A film trilogy telling the vicissitudes of a Turkish family, their quarrels, dilemmas, conversations and everyday life interspersed with ups and downs. The core of history is a gentlemen's duel for the title of the main character between Wąsacz and Jid and their competition for the favor of the main heroine. Then, indirectly, their friend Siwy joins the fight for this title.
The Turkey Bowl (2019)
A 30-something urbanite is pulled back to his rural hometown by his high school buddies on Thanksgiving to finish The Turkey Bowl - an epic football game against their cross town rivals that was snowed out fifteen years prior.
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940)
Tom Turkey and his friends play their harmonicas so enthusiastically that they nearly destroy the general store.
A Bird's a Bird (1915)
Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.
Bizim Hikaye (2015)
A son tries to restore the honour of his father, who was imprisoned during the 1980 military coup.
Beyond the Hill (2012)
In the quiet foothills of Turkey, Faik lives an isolated existence. When his second son brings his boys for a visit, Faik takes the opportunity to pontificate about the law of the land, as he sees it. He shares one unsolicited thought after the next, most particularly focusing on the elusive nomads whom he suspects have been trespassing on his property. The day and night wear on, and each member of the clan takes his turn entrusting the film's audience with his own dark secret.
Monika Gruber - Irgendwas is immer (2015)
Is it true that happiness essentially consists of a little bit of health and a lot of bad memory? And if so, why isn't there an app for this yet? Gruber ponders whether sunsets are overrated or whether she simply has a burn-out or hypersensitization - triggered by a low-lactose tolerance intolerance? It explores the question of whether a child is capable of learning a trade, even though it is highly gifted? And: Are we all politically correct Corinthians* or is Monika's mom perhaps even happy when she has to call her "the parent" in a politically correct way in the future? One thing is certain in all of this: you can never please everyone and everything turns out differently than you think anyway, which ultimately doesn't matter, because: "There's always something"!
ThanksKilling 3 (2012)
Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2". Also known as "Turkeys, In, Space!".
Road to Istanbul (2016)
Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care of her daughter on her own. When Elodie disappears over night and Elisabeth discovers that she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State, she begins her journey to find her daughter.
The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
Law of the Border (1966)
In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.
Jerky Turkey (1968)
At a matinee show, Junior wins a prize, a pet turkey. But he isn't sure his parents will like it when he returns home. Much to his surprise, Charlie does to want to keep the turkey...exclaiming, "We'll have him for Sunday dinner!" Junior is not eager to have his new pet devoured and protects him from Charlie at all costs. He even tries to disguise the fowl as his friend, Redneck Rudy, a protest singer. Finally, Charlie captures the turkey and beats it senseless. Feeling bad, he revives it and they make up. He decides to have hot dogs for Sunday dinner instead.
My Father's Wings (2016)
Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the future after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor. This self-assured debut contemplates the dignity of the individual within the context of modern Turkish society.
SELIN (NaN)
As a talented Turkish swimmer grapples with her mother's terminal illness back home, she navigates the pressures of maintaining her scholarship in the U.S. and her relationship with her American boyfriend. Ultimately, confronting the pain of cultural disconnection and the quest for belonging in a world that feels increasingly distant.
Out of the Blue (2022)
Instead of enjoying her vacations in a peaceful peninsula of Turkey, Anna feels stuck in a strange torpor, while her boyfriend, Thomas, doesn't seem to notice it at all. Later in the afternoon, when a little girl suddenly disappears on the beach, Anna awakens and decides to go and find her, despite the unknown and the nightfall.
Aftersun (2022)
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
War Pony (2023)
The interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the boys grapple with identity, family, and loss, as they navigate their unique paths to manhood.
Present Tense (2012)
Planning to take any job she can get in order to save enough money and leave Turkey for the U.S., Mina is hired at an Istanbul café as a fortune teller who reads the dregs in coffee cups. She discovers she has the ability to offer comfort and insight to the customers who are just as lost in the wilderness as she is.