Turkey - Best International Feature Film
Turkish submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsErol TasHülya KoçyigitUlvi DoganA farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as he is greedy.
- DirectorTunç BasaranStarsOzan BilenNur SürerFüsun DemirelBaris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.
- DirectorTunç BasaranStarsRutkay AzizEmin SivasSerap AksoyIn 1940s Turkey, the war is recently over but the wounds are still fresh and the Second World War 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.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsKürsat AlniaçikMevlüt DemiryaySuavi ErenCevat Sakir is an exile punished for publishing an article regarding that government executed deserters from army, subsequently he was sent to Bodrum where he realized Bodrum is a heavenly place and decided to stay as he found a new family and a new life.
- DirectorOrhan OguzStarsTalat BulutSerap SaglarPinar AfsarAfter the War of Independence, a man carrying the Independence Medal appears in the burnt and destroyed city of Manisa, and he will try to revive and green the dead nature in the city.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçBaran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.
- DirectorTomris GiritliogluStarsHülya AvsarZuhal OlcayKamran UsluerThe film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around 2,000 non-Muslims who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the 30-day time limit were arrested and sent to a forced-labor camp in Askale in the Erzurum.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsTaner BirselBennu YildirimlarZuhal GencerThe monotonous life of Selim,a shirt store owner changes when he finds a suitcase full of American dollars in a taxi.
- DirectorHandan IpekçiStarsSükran GüngörDilan ErçetinFüsun DemirelThe paths of 75-year-old retired judge Rifat Bey and little Hejar, who was left with a relative because he lost all his relatives in the operation carried out in his village, cross paths in Istanbul.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsAli PoyrazogluCezmi BaskinSerra YilmazIn a poor neighborhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighborhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing them to give away their innermost secrets.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsMeltem CumbulSener SenTimuçin EsenA single mother with a child meets a retired teacher who tries to keep pace with his new life and to protect them from her ex-husband.
- DirectorYüksel AksuStarsNejat AltinsoyMehmet AmcaLevent ArasAli, who is an ice cream salesman in Mugla, tries to survive in the face of a fierce competition fighting the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new yellow ice cream motorbike. One day, his motorbike gets stolen.
- DirectorÖzer KiziltanStarsErkan CanMeray ÜlgenGüven KiraçA promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.January Shortlist
- DirectorMahsun KirmizigülStarsMahsun KirmizigülDemet EvgarMurat ÜnalmisIn the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsBora AltasErdal BesikçiogluTülin ÖzenThe quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorIsmail GünesStarsHakan KarahanElifcan OngurlarYesim Ceren BozogluWhen a conservative family finds out that their 16-year-old daughter is pregnant, according to tradition, they have to kill her.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsKivanç TatlitugMert FiratBelçim BilginIn a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
- DirectorKaan MüjdeciStarsDogan IzciCakirOzan ÇelikAn eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.
- DirectorMustafa KaraStarsHaydar SismanNuray YesilarazHanife Kara"Cold of Kalandar" pictures within a unique pastoral atmosphere the realist, passionate and emotional story of Mehmet and his family living far from modern life, in a mountain village.
- DirectorCan UlkayStarsÇetin TekindorIsmail HaciogluLee Kyung-jinSergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her behind.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDogu DemirkolMurat CemcirBennu YildirimlarAn unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.