A newly appointed female teacher in a village school in Anatolia decides to drive the school bus but there is a slight problem!

THE SCHOOL BUS  (Servis)

Anoush, a little girl, goes to borrow a wedding dress from a distant relative for her brother's wedding.

ANOUSH  (Anuş)

In the morning of a Barmitzvah ceremony on a Shabbat, the Bahar family lives an unusual day, trying to get Susam out of his room who locked himself in.

SUSAM

Looking at old photographs, a woman tries to remember her forgotten memories. She gets even more confused as she goes deeper in her memories.

MEMORY  (Anı)

People with so many masks are walking outside. One person drops the mask; another person picks it up and wears it. One person has another kind of mask; other person sees that and paints his/her own mask like that. Man falls to the floor and then masks spread around. People gather and investigate that person; they take out their masks. In the last scene, we take out our own masks and the black and white gloomy atmosphere which we are in suddenly brightens up with color.

BE YOURSELF  (Kendin Ol)

The elegant and sensuous drama short is full of powerful intercuts and dazzling music. A formalist cross-genre project, THE BIG FLIGHT is a film about soulmates which tells the story of a singer and a fashion photographer who fall in love without knowing each other. The film is starring acclaimed actor Ekin Koç and singer Ceren Gündoğdu.

THE BIG FLIGHT  (Büyük Uçuş)

In a drying lake the fish try to survive and people carry water to them to keep them alive.

WATER IS LIFE  (Can Suyu)

Selin is an 11 year old dealing with the chaos of Istanbul as she prepares for her final exam, which will be a turning point for her. She has to deal with the difficult stage in her life all by herself and the burden becomes heavier as she gets closer to the exam.

BLACK BOX  (Kara Kutu)

A weird dialogue between a man fishing on the seaside and a mysterious stranger.

FISH IN A BUCKET  (Kovada Balık)

Majid, a refugee boy, ties his kite to a tree before escaping to an island with inflatable boat. Two boys who live in a village near the coast, Zeynel and Şafak, find the kite. When they notice the text on the kite, they decide to search for the meaning of the text.

FROM MAJID WITH LOVE  (Majid'den Sevgilerle)

An old garbage collector is on the streets of the city but he is not alone. A young garbage collector goes to the same places before he does, and won't leave anything to collect for the old men. As the old man is about to lose his hope, he sees a helping hand.

THE OTHERS  (Ötekiler)

Istanbul, 1950. Following the Second World War’s end, in an atmosphere where freedom of thought was limited; poets, writers, and artists were followed by the police, in their every step.During the same period, the police also followed the famous poet Orhan Veli, one of the founders of the ‘Garip’ movement in Turkish poetry. Meanwhile, a young poet wants to read his poems to Orhan Veli. Will he succeed?

THE POLICE AFTER ME  (Peşimdeki Polis)

Asya works in a boutique store to take care of her mother and little sister. She needs a new coat for the winter but she can't afford it.

TIP OF THE ZIPPER  (Qulpik)

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