy Film and Tims Productions, then worked as General Director

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in Safir film, and advised on the concept of TV programs for different channels of TRT. After separating his ways with Safir film, he continued to act as a freelance drama and program director. Asayiş Berkkemal on the first TV series, Fox TV. The first feature film director was Sir-Ayet 2. Contact Match Point, Selin Tepe selin@matchpointent.com

STEPPE BOZKIR

Turkey, 2019, 87’ colour Director: Ali Özel Producer: Ali Özel Script: Ali Özel DoP: Ümit Çakmaksoy Editing: Ali Özel, Mahmut Aran, Yakup İnanlı Music: Hüseyin Özel Cast: Ahmet Özel, Hakan Emre Ünal, Mücahit Koçak, Ozan Dağara, Elif Aydın Trailer: https://vimeo.com/374191371

Ahmet who lives in a village where all inhabitants moved because of the construction of a dam, won’t abandon his house and his wife’s grave in the garden despite all the insistence of his nephews. His son Harun, with whom he had been cross for years is called to the village but it is impossible for him to establish a dialogue with his father because Harun holds him responsible for his mother’s death. As the dam fills quickly with water, they decide to move the grave before it is submerged as part of Harun’s initiative. Could this agreement yield results after all these years? Ali Özel: Born in Konya, in 1980. He has worked in many TV series and feature films. He was the script writer and director of the movie BOZKIR - STEPPE which made debut in 2019 at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. The movie received 11 awards at the festival, including the Best Director Award.

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Contact Ali Özel ozelali@gmail.com

STRINGS OF SORROW KEMAN AĞITLARI

Turkey, 2020, 107’ colour Director: Mehmet Tanrısever Producer: Mehmet Tanrısever Script: Mehmet Tanrısever DoP: Mirsad Herovic Editing: Mehmet Tanrısever Cast: Tarık Tanrısever, Asena Keskinci, Soydan Soydaş, Gülin Tokat Trailer: https://vimeo.com/387927237

Violinist Mehmet, who is getting disabled in a traffic accident, is left alone and desperate with the death of his mother. This time, Mehmet has established a new life with the Seher who has a mental disability, comes across the neighborhood’s malicious bums. Harassers of the town cause the death of the Seher. Mehmet, who takes the vow of revenge for the death pain of the Seher, confronts the harassers one by one despite the walking disability.

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THE CAGE KAFES

Turkey, 2020, 90’, colour Director: Cemil Ağacıkoğlu Producer: Sezgi Üstün San Script: Cemil Ağacıkoğlu DoP: Fırat Lita Sözbir Editing: Osman Bayraktaroğlu Cast: Tarhan Karagöz, Murat Kılıç, Özay Fecht

After getting expelled from the police force, middle-aged Hasan loses the support of everyone close to him during his fight to clear his name and join back to the force. He buries himself alive at a hotel at the back alleys of İstanbul and finds the much-needed companion among the outcasts, living in the hotel. But their friendship falls short to prevent the cracking down of the reality for Hasan.

Cemil Ağacıkoğlu is a photographer and director. He had 8 private exhibitions, which 3 of them published as a photobook. He completed his feature film debut “Eylül” (“September”) in 2011. Eylül was screened during International London Film Festival (Competition) and The Montreal World Film Festival (Competition). His recent film feature “Tarla” - The Field (2016) premiered in Istanbul Film Festival, made its World Premiere in Sarajevo Film Festival - Competition Section in 2016.

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Filmography The Cage, 2020 The Field, 2016 Forgive Me, 2013 September, 2011 Contact Sezzfilm, Özlem Özçelik ozlem@sezzfilm.com

THE HIVE KOVAN

Turkey, 2019, 93’ colour Director: Eylem Kaftan, Producer: Canol Balkaya, Eylem Kaftan Script: Eylem Kaftan, DoP: Serdar Ünlütürk Editing: Erkan Erdem, Music: Emir Ersoy Cast: Meryem Uzerli, Feyyaz Duman, Hakan Karsak, Burcu Salihoğlu Trailer: https://vimeo.com/301776659

Before she dies, Ayse’s mother tells her that she will leave Ayse her much loved bee hives to manage. Ayse’s modern life has moved her away from the mountains of her childhood - a life in which the bees and their honey were central.

Eylem Kaftan: Born in Turkey. Eylem Kaftan completed a B.A. in Philosophy at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She then completed Masters program in Film and video at York University. Her first documentary, Faultlines won Best Short Film and the Jury Prize at the Planet Indie Film Festival in Toronto in 2002. Kaftan then wrote and directed Vendetta Song (2005) produced in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. This documentary about her per- sonal journey into the honour-killing of her aunt in a small village in Turkey has received several awards including the Quebec Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary.

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Filmography The Hive, 2019 Rabia Hospital Massacre, 2016 (documentary) Touching Darkness, 2013 (documentary) Sarajevo, My Love, 2013 (documentary) The Passion and the Penalty, 2012 (documentary) Contact Eylem Kaftan eylemkaftan21@gmail.com

THE POCKET HERCULES: NAİM CEP HERKÜLÜ NAİM

Turkey, 2019, 141’ colour Director: Özer Feyzioğlu Producer: Mustafa Uslu Script: Barış Pirhasan DoP: Martin Szecsanov Editing: Mustafa Presheva Music: Fahir Atakoğlu Cast: Hayat Van Eck, Yetkin Dikinciler, Selen Öztürk Trailer: https://bit.ly/37m8uYZ

The fascinating life story of Naim Süleymanoğlu, the legendary Turkish weightlifter who was considered as one of the sport’s greatest athletes and earned his nickname for his stunning strength and diminutive size.

Özer Feyzioğlu: He received first prize with his film “Kosa” at the Ankara Film Festival. Since 2000, he has made more than 500 commercials. He won the Crystal Apple “Best Director Award of the Year” twice. Özer will be taking the feature film director\’s chair with “Naim-Turkish Hercules”.

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Contact Dijital Sanatlar info@dijitalsanatlar.com

THE WAY WE ARE BİZ BÖYLEYİZ

Turkey, 2019, 119’ colour Director: Caner Özyurtlu Producer: Şükrü Avşar Script: Caner Özyurtlu DoP: Olcay Oğuz Editing: Erkan Özekan Music: Nil İpek Cast: Hümeyra, Berrak Tüzünataç, Boran Kuzum, Şebnem Bozoklu Trailer: https://bit.ly/2CbDp08

The Way We Are tells the story of a group of friends who reunite with each other years later. Each member of the group, who spent their childhood and youth together, are scattered into different directions after they transition into adulthood. The group that was taken care of by Nezihe when they were kids, feel great sadness when they find out that Nezihe, the person they care most about in life, is sick. They decide to meet in her house in Izmir to be by Nezihe’s side during this time. Each of them, who have completely different characters, have to stay together for a few days due to Nezihe’s situation. This occasion not only causes past settlements between members but also unexpected events. Caner Özyurtlu: He was born on May 23, 1986 in Istanbul. He graduated from Izmit Anatolian Fine Arts High School Painting Department in 2005 Later, he graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department. He has been involved in the Istanbul Royal Theater team, which was established in 2005, since its establishment. Özyurtlu produces cinema films, music videos and television projects in the production company “AC Film”, which he founded with his brother in 2009

