Times and Winds ( Bes Vakit ) (2006)

Director: Reha Erdem

Starring: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Iscan

This award-winning and critically acclaimed film follows the lives of three friends on the verge of adolescence in a remote Turkish mountain village.... Read more

The Edge of Heaven (2007)

Director: Fatih Akin

Starring: Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowsk...

Turkish/German director Fatih Akin ('Head-On') brings together a deeply humanistic amd multi-layered drama as he follows the stories of six people cau... Read more

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2006)

Director: Fatih Akin

Award-winning Turkish director Fatih Akin's colourful documentary celebrates the musical diversity of Istanbul, bringing both historic and recent expr... Read more

Distant ( aka Uzak ) (2003)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Starring: Mehmet Emin Yoprak, Muzaffer Ozdemir

Mahmut is a 40-year-old independent photographer living in Istanbul, and in a deep existential depression following his wife's departure. He's used t... Read more

Gallipoli: The Frontline Experience (2005)

Director: Tolga Ornek

Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill, Jeremy Irons

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial and devastating, it changed the face of battle for ever. While many films have focused on t... Read more

Head-On (2005)

Director: Fatih Akin

Starring: Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Guven Kirac

Two desperate Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Sibel and Cahit, meet at a psychiatrist's. She needs to escape her conservative family; he's a heavy drin... Read more

Hamam - The Turkish Bath (1998)

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek

Starring: Carlo Cecchi, Alessandro Gassman

Francesco, an unhappily married Italian architect, inherits a steam bath in Istanbul from his recently deceased aunt and decides to leave his wife in... Read more