Taner Barlas

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

A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.

A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.

Bücür tells the story of a young man's adventures as he searches for his mother. Umut, an ultra-intelligent child who spends his time at the computer, is a true computer genius. Having never seen his mother and curious about who she is, Umut decides to find her before he turns ten. Using the internet and technology to help him, Umut tracks down his mother thanks to his superior skills. After learning about his mother, Umut heads to Istanbul, where he coincidentally meets Özge. With only three days to find his mother, Umut finds himself in various predicaments alongside Özge. While trying to find his mother, the young man also struggles to escape the men chasing them.

Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face.

Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.

The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway. But he meets some weird people on the way, who also run into some other weird people, and things start to follow an unexpected path for everyone involved, bringing hillarious moments along.

Revenge story in Istanbul. After being sent to prison, Şeref manages to escape and flee to the United States. Over the next twenty years, he works tirelessly and becomes a billionaire. With his vast fortune, he returns to Turkey after twenty years, driven by his longing for his homeland and his former lover. However, time has passed differently in Turkey than it has in America... Will Şeref, who returns to his country and loved ones with curiosity, be able to adapt to this change?

Story of daydreaming rebellious Rosa searching for love from her teenage years to her deathbed.

In the last years of the Ottoman Empire, a poor little Anatolian town named Saripinar is hit by a minor earthquake which has neither destroyed nor left it with many casualties. However, a telegraph sent to the central government exaggerates the situation and mentions that the governor of the town has been severely wounded, making the event a nationwide matter.

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After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Behlül Dal Jury Special Award.

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 political prisoner is released from prison. He has problems of adjusting to the changing times. He and his girlfriend resort to suicide as the last solution.

Five short films by five directors based on themes of love and tolerance, each independent of the other. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Efes Pilsen. The collection includes five short films: Ömer Kavur's "The Meeting," İrfan Tözüm's "Monte Cristo," Yusuf Kurçenli's "Because I Love Her," Erden Kıral's "Moon Stories," and Zeki Ökten's "Always the Same."

In 1940s Turkey, the war is recently over, but the wounds are still fresh, and the WWII is going on next door. A different family lives in each room of a mansion. They all lead a scarce life but hold on to life with hope.

Semih, who was discharged from the army a month early for his "heroism" in operations in the southeast, encounters his brother's funeral on the day he returns from the army. When he sets out to find his brother's killer, Semih is drawn into another battle filled with difficult questions. As he searches for the truth, he will realize that what was lost was not just his brother's life, but also the harsh reality of lives doomed to be lost in "The Other Istanbul," fueled by anger and helplessness.

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The story of a young man who spends his entire life trying to heal the wound his stepmother left in his soul.

Nur is a woman who suffers from bipolar depression with psychosis. While she stays in a mental institution she confronts with her life; her childhood, her parents and her marriage...Can she ever learn to love herself?

Onur is a pastry owner who passionately loves making pastries. He makes a strawberry cake everyday but he never sells it. He reserves that cake for the woman whom he will fall in love with. One day, famous actress Burcu Burkan visits his pastry shop for shooting a scene. This meeting gives them an opportunity to cross their paths with each other but Burcu has a secret.

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The impossible love story between an aging writer who discovers he has a fatal disease and a young woman who studies flamenco.