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Contact Inter Medya, Can Okan can.okan@intermedya.tv

TOGETHER, WE SHALL DIE BİRLİKTE ÖLECEĞİZ

Turkey, Germany, 2020, 119’ colour Director: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu Producer: Yamaç Okur, Aslı Erdem, Hakkı Kurtuluş Script: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu DoP: Cansu Boğuşlu Editing: Ali Aga Music: Joep Franssens, Zeki Müren, David Lang, Max Richter Cast: Su Kutlu, Özgür Emre Yıldırım

After completing his specialty in Canada, Mazhar returned to Istanbul and worked as a dermatologist in a state hospital. As he mourns his mother, he falls in love with Ece. A teacher with a diaphanous beauty, and a personality shifted from the world around her, Ece is also the lover of Erman, Mazhar’s best friend. Mazhar and Ece will live a passionate and devastating love in the midst of the vicissitudes of the city.

Born in 1980, Istanbul; Kurtulus studied Film, German and Litterature at the Universities of Galatasaray (Istanbul), Lyon Lumière, ENS, Tübingen, Paris 3, EPHE-Sorbonne and Paris 8. Kurtulus holds a PhD and teaches at Berlin International University. Born in Istanbul on 1984, Saracoglu is a filmmaker, writer and lecturer who has studied film and litterature at the universities of Lyon and Vienna. He is the author of two novels and four feature fictions. He lectures at BAU University Istanbul.

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Filmography Eye Am, 2013 Viaggio in Bergmania, 2011 (documentary) There, 2009 Contact Yamaç Okur yamac.okur@yazfilm.com

YOU KNOW HIM NASİPSE ADAYIZ

Turkey, Serbia, 2020, 105’ colour Director: Ercan Kesal Producer: Kerem Çatay, Ercan Kesal, Yamaç Okur, Suzan Güverte Script: Ercan Kesal DoP: Barbu Balasoiu Editing: Ali Aga Music: Saki Çimen Cast: Ercan Kesal, Selin Yeninci, Inanc Konukcu, Muttalip Mujdeci, Nazan Kesal, Valeriu Andriuta Trailer: https://bit.ly/2UIDRtW

A one-day tragicomic story of doctor Kemal, who wants to become a candidate for Istanbul’s Beyoglu district mayor. While working hard to become a candidate, Kemal prepares excitedly for the night that his candidacy will be announced by Number One. Everyone around Kemal including his ex-wife witness his intense effort. He is trying every way to win Number One’s favor and become a candidate. Unexpected events will occur that night. You Know Him is Ercan Kesal’s debut feature in which different aspects of politics, negotiations and political strategies are expressed in a realistic way in a candidate’s eyes. Ercan Kesal: Born in Avanos (Nevsehir, Turkey) in 1959, Ercan Kesal graduated from the Medical Faculty in Ege University in 1984. He established private hospitals, polyclinics and healthcare centres in various working- class districts of Istanbul where he completed his graduate study in the field of Applied Psychology and Social Anthropology. His involvement in cinema, which began for the first time as an actor in Distant (2002) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, continued as a screenwriter and actor in Three Monkeys (2008) and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) that

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won the Grand Prize of the Jury in Cannes. He is a writer, actor and director. You Know Him is his directorial debut. Contact Yamaç Okur yokur@ayyapim.tv

YOU’VE GOT MURDER CİNAYET SÜSÜ

Turkey, 2019, colour Director: Ali Atay Producer: Taff Pictures Script: Ali Atay, Feyyaz Yiğit, Aziz Kedi DoP: Ahmet Bayer, Editing:Evren Luş Cast: Uğur Yücel, Cengiz Bozkurt, Binnur Kaya, Feyyaz Yiğit, Mert Denizmen Trailer: https://bit.ly/2HcAzY8

Istanbul Police Department homicide detectives encounter a murder nothing like they’ve seen before. Commissioners Emin, Salih, Asuman and deputy Alaattin begin investigating. But strange murders keep happening. They don’t have any evidence or any clues. Day by day, tempers flare and the police chiefs grow annoyed. As the murders keep piling up, the public’s interest rises. The pressure on Emin and his colleagues get intense. At last, the chief of police assigns “crime expert” Dizdar Koşu, who has recently come back from the US, to the team. Overwhelmed with panic, pressure and disdain, Emin and his friends try to solve the strangest series of murders with the most unusual methods. This fast race against time immediately turns into a tragicomedy. Ali Atay is a talented filmmaker, actor, musician and writer known for his roles on hit TV shows “Leyla ile Mecnun” and “Masum”. He also starred in 2017 blockbuster hit “Ayla: The Daughter of War”, which had 5,5 million viewers at the box office. Atay has 22 credits (13 TV series and 9 motion pictures) as an actor, 4 soundtrack credits and 2 credits as a writer - director. He is currently in pre-production for his 3rd film as a writer/director, produced by TAFF Pictures. He has a passionate fan base mostly comprised of young people.

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Filmography You’ve Got Murder, 2019 Mortal World, 2018 Lemonade, 2015 Contact TAFF PICTURES dilara@taffpics.com

5 MUSKETEERS 5 SİLAHŞÖRLER

Turkey, 2019, 82’ colour Director: Serdar Pehlivanoğlu Producer: Serdar Pehlivanoğlu, Ülkü Uzun Script: Serdar Pehlivanoğlu DoP: Emre Pekçakır Editing: Serdar Pehlivanoğlu Music: Banu Kanıbelli Cast: Cüneyt Yalaz, Arif Pişkin, Mustafa Turan, Mine Çerçi Trailer: https://bit.ly/2MZo9ps

Five childhood friends made robberies with a bank manager. The manager wants more money. They planned to rob central branch. Hiding his cancer, Refik gave up robbery, others learned about his illness. But money is needed for treatment and Refik must go to America. The robbery is promised to the manager. The group decides to do a small part of the robbery that had planned. But the manager is not satisfied, she reports to police… Serdar Pehlivanoğlu: After graduating from Mimar Sinan University, Cinema-TV Department, he founded Lokomotif Kamera. He won prizes by his short films. He worked as cameraman, film editor and director in commercials, music clip productions, documentaries, short and feature films. He has short films, short and feature film scripts and poems. “5 Musketeers” is his first feature film.

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Contact Ülkü Uzun Pehlivanoğlu film@lokomotif.com

Upcoming Films

A HOPE BİR UMUT

in pre-production Turkey, Germany, 2020, 110’ colour Director: Ümit Köreken Producer: Nursen Çetin Köreken, Ümit Köreken Script: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken

Umut (35) is a striving actor. He receives a phone call from his uncle, who stranded at the border. His ill mother, whom he has not seen for twenty years, is in Istanbul for treatment. He must take care of her until his uncle comes. Also, Umut learns about his wife Asiye’s pregnancy. After an argument, Asiye leaves him. His mother also disappears after a showdown. Next morning, he receives unexpected news from both and can only help one.

