Birol Ünel

A marriage of convenience in Hamburg between two troubled Turks changes both their lives in this fine, gritty, contemporary love story. Director Fatih Akin dives deep into Turkish culture and explores the slippery slope of identity and cultural pride faced by Turks who either move to or are born in Germany. (Strand Releasing)

With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection... (imdb)

Zingarina arrives in Transylvania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. (imdb)

Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he delves into the mystery of the house of sleeping beauties.

Despite many attempts, Can is unable to devote himself to anything other than a career in crime, as a small-time dealer and errand-boy for drug boss Hakan... (imdb)

Anam is about 40 years old and a traditionalistic Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. Anam works as a cleaner and has made two friends there: Rita a man-crazy German and Didi a superstitious African. When Anam finds out that her twenty-year old son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene and that her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague her whole world collapses around her. (imdb)

Şenay, an 11 year-old girl and Zeki, a gay nightclub singer go to search for Şenay's mother. During the journey that takes them from Germany to France, and then from there to Turkey, these two strangers begin a warm relationship. While the story displays conflicts and adventures, it explores themes such as homeland, exile and alienation. (myself.)

In Hamburg, a german-greek chef unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

It's just before Christmas. The model Valerie spends some days in the Hyatt Hotel in Berlin. Soon she doesn't have any money, sleeps in her car and Andre, the car park attendant, is the only one who helps her.

Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl, must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents.

1962: An account of a New Year's Eve-party in Southern Luxembourg's melting pot.

A drug heist goes wrong, as one of the drug carriers escapes after stabbing the robbers, gets a glimpse of their faces. The two masked men are actually two police officers, who decided to plan the heist. Vincent, a lieutenant who now has a bad stab wound, ends up with a huge bag of coke. The bag of coke belongs to a powerful mob boss/nightclub owner named Jose, who kidnaps Vincent's son in hopes to reclaim his property. (imdb)

In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death. (imdb)

A thrilling documentary with fictional elements based on the true story of the abduction of the president of the employer's association, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by terrorists in the autumn of 1977. (imdb)

The story of Vecihi Hürkuş, one of the important names in Turkish aviation history.