Ayhan Pekbilgin

Garip Bülbül is about the life story of the great bard Neşet Ertaş. Neşet Ertaş, who signed 400 records and many cassettes throughout his life, wrote many poems under the pen name "Garip". The film tells the unknowns about both the private and career life of Neşet Ertaş, who passed away in 2012.

When the calendars showed the 1950s, curiosity and interest in space had reached new heights, and many countries from Europe to Asia, led by the United States and the Soviet Union, had launched space programs and entered into fierce competition to reach beyond the unknowns of the sky. By 1957, the Soviet Union had become the first country to launch a rocket into space with Sputnik, followed by the United States as the second to make history. During these years, high school students and their friends living in Bandırma were inspired by Sputnik to pursue their dreams of space exploration. Despite lacking a space program, government support, or financial resources, they established the "Bandırma Rocket Club" with the aim of launching a rocket into space.

A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.

Kaan has difficulty getting a higher position in his work where he has built a good career. While he was occupied with his wife, children and his work, he has pretty much neglected his father. Until one day he is obliged to take care of him.

Aşkın, who had been working in the film industry for a long time, was unable to fulfill his dreams and returned to his hometown after his father's death. He found himself right in the middle of the life he had rejected years ago. Everything seemed frozen in time. Is the departure of a father the cause of destruction? Why does a generation whose dreams have vanished seek a place for themselves in a world they wish to change? The games played to maintain the status quo continue to repeat themselves. How can Aşkın cope with his old-new life? Can a woman's love help a man caught in mental conflict find his way out and turn back time? Why do we feel ashamed of the truth, because we hide it? Can love build a new life within the ever-narrowing circle, between his family, his friend Ali, and Oya, who has made it her mission to change him?

The movie is set in 2030; It takes place in an age when love was banned and child welfare institutions were closed. Even though it is the year 2030, life has regressed instead of progressing and the opportunities are so limited. How will Eşref be able to take care of his mother in this chaotic environment? What is the way for Eşref and his mother to escape from this environment? What will the year 2030 be like?