ACCORDING TO MAVI BONCUK
BEST OF WORLD CINEMA
SILENT TO SOUND (1926-1929) Part 1
SOUND (1926-2022) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
TURKISH CINEMA
SILENT ERA | IN PROGRESS |
21ST CENTURY
2000-2009
2000
2001
2002
UZAK / DISTANT | 2002 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
HIÇBIRYERDE / IN NOWHERE LAND | 2002 TAYFUN PIRSELIMOGLU
2003
BULUTLARI BEKLERKEN / WAITING FOR THE CLOUDS | 2003 YEŞIM USTAOĞLU
2004
HEAD ON | 2004 FATIH AKIN
ANLAT İSTANBUL / TELL ME ISTANBUL 2004 ÜMIT ÜNAL, ÖMÜR ATAY
KARPUZ KABUGUNDAN GEMILER YAPMAK / BOATS OUT OF WATERMELON RINDS | 2004 AHMET ULUÇAY
2005
BABAM VE OĞLUM / MY FATHER AND MY SON | 2005 ÇAĞAN IRMAK
DONDURMAM GAYMAK | 2005 YÜKSEL AKSU
HACIVAT KARAGÖZ NEDEN ÖLDÜRÜLDÜ? / WHO KILLED SHADOWS? | 2005 EZEL AKAY
GÖNÜL YARASI / HEART ACHE | 2005 YAVUZ TURGUL
SINEMA BIR MUCIZEDIR / CINEMA IS A MIRACLE | 2005 MEMDUH ÜN
BABAM VE OĞLUM / MY FATHER MY SON | 2005 ÇAĞAN IRMAK
KADER / DESTINY | 2006 ZEKI DEMIRKUBUZ
BEŞ VAKIT / TIMES AND WINDS | 2006 REHA ERDEM
HOKKABAZ / JUGGLER | 2006 CEM YILMAZ
TAKVA | 2006 ÖZER KIZILTAN
KÜÇÜK KIYAMET / THE LITTLE APOCALYPSE| 2006 YAĞMUR TAYLAN, DURUL TAYLAN
İKLIMLER / CLIMATES | 2006 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
RECEP İVEDIK | 2007 TOGAN GÖKBAKAR
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN | 2007 FATIH AKIN
YUMURTA / EGG | 2007 SEMIH KAPLANOĞLU
RIZA | 2007 TAYFUN PIRSELIMOGLU
SUT / MILK | 2008 SEMIH KAPLANOĞLU
ÜÇ MAYMUN/ THREE MONKEYS | 2008 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
TATIL KITABI / SUMMER BOOK | 2008 SEYFI TEOMAN
İKI DIL BIR BAVUL / TWO LANGUAGES ONE LUGGAGE | 2008 ORHAN ESKIKÖY, ÖZGÜR DOĞAN
SONBAHAR / FALL | 2008 OZCAN ALPER
HAYAT VAR / MY ONLY SUNSHINE | 2008 REHA ERDEM
ISSIZ ADAM / ALONE | 2008 ÇAĞAN IRMAK
PAZAR: BIR TICARET MASALI / THE MARKET: A TALE OF TRADE | 2008 BEN HOPKINS
MOMMO - KIZ KARDEŞIM / MOMMO THE BOGEYMAN | 2009 ATALAY TAŞDIKEN
EYYVAH EYVAH | 2009 HAKAN ALGÜL
VAVIEN | 2009 YAĞMUR TAYLAN, DURUL TAYLAN
KÖPRÜDEKILER / MEN ON THE BRIDGE | 2009 ASLI ÖZGE
AV MEVSIMI / HUNT SEASON | 2010 YAVUZ TURGUL
ANADOLU'NUN KAYIP ŞARKILARI / LOST SONGS OF ANATOLIA. | 2010 NEZIH ÜNENÇOĞUNLUK / MAJORITY | 2010 SEREN YÜCE
BAL / HONEY | 2010 SEMIH KAPLANOĞLU
SAC / HAIR | 2010 TAYFUN PIRSELIMOGLU
2011
AŞK TESADÜFLERI SEVER | 2011 ÖMER FARUK SORAK
KAYBEDENLER KULÜBÜ / LOOSERS CLUB | 2011 TOLGA ÖRNEK
THE EXTREMELY TRAGIC STORY OF CELAL TAN AND HIS FAMILY | 2011 ONUR ÜNLÜ
BIZIM BÜYÜK ÇARESIZLIĞIMIZ / OUR GRAND DESPAIR | 2011 SEYFI TEOMAN
BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLUDA / ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA | 2011 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
2012
ARAF / IN BETWEEN | 2012 YEŞIM USTAOĞLU
TEPENIN ARDI / BEYOND THE HILL | 2012 EMIN ALPER
2013
JÎN | 2013 REHA ERDEM
CELAL ILE CEREN / CELAL AND CEREN | 2013 TOGAN GÖKBAKAR
