Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together. They are rejected from all hotels for not having a marriage certificate.&nbsp;Once they believe&nbsp;they’ve found a trick to use, the situation gets out of hand.​ Sundance Film Festival 2021, USA - World Premiere, Special Jury Award for Screenwriting

THE CRIMINALS  (Les Criminels / Suçlular)

A woman running away from physical abuse of her husband, a transgender hanging onto life by working as a cook, and a refugee at the edge of suicide, all come together one night, facing a big threat.

62-84 I DIDN'T COPY THAT HQ  (62-84 Anlaşılmadı Merkez)

Aylin and her mom Nazlı live in İstanbul and make both ends meet. They cope with the difficulties of life by developing a tricky business model which fits the requests of present-day urban people.

ONE  (Bir)

Didem and Ayşe are two young women living in Istanbul. Although time has passed since their graduation, they still couldn't find a job. As they are stepping into adulthood and expected to earn their living, for them, no day is different than the other.

THE GREAT ISTANBUL DEPRESSION  (Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu)

Iklim moves from Istanbul to London for a better future, but she faces problems while adapting to a new country.

CLIMATE CHANGE  (İklim Değişimi)

Erdal is out of prison after two years, sentenced for human trafficking. One day on the street Erdal sees a refugee whom he knows from his human trafficking days and follows him. Although Erdal continues with his life in the upcoming days, the memories keep bringing back those days.

TIME OF THE LOST EYES  (Kayıp Gözler Zamanı)

Serap lives with her parents because of the problems she is having with her husband. One day Serap goes back to her own home after an incident that happens to her husband. As she hopes to pen a new chapter in her life with her husband, she finds an earring which doesn't belong to her. With questions in her mind, she tries to find the owner of the earring.

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