Ümit Köreken: Born in 1978 in Akşehir. Graduated from Business Management Faculty. Works in the fields of radio plays, short plays, theatrical plays, story, memoir/story, and film scripts. His plays and stories were published in various printed or online periodicals. Studied digital film making in 2011. He directed the film “Blue Bicycle” which was shown in many festivals and received important awards. He directed and produced the docudrama film that called “Muhammad Ali” in 2019.

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Filmography Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama) Blue Bicycle, 2016 Contact Nursen Çetin Köreken nursencetin@gmail.com +90 543 476 4534

AKTUTUN AKTÜTÜN

in pre-production Turkey, Macedonia, 2021, colour Director: Hakan Kerim Karademir Producer: Ahmet Edebali Script: Onur Özcan

Based on a true story, the “Aktütün” movie centers around a military outpost situated in a critical region in the Iran-Iraq-Turkey triangle. A successful captain appointed to this outpost receives an intelligence tip that a terrorist attack is being planned by 400 terrorists. On Friday, May 9 of 2008, Captain Tufan Menderek together with 87 soldiers under his command fought bravely for 9 hours against terrorists more than 4 times their numbers.

Born on February 3, 1983 in Istanbul, Hakan Kerim Karademir graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema and completed his master’s degree in Cinema at the same university. He received awards from national and international festivals for his documentaries and short movies he shot during his student years. After graduation, he worked as an in-house producer on Turkish

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series and movies. In 2015, he started to prepare documentary series for TRT as a producer and director. Contact 35mm Film, Ahmet Edebali edebali@35mm.com.tr

ALİ’S NATURE ALİ’NİN TABİATI

in post-production Turkey, 2020, 90’ colour Director: Levent Çetin Producer: Canol Balkaya Script: Özgür Şeyben , Levent Çetin DoP: Orçun Özkılınç Editing: Buğra Dedeoğlu , Levent Çetin Cast: Ozan Ayhan , Algı Eke , Mehmet Usta , Ahmet Melih Yılmaz

Ali is the last representative of the tradition in which the fish is regarded highly sacred, and when they die, they are buried with prayers in a special cemetery allocated for them. Ali and his wife Meryem has only one problem, not being able to have a child. Kazım, another villager who has been treasure hunting during the nights disturbs everyone. One night Kazım and dream friend Musa ruin the fish cemetery in their search for treasure.

Levent Çetin: Born in 1975 in Istanbul, He studied Film-TV department of Marmara University and graduated from Film&Television Master’s program in Istanbul Bilgi University. He started to get involved with experimental cinema and video-art making in his university years. His works in this field were screened in many national and international festivals and exhibitions. He complicated his first feature film Civilian in 2014. Ali’s Nature supported by Directorate General of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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Filmography Ali’s Nature, 2020 Horse Tales, 2017 (short documentary) Civilian, 2014 Contact Canol Balkaya alisnature@gmail.com

ALLEY CAT BEKAR EVİ

in pre-production Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, 2021, colour Director: Çiğdem Sezgin Producer: Nurcan Güzel Script: Çiğdem Sezgin Trailer: https://vimeo.com/319567348

This is the tragi-comic story of a lonely woman, who seeks to find a companion by way of a television marriage program. Suna, a fifty five year-old, lonely woman with no income. Veysel, a seventy year-old man who lost his wife years ago, lives alone in his house. They get married in the TV programme. The union of the couple who don’t know and like each other will last up to a winter season.

She was born in Istanbul in 1972. She had both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema. She has worked with legendary directors like Ali Özgenturk, Yusuf Kurcenli with several projects. Her first feature film ‘Wedding Dance’ (Kasap Havası) nominated some of the major film festivals and it won many awards. She working several tv serials since 1994 and still, she continues to work.

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Filmografi Wedding Dance, 2015 Contact Nurcan Güzel nurcan@morfilm.com

ANONYMOUS LETTER “M.M.” İSİMSİZ MEKTUPLAR “M.M.”

in development Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Doğacan Aktaş Producer: Doğacan Aktaş Script: Doğacan Aktaş , Canan Demir Ceylan

After a discovery of gold mine; residents of a village, who make their living by drying carpets (to make carpets look antiquated), begin to migrate to cities gradually. Şahin, a little boy, who lives with his single mother Fazilet, has become a subject of mockery among the villagers because he could not learn how to read and write despite finishing the first grade of primary school. Concerned with her son’s situation Fazilet promise Şahin that they will get on the bus together, which is Şahin’s biggest dream, on the condition that he learns how to read and write; thus she is forced into colloborate with childhood friend Turgay to whom she has not talked since almost forever. Temporarily suspending his plans of going to city for good, Turgay starts to give lessons to Şahin due to his feelings for Fazilet. As Şahin makes progress, he also learns the family secrets from the M.M. signed letters he found at home by chance. The tunnel at the exit of the village remains a mystery like a black hole and holds the stories of lots of people who emigrated. The journey of Şahin, Fazilet and Turgay, which has started hand in hand shade off into ambiguity with the final letter they learn while approaching the tunnel. He was born in Alanya in 1990. He was graduated from Erciyes University, Communication Faculty, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema. He completed his master’s education in the field of Cinema, Institute of Social Sciences, Akdeniz University. He has been working as producer, supervisor and director in the projects implemented as part of this teamwork. He participated in national and international film festivals and until today he has won more than 70 awards and achieved 300 final degrees for his

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projects for ‘enhancing the industry of cinema in the borders of Antalya city’. Besides, he has been working as a line producer and directing advertising and music video projects. His book named “Senin Sineman” (Your Cinema) was published in 2019, which is about the alternative cinema techniques. Contact AFE, Doğacan Aktaş antlayafilmekibi@gmail.com

ANTS KARINCALAR

in development Turkey, France, 100’ colour Director: Onur Yağız Producer: Emrah Kılıç Script: Onur Yağız, Fatih Özcan

Like human beings, ants live in a self-structured society. But as human beings, sometimes this society gets disordered. So they disagree, and sometimes they fight. As they gather for their mother’s funeral, two brothers and a sister disagree about the place where she should be buried. They have less than 24 hours to decide and agree. 24 hours during which they will discuss, they will fight, they will have to overcome their truth, lies, silence, anger, vice…

Onur Yagiz (1986) was born in France to Turkish parents. He studied literature, theatre and film at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, before directing Patika (2013) and Toprak (2017). Ants is his first feature film project.

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Contact IMA Productions, Emrah Kılıç kilicemrahk@gmail.com

ATHLETE ATLET

in development Turkey, Germany, Romania, Poland, 2021, colour Director: Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun Producer: Arda Çiltepe Script: Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun

Hatice is a weightlifter who lives with her mother in the Ankara. Her aspiration is the lifetime allowance provided by the government to medalists in international competitions. For World Championship, she decides to use an old method: hormonal boost during pregnancy. She has to get pregnant 8-12 weeks prior to the competition, secure a medal and than end her pregnancy. After she executes her plan the weight of her actions starts to kick in.

