Civan Canova

Nine stories of resistance against solitary confinement of political prisoners in Turkey.

A love affair threatened by a barrier as great as itself... Can differences of faith stand in the way of an innocent love affair? Two young people, Esma and Mustafa, fall in love. For them, the future only has meaning if they are together. Failing this, life is meaningless. However, overhanging their love is a barrier unique to the period and location: Mustafa is a clandestine Christian, when everyone including Esma thinks he is Muslim. In the meantime, the Ottoman Empire introduces a series of reforms giving Christians the same rights as Muslims. From this point on, the Church urges secret Christians to reveal their faith. This poses a dilemma for Mustafa: he is caught between his love and the Church.

A love story of a prisoner in Turkey in the 1940s.

September 1980. Mustafa 'Mehmet Ali Alabora' and his wife, who're both laborers are married for 5 years. The couple has nothing to do with politics and spend their days happily with their 3 year old daughter and their TV, despite the clamor of guns clashing outside every night. One Friday morning, they wake up and hear the voice of Hasan Mutlucan on radio and observe soldiers marching through the streets, the very confirmation of the military coup that has taken place. Arrests begin instantly in workplace and neighborhood. Yet Mustafa, far from being disturbed, assumes that all apprehensions must have rightful reasons. Until the night he's taken into custody, charged with the crimes of a militant code named "Sehmuz".

This is the millennium version of the old black and white movies produced by Erler film.. The stories of those movies were like fairy tales to its audiences. Years passed and now we are to witness the the funny story of the rich girl Melek, her boy friend Adnan, the cab driver, their bright son Omer, the sweet Hulusi Bey, Necdet the chef, Kayhan the butler, Suzan the trouble making nanny, Coskun the rapist, Nuri the psychopath, and Onder the thief of hearts!

The film tells the tale of a man who gets involved in smuggling. Hasan works as a steward on a ship. During their trip to Marseilles, he makes a deal with an Armenian man to smuggle goods into İstanbul. He brings the goods with his friend Yakup to İstanbul without being caught at customs. Several times, he calls furrier Nubar who is to receive the goods, yet he cannot reach him. This worries Hasan and Yakup who want to deliver the goods without being caught. Unable to contact Nubar, Hasan goes to the shop of the other partner, Leon. He learns that Nubar has been arrested after a tip off was made. Leon is also afraid and tells Hasan to take the goods back. Wanting to get the job done, Hasan will make the deal he wants with Leon. (Meltem İşler Sevindi)

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.

Adapted from the stories "Come on" and "Ash Birds" from Onat Kutlar's book "Ishak". A story with themes of love, death and fear.

Five short stories based on 'Love' and 'Tolerance' themes. Each of the short films moves along their own lines and ultimately converges in the concepts of love and tolerance.

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A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.

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Coming from village to the town to work as construction worker,Ibrahim (Ibrahim Tatlisis) , married Emine (Serpil Cakmakli ) daughter of Gulbahar (Suzan Avci) who sells her body for a living but some people are not happy..

The tragedic story of a man, who loses his wife at the birth of his son. Later he meets a young woman and they get feelings for each other. But the job of the woman as a prostitute is a great obstacle for this bond.

The story of a singer who wants to avenge his wife, whom he had to marry because of slander.

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.

A group of young people living a luxurious life in Istanbul go to a village for a rafting adventure on the Euphrates.