Vedat Erincin

On 10 September, 1964, Germany's one-millionth 'guest worker' was welcomed. Spanning a period of no less than forty-five years, this film by sisters Yasemin Samdereli (director) and Nesrin Samdereli (screenplay) tells the story of guest worker number one-million-and-one - a man named Hüseyin Yilmaz and his family. 'Who or what am I - German or Turk?' asks six-year-old Cenk Yilmaz when neither his Turkish nor his German schoolmates pick him for their respective football teams. (www.berlinale.de)

Fatma lives in Vienna with her family, and they maintain the traditions of their old homeland, Turkey. When the young Turkish woman Ayse marries into the family, the two women develop a friendship based on deep trust. "Kuma" is the story of this relationship, and of the rift that develops between them when Ayse oversteps the limits Fatma has laid down. (filminstitut.at)

36-year-old Alis starts living in his car after his father kicks him out of the house. After a series of rejections, he finds himself working door-to-door marketing Karnaval brand carpet cleaners. (imdb)

An island off the coast of Turkey is about to be evacuated due to a possible earthquake -- but its inhabitants have been stricken with a mysterious illness, consigning them to an uncertain fate. (tiff.net)

in germany, turkish women are flown in and married - which the local foreign authorities don't like very much.

Sinan is a blind poet. He has lost his ability to see when he is three. Yet, he is at peace with his blindness. Nilgün, his wife, wants him to see the world and convinces him to have an operation. While the operation is successful, Sinan's adaptation process to this new world creates tension in his relationship with his wife.

Ercan Kesal's debut feature, a one-day tragicomic story of doctor Kemal, who wants to become a candidate for Istanbul's Beyoglu district mayor. He is trying every way to become a candidate. Unexpected events will occur that night. (imdb)

In a dystopia of undefined place and time, dominated by primitive technology, a group of people is being controlled by an omnipresent surveillance system. When one of them contracts a mysterious disease, out of fear to lose his job he tries to contact the Officials. Doubts arise about the structure he is working in. By questioning the system, he gets to know the depths of this structure which is dark better than he thought. (imdb)

The story of Peyami, a young and successful tailor who inherited his talent from his grandfather.

A criminal lawyer Canan, divides her time in the courthouse and mother’s hospital bed at night. Canan has to make a moral choice that will affect lives of her mother, judge and murder suspect client.

17-year-old Jana has a congenital heart defect. To defy fate, Jana seeks every challenge, plunges into every wild and dangerous adventure. Her parents do not like that and are even more fearful for their daughter. (imdb)