Semih Gülen works as director, producer, editor. He directed his short film Hit Me Baby, which had its premiere in Istanbul Film Festival 2018. Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun studied History and Sociology at Bogaziçi University and Visual Arts at Mardin Artuklu University. He directed Geranium, which was screened at Premiers Plans d’Angers, Montpellier, Istanbul, Trieste among others in 2008. They both work as assistant director with Semih Kaplanoğlu, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, Mehmet Can Mertoğlu.

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Contact Vigo Film, Semih Gülen semih@vigofilm.com

COURTYARD İÇ BAHÇE

in pre-production Turkey, Sweden, 2021, colour Director: Ceren Şahan Producer: Dilek İris Script: İbrahim İris

Ismail goes to a May 1st celebration with his mother and father in 1977 and loses them when a conflict breaks out. He has been living in the Bakırköy Mental Institution for the past 4 years.The effects of the riots of 1980 are still being felt in the hospital. When Sibel (13) gets admitted to the hospital, Ismail begins to feel the emptiness that stems from the loss of his family and starts to do something he has never done before- ask questions! Is he going to be able to see beyond the tall walls of the courtyard through Sibel’s idea of running away?

Ceren Şahan: She was born in 1976 and graduated from Sociology Department in Hacettepe University. She has worked as a director’s assistant and a scriptwriter since 2005 in the film industry. She is still working as a second director in the industry. Her short film ‘’Lahza (Instant)’’ was screened at some national and international short film festivals. This year, she was invited as a speaker to the ‘’ Femi Festival’’ in Odense, Denmark to talk upon ‘’ Women characters in Turkish Cinema’’.

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Filmography Instant, 2017 (short) Contact Dilek İris dilekgulsoy@gmail.com

ELA AND HILMI & ALI ELA İLE HİLMİ VE ALİ

in post-production Turkey, Germany, 2020, 107’, colour Director: Ziya Demirel Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, Tanay Abbasoğlu, Öykü Canlı Script: Ziya Demirel, Nazlı Elif Durlu

Ela and Hilmi and Ali tells the story of a constantly-form-changing-relationship of a newly-wed couple : a maths teacher HILMI (45), an earthquake survivor ELA (19), and a minor student of Hilmi, the son of the building custodian, ALI (15).

Born in 1988, Turkey. He started theatre at high school and he directed his first short film while studying engineering. He continued his studies for film directing&scriptwriting at the Prague Film School. There he shot his well-received short film Evicko. The last short film he directed, SALI [Tuesday], premiered in the Official Selection of Cannes FF in 2015, and then was screened and selected in festivals such Toronto, Sarajevo, Les Arcs, Sundance, Rotterdam and was awarded as Best Short Film at Les Arcs, Istanbul, Malatya and with Special Jury Mention in Sarajevo. Ela and Hilmi and Ali is his debut feature.

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Filmography Tuesday, 2015 (short) Evicko, 2013 (short) Pişmaniye, 2012 (short) The Title of the Film, 2010 (short) Contact istos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu annamaria@istosfilm.com

FORGIVENESS AF

in post-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Cem Özay Producer: Cem Özay, Ömer Güner Script: Cem Özay

Aziz (12) causes the death of his 10-year-old brother, Melik, in an act that blurs the line between ‘accident’ and ‘intention’. After the event, Aziz’s already problematic relationship with his steely father, İmran (43), deteriorates further. For the family to get over this deeply traumatic event and become a functioning family again, its members need to undergo a process of soul-searching.

Cem Özay: Born in 1983 in the south-eastern province of Gaziantep, Özay worked as an editor for various news agencies before moving into the film industry in 2003. Starting off as a line producer, he later began writing and directing. He made his first film, a short titled Passenger (Yolcu), in 2017. Passenger screened and won awards at numerous national and international festivals.

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Contact ABC Film, Cem Özay cemozay34@gmail.com

GEAL

in post-production Turkey, USA, 2021, 90’ colour Director: Fikret Sanal Producer: Aron Film, O My God Films Script: Barış Özgür

Erol and his Pregnant wife Seray`s marriages are about to end. Mike is courier of Irish mafia who was caught up in Turkey and got 4 years in prison sentence and getting out from the jail before everyone expected. The Irish mafias’ money and Turkish mafia’s heroins hided by Mike right before Mike got caught. They’re not aware that they’re going on a journey that leads to different consequences.

Fikret Sanal is a Photographer and DOP and Video Music- Documentary and feature film Director. He has been working in this field from 2000 till now from German and Turkish Tv channels and independent productions.

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Contact Aron Film, Barış Özgür baris@barisozgur.com

GRACE FOR SALE SAHİBİNDEN SATILIK RAHMET

in pre-production Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin Producer: Şebnem Kitiş, Suzan Güverte Script: Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin

A very valuable meteorite is unexpectedly found by a poor peasant who has nothing but isn’t lacking in anything. But as he gets to desire for selling it a little more expensive, he starts to lose what he already has.

Emre Sert and Gözde Yetiskin, 1988, are best friends since thirteen years old and became a directing duo at university. They shot music videos and short movies, which selected in various film festivals. Now, they are shooting commercials within PTOT Film and working on their debut feature, ‘Grace for Sale’, which is granted for the Production Support from Directorete General of Cinema Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2019.

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Filmography Kısmet, 2020 (short) The Roadıe , 2016 (short) A Strange Man , 2013 (short) Tashan , 2009 (short) Contact PTOT FILM, Şebnem Kitiş sebnem@ptotfilms.com

HARD TIMES ZOR ZAMANLAR

in development Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Enes Erbay Producer: Enes Erbay Script: Nergiz Erbay

While being incapable of carrying the identity of femininity, equality and motherhood imposed by the society, Yasemin is a character who is neither considered a modern individual by the secularists, nor regarded as a decent Muslim by the traditional conservatives. Yasemin studied architecture but then she had to pause her career after getting married and having children. Recently the only consolation is the charity event that she will organize for the benefit of Syrian refugees.

Enes Erbay was born in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. He studied Economics and then moved to London to have education in Directing Film. After working in London for some time he moved back to Turkey he worked in TV for 2 years. Also he has been in India and South Korea for film projects. Afterwards, he started to work in Erbay Media. During this period he directed and produced several films. In 2017, he founded Teferruat Film.

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Contact Teferruat Film, Enes Erbay enes@teferruatfilm.com

IT’S ALL ABOUT PEACE AND HARMONY DİRLİK DÜZENLİK

in post-production Turkey, 2020, 95’, colour Director: Nesimi Yetik Producer: Betül Esener Script: Nesimi Yetik

The story of a family composed of three women. These three women have a relation going back and forth between love and hate. This war going on in the fronts of beautyugliness, marriage-celibacy, money-no money, health-sickness comes to a such front where there is no winner and loser. This front is where mother Dudu gets a marriage proposal.

Nesimi Yetik was born in 1981, Çorum. In 2006, he made his short film My Mother Learns Cinema. My Mother Learns Cinema won the DAAD Prize at Berlinale and Best Film Prize in Trieste Film Festival in 2007. The film has been shown in many prestigious film festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Sydney. He has completed his first feature film ‘Spirit of Dust’ in 2014. Spirit of Dust was selected 21. Golden Boll Film Festival and won Best Film, Best Actor and Best Art Director prizes.

