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1) Scorpion
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When a Uzbek special agent learns his brother is alive, he faces a choice that will affect not only his life, but also the peace in the region
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Part-fantasy, past religious epic, Çagan Irmak's film underlines the importance of being true to oneself, even if life's circumstances turn against you. Zekeriya, a doctor (Çetin Tekindor) who visits a village and begins to tell mysterious stories of the past, present and future to a group of children and adults. The stories focus on the power of God, the importance of remaining true to oneself and the need to overcome tyranny. The center of his...
3) Dance the Past Into The Future: In The Avalanch Of Modern Developments Will Our Culture Suffocate?
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In the avalanche of modern developments, will the mountain-based cultures of northeast Turkey suffocate? Adventure to gorgeous, pastoral highlands. Get immersed in local music & dance festivity. Discover hope amidst dying traditions.
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The story is set in 1978 on the Istranca Mountains of Thracia. Known as a healer by the villagers, Cennet's humble and quiet life is changed when she runs into a stranger, Ertan, covered in blood in the garden which she calls "Secret Garden". Killing several people in a skirmish with law enforcement, Ertan has been shot while escaping. While Cennet heals the wounded stranger day by day, love that they cannot prevent begins to emerge despite their...
5) More
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Gaza and his domineering father smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing. Gaza dreams of escaping this life, but can't help being drawn into a dark world of immorality, exploitation and human suffering. Adapted from the award-winning novel, More is one of the first to show the refugee crisis; a gripping story of a boy that gets to grow up in a world where there's...
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In 1915 an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks. A Turkish woman, Maya, discovers that her great grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. She decides to go to Armenia to take part in the 100 year commemoration of the Genocide in an effort to come to terms with her conflicted identity. The Other Side of Home is a universal story of identity, denial and how the experience of genocide creates a ripple effect for...
7) Stray
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Now In Theatres. Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to live without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs.
8) Myn Bala
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A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers
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A film of the intersecting stories of seven people on the edge of society as narrated by a fly - yes, a FLY called Milica. The intertwining quirky tales of love, friendship and commitment involve a gynecologist trying to keep the junkie son of a dead friend out of trouble; three buddies who hang out at a video store with hopes and dreams of a brighter future; and a radio host with Asperger's who falls for a young woman who makes clothes for trees....
10) Sibel
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Sibel lives with her dad and sister in a mountain village. She's mute, but can "talk by whistling. Estranged, she tries to gain respect by capturing a feared wolf no one has seen. Then she runs into a fugitive, the first who sees her as an equal.
11) Upper Floors
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Selahattin is a math teacher in his 40s. He has a passion for poetry, lives alone on the lower floor of an apartment building, and is in platonic love with Ms. Alev, a doctor who lives on the top floor. He writes poems on scraps of paper and deposits them secretly in Alev's mailbox. His life soon spins out of control when duplicitous family members try to extort money from him for their business and he hastily ends up in a loveless marriage of convenience....
12) Crossroads
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When they were kids, Bunyamin and his brother Yusuf fell in love with the same girl, Zeliha, but a childish game leads to Zeliha's death. Bunyamin can never forgive himself and face up to his brother, instead he keeps running away from home with excuses. After his graduation, he drifts to Bosnia to help with the discovery of victims' bodies from the mass graves. The emotional pressure of his job brings his past back to him in his dreams, however instead...
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FEHMI, a 19-year-old aspiring rapper from a rough neighborhood of Istanbul, is addicted to bonzai, a cheap and deadly drug, jeopardizing his dreams of becoming a successful rapper. When Fehmi crosses paths with DEVIN, a 25-year-old affluent DJ, they fall hard for each other and find the inspiration they were lacking. But the flaming and troubled love of this unlikely duo soon becomes toxic.
14) Inflame
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Hasret has a recurring nightmare from which she disengages every morning. But what she experiences is not a dream – it's memories. As she returns from her job to a flat left to her after her parents' death twenty years earlier, questions from her dreams slowly begin to emerge: did her parents really die in a car crash?
16) The Cut
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THE CUT follows the journey of one father's search through the Ottoman Empire for his two daughters after they are separated during the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
17) Lost Birds
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It is 1915 in an Armenian village. Bedo and Maryam return from their secret dovecote only to find an empty house and a ghost village. The children embark on a journey to search for their mother, along with their bird Bacik.
18) Chronology
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Hakan and Nihal seem to have a perfect marriage. The problems of the young architect couple are started to emerge when Nihal suddenly disappears.
19) Honeyland
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[2019]
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"Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.