Direction: Yesim Ustaoglu

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Nazmî Kirik · Newroz Baz · Mizgin Kapazan · Ara Güler

Synopsis Journey to the Sun (1999) follows Mehmet, a young Turkish man who has recently moved from the village of Tire to Istanbul. He secures a position hunting for water leaks beneath the city's streets. A peculiar chain of events leads...

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Tsilla Chelton · Derya Alabora · Onur Unsal · Övül Avkiran

Synopsis Pandora's Box (Pandoranin kutusu) (2008) follows the journey of three siblings in their forties living in Istanbul who are abruptly summoned when their elderly mother vanishes from her residence on the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey. United by their...

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Mehmet Kurtulus · Metin Akdülger · Okan Yalabik · Funda Eryigit

Synopsis Tereddut (Clair-obscur) (2016) explores the lives of two Turkish women who, despite their differing experiences with societal norms, share more similarities than initially apparent. One woman is constrained by the weight of traditional gender roles, while the other has embraced...

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Rüçhan Caliskur · Ridvan Yagci · Dimitris Kaberidis · Ismail Baysan

Synopsis Waiting for the Clouds (2003) unfolds in the aftermath of the Turkish War of Independence, which concluded in the early 1920s, leading to the forced deportation of Greeks from Turkey. The narrative centers around two Greek sisters who, despite the...

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Aytaç Arman · Nur Sürer · Derya Alabora · Meral Çetinkaya

Synopsis The Track (1995) follows the story of a seasoned police officer, Kemal, who is on the verge of retirement. He is tasked with investigating a perplexing case involving a suspicious death. The primary question that haunts him is whether the...

Direction Yesim Ustaoglu

Cast Özcan Deniz · Nihal Yalcin · Neslihan Atagül · Yasemin Conka

Synopsis Araf: Somewhere in Between (2012) follows the intertwined lives of Zehra and Olgun, who find themselves trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of stagnation. Set against the backdrop of a transient and disposable society, their world is one of perpetual...