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Filmography Spirit of Dust, 2014 My Mother Learns Cinema, 2006 (short) Contact Betül Esener betulesener@gmail.com

KERR

in post-production Turkey, Greece, France, 2020, colour Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Producer: Vildan Erşen Script: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

An isolated town in winter.Can, at the station waiting for the train after his father’s funeral, witnesses a murder. As the sole eyewitness, he decides to stay and report it to the police. This is the beginning of his weird story in this bizarre town where he faces an ambiguous and irrational accusation, then. Finding himself in this weird situation makes him terrorized and all of his efforts to leave are in vain.

Tayfun Pirselimoğlu: He was born in Turkey in 1959 and graduated from METU after which he went to Vienna and studied painting at Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst. He held various exhibitions in different cities of the world, including Vienna, Istanbul, Ankara, Budapest, Tallinn. He is the founder of an independent art initiative of Akademie Genius which he lectured on scriptwriting, cinema and painting. He wrote six novels and three storybooks and shot 2 short films and 6 feature films all of them have been selected and awarded by many international festivals including Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Montreal, Istanbul, Rome.

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Filmography Sideway, 2017 I’m not Him, 2014 Hair, 2011 Haze, 2009 Rıza, 2007 Innowhereland, 2002 Contact Gataki Filmcilik, Vildan Erşen vildanbb@yahoo.com

LET HAS THE MOST CRUDGE CAST THE FIRST STONE İLK TAŞI EN DERTLİ OLAN ATSIN

in development Turkey, 2021, colour Director: İleri Atıl Çayan İnanç Producer: Derya Tarım Script: İleri Atıl Çayan İnanç

Two brothers who lost their compasses and swung to different poles in a ruthless rivalry against each other. The younger brother Janbolat who is a trade lawyer comes to Istanbul, after many years abroad. His brother Guşan has slipped into lightweight con jobs like internet scams, blackmailing, swindling charities based on stolen identities. They are under the same roof, and the mother wants them to reconcile.

İleri Atıl Çayan İnanç: As a seasoned bilingual director and writer , ATIL has established a reputation as a multi talented story teller balancing projects in Istanbul, Los Angeles, and the Middle East. His last two movies Took part at programs/official selections of 34 IFFs and won 17 awards. Inac graduate from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey in Philosophy with studies at Claremont University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Contact Lacivert Film, Derya Tarım deryatarim@lacivertfilm.com

LIKE CRANES TURNA MİSALİ

in pre-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: İffet Eren Danışman Boz Producer: Eyüp Boz Script: İffet Eren Danışman Boz

Mama Gülsüm, the authoritarian matriarch of the Aksak Family that belongs to the Sarıkeçili Yoruks starts to prepare for summer migration. However, members of her family don’t share Mama Gülsüm’s ideas about migration. Her husband states that he is too old to migrate and wants to settle, while her son-in-law wants to sell the camels and migrate using the tractor. Gülsüm is determined to migrate in spite of all the obstacles she is faced with.

İffet Eren Danışman Boz was born in İstanbul. She started Cinema-TV department of Mimar Sinan University’ Fine Art Faculty by 1992. She directed 4 short films. She graduated MSU Cinema-TV in 1997 and started to work in film industry. Since then, she has been working as assistant director in tv series and commercials. She has been writing personally and in-group works since 2011.

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Filmography Sunrise, 1997 (short) Devotion, 1996 (short) About Life, 1996 (short) I Love You, 1995 (short) Contact İffet Eren Danışman Boz erendanisman@gmail.com

LILAC EFLÂTUN

in pre-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Cüneyt Karakuş Producer: Cüneyt Karakuş Script: Cüneyt Karakuş

A blind woman who is a clock repairer that grew up with shadow shows falls in love with the voice of a photographer who collects faces; unaware of her own face, she starts waiting for the owner of that voice

Cüneyt Karakuş: He was born in Ankara in September 1980. He studied cinema at Gazi University. He started is career in the film sector as an assistant director. He short his fictional short film Suret in 2014. He won nine national and international awards with Suret. He received film production support from the Directorate General of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism with his last project Eflatun. He is a volunteer book reader for blind people. and with Special Jury Mention in Sarajevo FF. Ela and Hilmi and Ali is his debut feature.

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Filmography The Face, 2014 (short) Contact Karakuş Film, Cüneyt Karakuş karakusfilmyapim@gmail.com

NOT AS YOU KNOW IT BİLDİĞİN GİBİ DEĞİL

in pre-production Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Vuslat Saraçoğlu Producer: Vuslat Saraçoğlu , Mete Özkurt Script: Vuslat Saraçoğlu

Three siblings...Tahsin (42), Yasin (38) and Remziye (34)... With their father’s mysterious death, they have to meet in the city they were born. During this period, they realize that many things about their past is actually not how they want to remember it. The balance of power between siblings takes utterly different forms. They all live different realities. The tangled structure of siblinghood is experienced in all its aspects. Nothing is as they know.

Vuslat Saraçoğlu studied Sociology and International Relations at university. In 2010, she attended the Talent Campus of Sarajevo Film Festival. Her first feature DEBT was screened and competed at various international and national festivals including San Franisco, Goteborg, Kerala, Carthage. It was also granted with Golden Tulip for the Best Film at 37th Istanbul Film Festival, Best Actress, Best Editing at 6th Bogazici Film Festival and Best First Film at 8th Malatya Film Festival.

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Filmography Debt, 2018 The Children of Muslum Baba, 2013 (documentary) Cacaphony, 2011 (short) Contact Streç Film, Vuslat Saraçoğlu vuslatsaracoglu@yahoo.com

PENNY BANK KUMBARA

in post-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Ferit Karol Producer: Nefes Polat Script: Ferit Karol, Serkan Fakılı

How did Orhan, a down-to-earth family man, turn into the killer of his coma-stricken mother?

Ferit Karol: While Ferit Karol was working as a director and assistant editor for TV series, commercial and cinema films, Karol has been shot several short movies which are screened and competed in many domestic and foreign film festivals. He is co-writer “Kumbara (Penny Bank)” which won 28. International Ankara Film Festival Project Development Award. Kumbara is also his debut film project.

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Contact Nefes’ Films, Nefes Polat nefespolat@gmail.com

PURE WHITE BEMBEYAZ

in post-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Necip Çağhan Özdemir Producer: Ahmet Berk Özdemir, Necip Çağhan Özdemir, Mustafa Karadeniz Script: Necip Çağhan Özdemir

Born in a pious family, Vural is a man in his mid-thirties and married with one child. With his father who suffers from a heart problem, he runs a photography shop across the American Consulate in Istanbul and takes mainly passport photos. As a father who always preaches to his son on the virtues of being honest and believes `God` is always watching and seeing everything, he has a secret hidden from everyone; his affair with Sonay, a cleaning lady who lives in the same neighborhood. Sonay, in depression, attempts to commit suicide but fails when Vural manages to grab the gun out of her hand only to learn from her the truth that will change his life forever.

