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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Takva

2006, Drama

Here is a masterpiece from the new school of filmmakers! Takva, whose script was written by Önder Çakar and directed by Özer Kızıltan, deals with a subject that is rarely mentioned in Turkish cinema. The movie starring Erkan Can, Meray Ülgen and Güvenç Kıraç; It touches on how a modest man, who adheres to strict religious beliefs, lives by himself, and how his values ​​are gradually shaken after he crosses paths with a rich sect sheikh.

If you also enjoy films that bring a social phenomenon to the audience with an original scenario, Takva will more than meet your expectations!

Awards

  • 57th Berlin Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
  • Sarajevo Film Festival, Best Film Award
  • Toronto Film Festival, Cultural Innovation Award

International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Sürü

1978, Drama

We’re at number one on the list! I watched this movie without blinking for a second and was amazed. Zeki Ökten is in the director’s chair of the movie written by Yılmaz Güney. Herd; It succeeds in becoming one of the award-winning local films at the 27th Berlin Film Festival. The movie starring Tuncel Kurtiz, Tarık Akan, Levent İnanır and Melike Demirağ; Based on a love story, he emphasizes the value judgments of society and conveys the conflicts between tribes and human relations to the audience in a realistic and dramatic way.

If you can’t give up dramatic films that deal with a social issue belonging to these lands, you should add this film to the top of your list right away!

Awards

27th Berlin Film Festival, Best Film Award

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Susuz Yaz

1963, Drama

Susuz Yaz, directed by Metin Erksan, is the first Turkish film to win an international award. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Necati Cumalı, the film stars Erol Taş, Hülya Koçyiğit and Ulvi Doğan. Film; mentioning how social events affect human psychology, he tells the struggle of the people suffering from water shortage in an arid village.

If you want to experience the struggle of oppressed people against a social event, you should definitely watch this movie!

Awards

Belin Film Festival, Golden Bear Award

International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Sivas

2014, Drama

Kaan Müjdeci is the director and screenwriter of Sivas, one of the latest award-winning films of Turkish cinema with its original script. In the cast; The film was shot by names such as Okan Avcı, Ezgi Ergin, Banu Fotocan, Doğan İzci; It tells the story of an 11-year-old boy with a fighting dog named Sivas in the steppe.

If you like productions about the relationships between humans and animals, Sivas is a movie you should watch!

Awards

71st Venice Film Festival, Special Jury Prize

8th International Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Best Screenplay and Best Actor Awards

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Pandora’nın Kutusu

2008. Dram

One of Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s award-winning films, Pandora’s Box meets the audience with its interesting scenario. The leading roles of the movie; Shared by Derya Alabora, Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal. Pandora’s Box tells the story of three sisters who set out for their mother’s town to search for their missing mother. The film basically touches on the story of a society stuck while trying to keep up with modernism.

If you are looking for a movie that will surprise you while enjoying its story, you should not miss this movie!

Awards

  • Fajr Film Festival, Special Jury Prize
  • 56th San Sebastian Film Festival, Best Film Award

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Küf

Directed by Ali Aydın, the film stars Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner and Tansu Biçer.  It is about the struggle and hope of a father who works as a watchman on the train tracks to find his son, who was never heard from again after he was detained at university years ago.

If you are looking for an original movie with a bar of hope and struggle, this movie is for you!

Those who love this movie will also enjoy watching the movies  Hayat Güzeldir, Beynelminel ve Eve Dönüş  (Life is Beautiful, International, and Homecoming).

Awards

  • Venice Film Festival, Lion of the Future Award
  • 53rd International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Silver Alexander Award
  • 13th Frankfurt Film Festival, Best Film and Best Director Awards

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Kış Uykusu

2014, Drama

One of my very favorite movies! Winter Sleep, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, is the second Turkish feature film to win the Palme d’Or. The leading roles are Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Nejat İşler and Demet Akbağ. A man who retired and moved to a small city in Central Anatolia; The film, which is about his troubled relationship with his wife and brother, also impresses with its shooting footage.

If you want to immerse yourself in a wonderfully fictionalized scenario, you should definitely watch Winter Sleep, one of the Golden Palm Award-winning films!

Who liked this movie; He also enjoys watching movies Waiting for the Clouds, My Mother’s Song and The Future Takes Long.

Awards

64th Cannes Film Festival, Palme d’Or

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Güneşe Yolculuk

1999; Drama

The film, directed and scripted by Yeşim Ustaoğlu, is among the award-winning Turkish productions. The movie starring Nazmi Kırık, Nevruz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan and Ara Güler. It tells the story of the encounter of two young people coming to Istanbul from the west  and east, which are the two ends of Turkey, and the friendship and solidarity they show in the face of social events.

If you want to witness the friendship of two people from different cultures while they struggle for life,  Güneşe Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun) is perfect for you!

Awards

  • 49th Berlin Film Festival, Special Jury Prize
  • Jerusalem Film Festival, Peace Prize
  • Sao Paulo International Film Festival, International Jury Prize
  • Festroia – Troia International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Duvara Karşı

2004, Drama-Romance

Against the Wall, directed by Fatih Akın, is a successful film that won an award from the Berlin Film Festival. Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli and Güven Kıraç share the lead roles in the movie. Film; It tells the story of the lives of two people, a man and a woman, who have come back from the brink of suicide living in Germany, and meet in a psychiatry clinic.

If you enjoy movies with psychological elements, you should watch this movie now!

Awards

54th Berlin Film Festival, Golden Bear Award

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International Award-Winning Turkish Films: Çoğunluk

2010, Drama

The majority managed to get full marks from me with its subject and style! Seren Yüce’s first feature film, Majorluk, also has its own script. In the cast of the movie; Names such as Bartu Küçükçağlayan, Settar Tanrıöğen, Esme Madra and Nihal Koldaş take part. Film; Based on the life of a young person who is overwhelmed by social pressure, it deals with discrimination in society.

If you are interested in productions that interpret the theme of discrimination between people from a different perspective, you will love this movie!

Those who love this movie; She also enjoys watching the films Zenne, Ahlat Tree, A Season in Hakkari.

Awards

67th Venice Film Festival, Lion of the Future Award

Mumbai Film Festival, Best Film Award

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