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My Name is Batlir, not Butler

Hello, my name is Batlır, not Butler. I’m not actually overweight, I just have some excess in a certain area…. It is told in Anatolia that a baby looks like whatever the mother craves while pregnant. My mother craved for watermelon. I mostly talk to 52 Hertz, she is the loneliest whale in the world, and she is my best friend.

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The Things You Kill

Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the darkness lurking within us all.

Red Roses

“Kızıl Goncalar” tells the poignant story of Meryem, married off at 14 in an Islamic sect, and now battling bravely to prevent her daughter Zeynep from suffering the same fate as the bride of the sheikh’s grandson. Guided by her sister-in-law, a former sect member, they realize they must flee to save Zeynep from the sect’s powerful clutches. Fearfully hiding her plans from her cruel husband, Meryem must first earn money as a carer in the home of secular psychiatrist Levent, who agrees to help her. Despite their clashing religious and progressive beliefs, Meryem and Levent are drawn together emotionally, but the turmoil in their lives deepens as the identity of his daughter is revealed.

Glass Curtain

Nesrin, a single mother who lives with her four-year-old son, struggles with her ex-husband Ömer’s oppressive behaviour and bureaucratic hardships while she is on the brink of making a critical decision regarding her relationship with her boyfriend Selim.

Dem

During play rehearsals, Temmuz, a theater director, receives the news that her beloved grandmother is dying. While Temmuz tries to cope with this sad news, her grandmother has one last wish for her: a ceremony in the tavern to celebrate her death.

Like a Limbless Tree

When retired engineer Refik learns that he’s terminally ill, he gives his Syrian refugee carer, Gülizar money to flee to Greece with her two boys. As he is preparing for the upcoming Eid to announce his diagnosis to his children, Gülizar vanishes, leaving the boys behind with Refik. He struggles to find the woman in İzmir, the city of hope.

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