Necip Caghan Ozdemir is a Writer / Director / Producer who resides in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, he moved to United States. He studied Film and Theater between 2011-2015.

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Filmography Happiness, 2017 (short) Contact Necip Çağhan Özdemir huseyinozden29@hotmail.com

RESTLESS FOREVER EBEDİ UYKUSUZ

in post-production Turkey, 2021, colour Director: İlke Yeşilay Producer: Zafer Yeşilay Script: İlke Yeşilay

A mentally troubled young woman, accidentally finds an old lady dead at home. She envisions the dead body as her deceased sister and celebrates reuniting with her. Shortly she finds out that her sister has gone to hell, because of committing suicide. She gets devastated and starts making good deeds in the name of her sister, to move her to heaven. She visits old people in nursery home, gives presents to sick children, makes a donation to mosque etc. Meanwhile her hatred towards her father increases and her mother finds about the dead body. A confrontation takes place in the family and they decide to leave to start a new life with her mother. However one thing her father says stops her.

İlke Yeşilay: Born in Istanbul, Ilke Yesilay studied Philosophy, German Language and Cinema-TV at Istanbul University. In 2008, she undertook screenwriting classes at NYU Tisch School of Arts and studied drama/method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute for two years. Her feature film project Restless Forever was honored with a special mention by the jury at Meetings on The Bridge, received Turkish Ministry of Culture Development Fund and won the Balkan Fund at the Thessaloniki Film

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Festival. In 2011 she attended to Torino Film Lab. She co-wrote in many TV Series including, critically acclaimed TV thriller Behzat Ç. and also directed and acted in various shorts. Meantime she develops new feature film projects as she completes the post production her debut feature. Contact Greenmoon Film, İlke Yeşilay ilkeyesilay@gmail.com

SNOW AND THE BEAR KAR VE AYI

in production Turkey, Germany, Serbia, 2021, colour Director: Selcen Ergun Producer: Nefes Polat, Selcen Ergun Script: Selcen Ergun, Yeşim Aslan

In a small, distant town of Turkey, winter doesn’t come to an end this year - almost in a kind of surreal way. Rumours are spreading about bears rising early from winter sleep and killing some animals around. Aslı is a young nurse who has appointed here recently. A man goes missing the night that Aslı has an argument with him and she finds herself in the middle of intertwined power relationships, secrets and doubt.

Selcen Ergun: Selcen studied screenwriting, directing and industrial design. She is a Berlinale Talents alumna. Her first feature film ‘Snow and the Bear’ received production funding from the Directorate General of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism and development grant from German Turkish Co-Production Development Fund. The film project won Best Project Award at Meetings on the Bridge Platform of Istanbul International Film Festival. It has been selected for Berlinale Talents Script

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Station 2018 and First Films First, Goethe-Institut Young Directors Academy South-Eastern Europe. Contact Nefes’ Films, Nefes Polat nefespolat@gmail.com

STORIES OF THE DARK TOWN: THE LOCK KARANLIK ŞEHİR HİKAYELERİ: KİLİT

in post-production Turkey, 2020, 115’, colour Director: Adil Oğuz Valizadeh Sedighe Producer: Arif Valizadeh Sedighe Script: Arif Valizadeh Sedighe, Adil Oğuz Valizadeh Sedighe, Cenk Çalışır

One morning in a highly secured prison, 10 prisoners are found dead mysteriously. Erol, Chief of Homicide Bureau, and Selin, Intelligence Officer are tasked with investigating the murders. The only lead they have is the fact that these prisoners are convicted with the same felony for a second time. According to their autopsy reports the cause of death for each case is the same: heart attack. But the truth is utterly different from that.

Adil Oğuz Valizadeh Sedighe: He was born at Ankara in 1979. He joined to Plato Film at 2007 and serve as Feature Film Coordinator. He directed or produced more than 300 tv commercials. He founded Dark Town Pictures at 2016 with his brother. They are making a lot of project as director, writer and producer. He won best documentary award at Sarajevo and judges choise award at Orlando in 2017 with “Bianca With Raşit Bağzıbağlı” as a director.

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Contact Dark Town Pictures, Arif Valizadeh arif@darktownpictures.com

THE COMPLICATED MAN

in pre-production Turkey, 2021, 90’, colour Director: Bahadır Karasu Producer: Ekrem Doydu Script: Bahadır Karasu

Jesse Barrett is a successful writer whose first two books were bestsellers. His subsequent five year silence was broken by the release of his new book “The Complicated Man”. After the latest publication, Jesse isolates himself at his secluded mountain house in Northern Turkey. Journalist, Aliza Cameron, decides to investigate Jesse’s mysterious absence from the limelight. After failed attempts to interview him, Aliza delves deeper into Jesse’s work and the parables behind it.

Bahadir Karasu (born April 26, 1990, in Bandirma, Turkey) is a Turkish filmmaker. He works in the film industry as a scriptwriter, videographer, post-production-production assistant, editor, and director. In 2009, he attempted to create a group that aims to assemble young independent film-makers for supporting guerrilla film-making with independent, Avant-Garde, and auteur style visions. In 2012, he officially found a production company named Pirana Film with his close friend.

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Contact Pirana Film, Bahadır Karasu bahadir@piranafilm.com

THE LIST OF THOSE WHO LOVE ME BENİ SEVENLER LİSTESİ

in post-production Turkey, 2020, 85’,B&W Director: Emre Erdoğdu Producer: Tanay Abbasoğlu, Hazar Ergüçlü Script: Emre Erdoğdu

Yılmaz is the most famous of Cihangir, the neighborhood of celebrities. He is the dealer and close friends of famous filmmakers and actors. Together with the drug operations held in Istanbul and around, Yılmaz is getting paranoid about not being loved by them anymore. This paranoia makes him take bigger risks day by day and Yılmaz will be destroyed slowly by the gravity of the desire for being loved.

Emre Erdoğdu: He was born in 1990 in Bolu/ Turkey. He dropped out collage (Istanbul Marmara University) to chase his dreams which was always filmmaking. After a few short films and directing experiences, he wrote and directed his first medium length film The First Day of Human History in 2015 and his first feature Snow in 2017.

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Contact Beste Yamalıoğlu besteyamalioglu@gmail.com

THE POT POTA

in development Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Ahmet Toklu Producer: Recep Toklu, Halil Kardaş Script: Ahmet Toklu

The pot is about the adventure of a group of elementary school students making a basketball hoop in their own slums. 90’s Istanbul within an atmosphere that is intertwined of slums along with private security sites, the existence of a secret caste system that is questioned by the scenario through the eyes of children that faced first time. It is a friendship story that gained awareness of togetherness through a basketball hoop within the slum children coming from the different regions of Turkey, with different cultures and understanding.

Ahmet Toklu was born in 1987 in Istanbul. He studied Cinema and TV at 18 Mart University of Canakkale. He worked as assistant director with famous directors and directed several TV series. Screenplay of his project has been awarded at the 55th International Antalya FF Forum. He has been working as program coordinator for different film festivals. Ahmet is now preparing his debut film “The Pot”.

