Turkish cinema is on the upswing and is increasingly inspiring an international audience. In Screen: Turkey, we celebrate the creative heights of the film scene in Turkey.
Love, Spells and All That
Queer, Romance
2019
1h.36min
12 FSK
Twenty years later, two women find themselves back on the Turkish island where, as teenagers, they fell in love for the first time.
Burning Days
Crime, Thriller
2022
2h.10min
16 FSK
In this gritty Turkish crime thriller, a young prosecutor is drawn into the corruption of a small town struggling with a drought.
Not Knowing
Drama, Queer
2019
1h.31min
12 FSK
Umut's life is turned upside down after a picture of him kissing a boy at his sports club turns up.
The Poet's Wife
Biography, Documentary
2021
1h.34min
0 FSK
Helke Misselwitz visits the Datça peninsula in Turkey, where artist Güler Yücel has found her refuge.
Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster
Comedy, Drama
2023
1h.28min
16+
Director Umut Subaşı deftly captures the essence of millennial malaise in contemporary Istanbul.
Öte
Drama
2023
1h.48min
16+
A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.
La Belle Indifference
Drama, Comedy
2019
1h.34min
16+
A dark comedy-drama, delving deep into the psyche of a man in denial and a woman confronting their grim reality, reflecting on societal pressures.
Snow and the Bear
Drama
2022
1h.33min
16+
In a snowy Turkish village, a nurse faces a web of power, mystery, and suspicion, where a missing man and rumored bears blur reality.
Brother's Keeper
Drama
2021
1h.25min
16+
A provincial boarding school for Kurdish boys becomes the flashpoint of a society riddled with power imbalances.
Geranium
Drama
2020
1h.23min
16+
As death approaches, repressed secrets emerge from the dark recesses of a wealthy but emotionally cold family.
Anatolian Leopard
Drama
2022
1h.49min
16+
A geriatric leopard and an aging zoo director are the only ones who can still prevent the sale of the zoo in Ankara to foreign investors.
Les Enfants Terribles
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.33min
16+
Incredibly close and emotional, the film tells the stories of emancipation, love and struggle within a Turkish family.
Queen Lear
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.24min
0
Heartwarming doc about the transformative experience of an all-woman theater group touring rural Turkey performing Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Ghosts
Drama
2020
1h.30min
16+
During a black out, social and personal conflicts culminate in an Istanbul neighborhood threatened by gentrification.
The Pigeon
Drama
2018
1h.16min
16+
A bittersweet drama about bird-loving Yusuf facing the loss of his little paradise on the rooftops of Adana.
Three Monkeys
Drama
2007
1h.46min
12 FSK
A family turns a blind eye to an injustice in this Turkish drama, provoking an even worse disaster.
Passed by Censor
Drama
2019
1h.31min
16
Zakir censors the mail of the inmates of an Istanbul prison. In a letter he discovers the image of a woman. Finding her becomes his obsession.
Istanbul United
Documentary, Independent
2014
1h.25min
16 FSK
The story of an extraordinary alliance of rival soccer fans in Istanbul during the Gezi protests in 2013.
Come to My Voice
Kids & Family, Comedy
2014
1h.45min
0 FSK
In eastern Turkey, a young Kurdish woman is forced to make a weapon disappear.
My Father, the Revolution and Me
Biography, Documentary
2013
1h.22min
12
A personal take on Turkish history by director Ufuk Emiroğlu. It's a mosaic of a film, which moves freely between documentary, fiction and animation.
What the Wind Took Away
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.15min
16+
Although they have lost everything through their flight, the Jesidesses Hedil and Naam fight for a dignified life for their families.