SEN AYDINLATIRSIN GECEYI / THOU GILD'ST THE EVEN | 2013 ONUR ÜNLÜ
HAYATBOYU / LIIFELONG 2013 ASLI ÖZGE
2014
KIŞ UYKUSU / WINTER SLEEP | 2014 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
SIVAS | 2014 KAAN MÜJDECI
2015
TOZ BEZI / DUST CLOTH | 2015 AHU ÖZTÜRK
ABLUKA / FRENZY | 2015 EMIN ALPER
BASKIN / THE RAID | 2015 CAN EVRENOL
IVY | 2015 TOLGA KARAÇELIK
MUSTANG | 2015 DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN
KALANDAR SOĞUĞU / COLD OF KALANDAR | 2015 MUSTAFA KARA
2016
KOCA DÜNYA / BIG BIG WORLD | 2016 REHA ERDEM
KOR / AMBER | 2016 ZEKI DEMIRKUBUZ
OSMAN PAZARLAMA | 2016 TOGAN GÖKBAKAR
2017
2018
KELEBEKLER / BUTTERFLIES | 2018 TOLGA KARAÇELIK
AHLAT AĞACI / THE WILD PEAR TREE | 2018 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
2019
KIZ KARDEŞLER / SISTERS | 2019 EMIN ALPER
NUH TEPESI / NOAH LAND | 2019 CENK ERTÜRK
ASK, BUYU VS / LOVE, SPELLS AND ALL THAT | 2019 ÜMIT ÜNAL
After not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish island where, as teenagers, they first fell in love. What is the mysterious force that binds them together after all this time? And what can they do about it?
BIR BASKADIR / ETHOS | 2020 BERKUN OYA
2021
ZUHAL | 2021 NAZLI ELIF DURLU
Zuhal is an upper middle class woman with a nice job and a nice house in Istanbul, and a long-term relationship. Her ordinary life, spent with daily troubles, business rushes and phone calls with her boy friend on a trip, changes when she hears a cat meowing one night. Because of this meow, which she believes is coming from a flat, she is forced to communicate with her neighbors, whom she deliberately avoids. However, she cannot convince anyone of the existence of this voice. In her debut, after three award-winning short films, Nazli Elif Durlu tells the story of a strong female protagonist, with dark humor and lively characters.
KURAK GÜNLER / BURNING DAYS | 2021 EMIN ALPER
Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper pressure escalates under heated rumours.
KERR | 2021 TAYFUN PIRSELIMOĞLU
Can witnesses a murder in a small town. The police don't allow him to leave after his testimony. On the other hand, a quarantine is declared due to rabid dogs. The whole town turns into purgatory with no exit is almost at the edge of insanity.
OKUL TIRAŞI / BROTHERS KEEPER 2021 FERIT KARAHAN
Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.
BENI SEVENLER LISTESI / THE LIST OF THOSE WHO LOVE ME | 2021 EMRE ERDOĞDU
IKI SAFAK ARASINDA / BETWEEN TWO DAWNS | 2011 SELMAN NACAR
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker's wife.
2022
ÇILINGIR SOFRASI. / A NIGHT IN FOUR PARTS | 2022 ALI KEMAL GÜVEN
TÜRKÇE PEKİYİ | 2012 MURAT BAYRAMOĞLU
SARDUNYA 2012 | CAGIL BOCUT
Just before her final exams, 19 years old Defne, has to return to her hometown after her father's stroke. His rehabilitation sessions will give the pair a chance to heal their fragile relationship in this beautiful Mediterranean town.