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Filmography Nursery Home, 2015 (short) Confrontation, 2009 (short) Contact Film Code, Halil Kardaş halil@filmcode.com.tr

THE REEDS KAMIŞ

in development Turkey, Greece, 2021, colour Director: Cemil Ağacıkoğlu Producer: Sezgi Üstün San, Özlem Özçelik Script: Cemil Ağacıkoğlu

A middle-aged man, Hasan, rebels against the domination of a local gang, hoping to win back the love and respect of his wife. Hasan’s struggle and rage bring out the worst of him, resulting in cold-blooded murders.

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Filmography The Cage, 2020 The Field, 2016 Forgive Me, 2013 September, 2011 Contact Sezzfilm, Özlem Özçelik ozlem@sezzfilm.com

THE SINKHOLE OBRUK

in development Turkey, 2021, 95’, colour Director: Seyid Çolak Producer: Seyid Çolak Script: Seyid Çolak, Güven Adıgüzel

Two widow women in Middle Anatolia are struggling for life with their two children. The big holes that suddenly appear in their region become a big problem for them. To protect her crops, the woman starts a fight against a bear which attacks her field. Another problem is a greedy farmer who needs the woman’s field in order to enlarge his own. A bond is established between the woman and the bear when the bear falls down into a huge sinkhole. The growing number of holes is the precursor of another disaster in the region. They will either abandon the region or fall into a sinkhole. And what will happen to the mother bear?

Seyid Çolak was born in Sisli, Istanbul. He’s graduated from Beykent University of Cinema and Television Department. In 2013, he held an exhibition named ‘’ My Africa’ with the photos which he took during his Africa trip. ‘’The Game’’ , ‘’Black Snow’’and “Serender” short films, written and directed by him, won a lot of rewards in national and international short film fests. Also in 2014, his short film ‘’Cold’’ won ‘’10. Cinematographer of the Future’’ coordinated in the part-

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nership with Ministiry of Culture and TURSAK. He completed his first film Kapan- Trap in 2019. Contact Zürafa Film, Seyid Çolak seyidcolak@gmail.com

THREE FRIENDS ÜÇ ARKADAŞ

in development Turkey, 2021, 90, colour Director: Nursen Çetin Köreken Producer: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken Script: Nursen Çetin Köreken

Mercan (11), is collecting and selling scrap on the streets. He has a contest pigeon. Yunus (11), is from a Romenian family and playing clarinet on the streets. Hilal (11), is a young girl (refugee). She doesn’t want to talk to anyone in order not to be recognised as a girl because she pretends to be a boy and works as a boy, as well… They are three kids with different backgrounds. They start a journey together for the pigeon contest. During this journey, they get to know each other closer, they share each other’s stories, dreams and hopes.

Nursen Ç. Köreken born in Bulgaria in 1981. She graduated from the departments of Turkish Language & Literature and Tourism & Hotel Management. Since 2007, she has been engaged in radio theatre and story-play-and script-writing. Since 2010, she has concentrated her efforts in the field of movie making. In recent years she specializes in making children’s films. She produced the film “Blue Bicycle” which was shown in many festivals and received important awards. She directed and produced the docudrama film that called “Muhammad Ali” in 2019.

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Filmography Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama) Blue Bicycle, 2016 Contact Ümit Köreken umitkoreken@gmail.com +90 543 476 4566

THYME SMELLING HANDKERCHIEF MENDİLİM KEKİK KOKUYOR

in post-production Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Hüseyin Özden Producer: Kadriye Özden, Hüseyin Özden Script: A. Kadir Bozkurt

Spring, 1915. Hasan, who lives there, and his cousin Yusuf fell in love with Elif, the most beautiful girl of the town. At that time, anyone holding a gun is called to the Gallipoli War. Yusuf and Hasan are on the front line with the volunteers of the town. At that time Hasan was wounded in an Anzac attack. The wounded are taken to the captive camp. Things will develop unexpectedly.

Hüseyin Özden: In 1962, in Turkey (Gumushane) was born. He finished the Theater Department of Ankara University. He holds a master’s degree in cinema. He worked in TRT for a long time. His films published in Turkey and in international area. His documentary ant his screenplay received various awards.

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Contact Hüseyin Özden huseyinozden29@hotmail.com

TIME OF IMPATIENCE SABIRSIZLIK ZAMANI

Turkey, 2020, 100’ colour Director: Aydın Orak Producer: Aydın Orak Script: Aydın Orak DoP: Vedat Oyan Editing: Murat Hasarı Music: Murat Hasarı Cast: İştar Gökseven, Pelin Batu, Feride Çetin, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı

It is the dog days of summer. A luxury site lying next to slums of Diyarbakır. This site is surrounded with walls and barbed-wires. There is a swimming pool in it, just near the walls on the side of slums. Two brothers from slums who are primary school student. These two boys are continuously in trouble with pool problems at the school. And this pool problem turns into a matter of life and death for them because of the swimming pool in the site.

Aydın Orak was born in 1982. He had Performing Arts Central Stage Directing education for 2 years, and had dropped out of Performing Arts and Performans Department of İstanbul Bilgi University. Orak has translated plays of many authors such as Gogol, İbsen, Yaşar Kemal, Cuma Boynukara, Haşmet Zeybek. In 2014, his feature-length film Moses Without Rod began to play in Turkey. The film participated in many national and also international film festival and got rewards.

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Filmography Time Of Impatience, 2020 Fail Better, 2020 The Legend of Yaşar Kemal, 2018 Moses Without Rod, 2014 Contact Aydın Orak orakyapim@gmail.com

TO CARNATIONS A SONG BİR TUTAM KARANFİL

in development Turkey, 2021, colour Director: Bekir Bülbül Producer: Halil Kardaş Script: Büşra Bülbül, Bekir Bülbül

An old refugee (MUSA) starts on a long and rough journey with his 12-year-old granddaughter (HALIME), who still carries the trauma of war, to carry the dead body his wife to her homeland and burry there. Musa tries to complete this journey by hitchhiking as he doesn’t have enough money, however, they stranded on the road. The vehicles don’t want to help these two refugees carrying a coffin. Their efforts to clutch onto the life during this journey will help to break down walls between them and make them build a stronger connection with each other…

Bekir Bülbül: He was born in Konya, Turkey. He graduated from Computer Engineer in Sakarya University and attended his masters in theater department in Istanbul Univesity. He worked at backstage and had a part in a lot of short films. So filming his first documentary film “Bulgur Mill” in 2016 and selected by many national and international festivals. His debut film is “My Short Words”; it’s world premiere in 37th Istanbul Film Festival and was invited to film festivals in more than thirty countries and won many Grand Prizes.

