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235 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2003. Last article published on 23/07/2025.

Review: Nothing in Its Place

Review: Nothing in Its Place

Turkish director Burak Çevik’s fifth feature, set in 1978, presents a struggle between ideological factions in his country as universal, but fails to fully engage the viewer  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

The sixth 12 Punto announces its selection

The sixth 12 Punto announces its selection

A total of 12 film projects have been selected for Turkey’s largest script-development platform, which will run from 7-14 July in Istanbul  

01/07/2024 | 12 Punto 2024

Antonio Nuić wraps shooting on Looping

Antonio Nuić wraps shooting on Looping

The director’s fifth feature tells a story about two friends trying to leave a bar before their night takes a surreal turn  

05/06/2024 | Production | Funding | Croatia/Turkey

Review: Meeting with Pol Pot

Review: Meeting with Pol Pot

CANNES 2024: Rithy Panh's highly personal style of fiction is a new variation on his cinematographic quest to shed light on the Cambodian genocide  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Premiere

Asli Özge  • Director of Faruk

Interview: Asli Özge • Director of Faruk

"Fiction and reality meet in this film"

BERLINALE 2024: The Turkish filmmaker portrays her own father in her new film, an insight into the life of an elderly man in the bustling metropolis of Istanbul  

04/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Review: Shambhala

Review: Shambhala

BERLINALE 2024: Min Bahadur Bham delivers a film of great romantic and mystical purity following in the wake of a woman overcoming adversity in the heart of the Himalayas  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Elbow

Review: Elbow

BERLINALE 2024: Aslı Özarslan's coming-of-age film set in the Berlin immigrant community and Istanbul stands out for its storytelling economy, unusually dark atmosphere, and thematic variety and depth  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

Interview: Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

“There is this young generation looking for answers and reclaiming their power; I have hope for them”

BERLINALE 2024: A young runaway learns some harsh truths, and breaks free, in this film based on the novel by Fatma Aydemir  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Review: Faruk

Review: Faruk

BERLINALE 2024: Aslı Özge returns to docu-fiction and her native city of Istanbul, creating an engaging, personal story with a strong political and social aspect  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Levan Akin  • Director of Crossing

Interview: Levan Akin • Director of Crossing

"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels to Istanbul to search for her trans niece  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

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