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Filmography My Short Words, 2018 Mill, 2016 (documentary) Contact Film Code, Halil Kardaş halil@filmcode.com.tr

WEASEL GELİNCİK

in post-production Turkey, 2020, 83’, colour Director: Orçun Benli Producer: Bulut Reyhanoğlu, Yusuf Ziya Benli, Orçun Benli, M. Şükrü Üçpınar Script: M. Şükrü Üçpınar, Orçun Benli

Ayhan is a policeman, who left the job recently. He is trying to adapt his own life in forest house. One day, he shooted a weasel in the forest by mistake. Came across a strange man at that time. This man is going out hunting close to the house of Ayhan. The incidents meanwhile, overexceeded the logic limits and he became absolutely indecisive whether the situation is real or just an imagination, might be a hallucination.

Orçun Benli: Born in Istanbul, February 27th in 1980 Orçun Benli, started his career as assistant film director in 2002. He is director, screenwriter and producer since 2011. He took private lessons from Paul Brown (the screenwriter of X files & Star Trek) in New York, 2015. Also Production lessons and workshops by Ashley Bank, one of the Executive producers of Spielberg. He has been graduated from Academy İstanbul, Radio, TV and Cinema

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Contact Bulut Reyhanoğlu bulutreyhanoglu@gmail.com

WHERE THIS ROAD GOES? BU YOL NEREYE GİDER?

in development Turkey, 2020, colour Director: Mehmet Fatih Destegüloğlu Producer: Mehmet Fatih Destegüloğlu Script: Yücel Yüksel, Mehmet Fatih Destegüloğlu

Pats of two people cross to smuggle hookah-tobacco from Georgia to Turkey. Tahir who lives in Georgia has been doing this for a long time. He helps Ömer who is going to do this the first time. Tahir tries to catch the big fish and Ömer just wants to make some money to pay his father’s debts.

M. Fatih Desteguloglu was born in 1982, in Istanbul. He went to the theater club of Marmara University. First, he wanted to be an actor but many movies he watched in the university years led him to be a film director. He took classes from the “Sinematek Foundation.” He shot his first short, “Takıntı (Obsession)” in 2011 and the second short film, “Kiraz Mevsimi (Cherry Season)” in 2013. Kiraz Mevsimi was shown at Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. In 2016, he shot his first feature film “Kimse Bizi Konuşmasın (Nobody Talks About Us).”

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Filmography Nobody Talks About Us, 2016 Obsession, 2011 (short) Cherry Season, 2013 (short) Contact Mehmet Fatih Destegüloğlu fatihdes@gmail.com

ZUHAL

in post-production Turkey, Germany, 2020, colour Director: Nazlı Elif Durlu Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, Tanay Abbasoğlu, Jamila Wenske, Tolga Karaçelik, Öykü Canlı Script: Nazlı Elif Durlu, Ziya Demirel

Zuhal’s workaholic daily routine is disturbed by a cat’s meow she keeps hearing in her flat. In order to find the cat she starts an investigation in the building, but soon she realizes that no-one else seems to hear this sound. As she keep searching, people around her -and even herself- start doubting her mental health.

Nazlı Elif Durlu: Studied Film and TV in the Netherlands. She has written-directed three short films that were screened international film festivals such as Uppsala, Hamptons and Sao Paolo. She worked as one of the screenwriters of the omnibus called Do Not Forget Me Istanbul, in which Hany Abu-Assad directed the story she wrote. She has been working as a screenwriter for TV series and feature films for productions.

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Contact istos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu annamaria@istosfilm.com

INDEX

FEATURE FILMS 4

ALI, Ramazan Özer

ANT, Nazif Tunç

BREATH, Özkan Yılmaz

FATED HEARTS, Elif Akarsu Polat, Çiğdem Bozali

FOOD FOR A FUNERAL, Reis Çelik

GOING BLIND, Hacı Orman

I - MANIA, Aytekin Birkon

I AM THE SEA, Umut Evirgen

I HAD A DREAM, Murat Çeri

IN THE SHADOWS, Erdem Tepegöz

JUST DIFFERENT, Ahmet Sönmez

KING SHAKIR: LAND OF PIRATES, Berk Tokay

MAVZER, Fatih Özcan

MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7, Mehmet Ada Öztekin

NINE LIVES LEYLA, Ezel Akay

OMAR AND US, Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadır Er

20 ONCE UPON A JUDGMENT DAY, Mehmet Tanrısever 21

RAFADAN TAYFA GÖBEKLİTEPE, İsmail Fidan

SCENT OF MY DAUGHTER, Olgun Özdemir

SILENCED TREE, Faysal Soysal

24 SIR-AYET II, Kayhan Başoğlu 25

STEPPE, Ali Özel

26 STRINGS OF SORROW, Mehmet Tanrısever 27

THE CAGE, Cemil Ağacıklıoğlu

28 THE HIVE, Eylem Kaftan 29 THE POCKET HERCULES, Özer Feyzioğlu 30 THE WAY WE ARE, Caner Özyurtlu 31

TOGETHER, WE SHALL DIE, Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu

YOU KNOW HIM, Ercan Kesal

YOU’VE GOT MURDER, Ali Atay

34 5 MUSKETEERS, Serdar Pehlivanoğlu TURKISH CINEMA

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UPCOMING FILMS 36 A HOPE, Ümit Köreken 37

AKTUTUN, Hakan Kerim Karademir

38 ALI’S NATURE, Levent Çetin 39 ALLEY CAT, Çiğdem Sezgin 40 ANONYMOUS LETTER “M.M.”. Doğacan Aktaş 41

ANTS, Onur Yağız

42 ATHLETE, Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun 43 COURTYARD, Ceren Şahan 44 ELA AND HILMI & ALI, Ziya Demirel 45 FORGIVNESS, Cem Özay 46 GEAL, Fikret Sanal 47 GRACE FOR SALE, Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin 48 HARD TIMES, Enes Erbay 49 IT’S ALL ABOUT PEACE AND HARMONY, Nesimi Yetik 50 KERR, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu 51

LET HAS THE MOST CRUDGE CAST THE FIRST STONE, İleri Atıl Çayan İnanç

LIKE CRANES, İffet Eren Danışman Boz

LILAC, Cüneyt Karakuş

54 NOT AS YOU KNOW IT, Vuslat Saraçoğlu 55 PENNY BANK, Ferit Karol 56 PURE WHITE, Necip Çağhan Özdemir 57

RESTLESS FOREVER, İlke Yeşilay

58 SNOW AND THE BEAR, Selcen Ergun 59 STORIES OF THE DARK TOWN: THE LOCK, Adil Oğuz Valizade 60 THE COMPLICATED MAN, Bahadır Karasu 61

THE LIST OF THOSE WHO LOVE ME, Emre Erdoğdu

62 THE POT, Ahmet Toklu 63 THE REEDS, Cemil Ağacıkoğlu 64 THE SINKHOLE, Seyid Çolak 65 THREE FRIENDS, Nursen Çetin Köreken 66 THYME SMELLING HANDKERCHIEF, Hüseyin Özden 67

TIME OF IMPATIENCE, Aydın Orak

68 TO CARNATIONS A SONG, Bekir Bülbül 69 WEASEL, Orçun Benli 70 WHERE THIS ROAD GOES, Mehmet Fatih Destegüloğlu 71

ZUHAL, Nazlı Elif Duru

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Supported by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism