İstanbul 79

Poor(tr)

Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises and takes care of the girl like the baby's father.

Nefret(tr)

It tells the story of Kenan, an engineer who goes to a village in Anatolia to build a dam, and Zeliş. Kenan is part of a team building dams for villages that have run out of water. In the village he visits, he meets a young woman named Zeliş. On a rainy day, Zeliş cannot return home and stays at Kenan's house. Kenan returns to Istanbul a few months later. During this time, it is discovered that Zeliş is pregnant. Unable to endure the gossip and cruelty of the villagers, Zeliş flees the village. During this period, Çavuş supports her. Upon learning that the child has been born, Kenan comes to the village and takes the child. Zeliş believes that her child was stillborn. Years later, she sees a photo of Kenan with his son in the newspaper. She plans to kidnap Kenan's son to take revenge.

Feride(tr)

Gelincik(tr)

Fato, who has forgotten her humanity amid the pink artificiality and stench of a big city, comes to a quiet resort town to escape. Fato, a woman from wealthy circles whose life has been constantly directed by her powerful father and who is fleeing from a man she was forced to marry, runs freely along the beach with Alişan and his horse Gelincik. Fato soon meets Alişan, and a perfect relationship forms between them in every way. Just as Fato has found true happiness, her father reappears. For the beautiful woman who does not flinch in the face of threats from power, authority, and wealth, the time has come to choose between love and death...

Meçhul Kadın(tr)

The film tells the story of Nermin's struggle for life after being abandoned by her husband. Nermin is a famous singer who works in nightclubs. She and Orhan, the son of a wealthy family, fall in love. Orhan's mother opposes the marriage. Despite this, the couple marries and has a child. A few years later, Nermin's brother Ahmet, who was in prison, is released. Orhan catches Nermin meeting with her brother in secret in a hotel room. He believes that Nermin has cheated on him and leaves the country with their child. Following this separation, Nermin will embark on a difficult struggle for survival on her own.

Elveda Dostum(tr)

Dursun is an idealistic teacher. He has a happy family with his wife and son (Arkadaş). Despite being unemployed and penniless, he neither looks for work nor accepts any job. At the urging of his friends, he begins giving private lessons to a student. He starts to earn some money. The student's aunt, Sibel, is next in line for lessons, and she is attracted to Dursun, who reciprocates her feelings. This budding love cannot be hidden for long; it becomes public knowledge and makes headlines in the newspapers. The time has come to make a decision, but he refuses, returns home, yet his family, who knows everything, abandons him. He is shocked, regretful, and falls apart. While intoxicated, he is involved in an accident, and his condition is critical. Everyone is at his bedside in the hospital. They ask the doctor, "Will he survive?" The doctor replies, "He needs a reason to live." His friend hugs him and cries. Dursun opens his eyes and smiles.

Gün Ortasında Karanlık(tr)

The film tells the story of a mother who has lost her child. After losing her husband in a traffic accident, Güzin is left alone with her physically and mentally disabled son Sedat. She spends a long time looking for a caregiver to look after Sedat. All the caregivers she finds refuse to work because Sedat is disabled. Güzin locks Sedat in his room and leaves him alone at home while she goes to work. However, one day when she is called to the hospital for an emergency, she forgets to lock the door. When she returns, she finds her son’s lifeless body. All investigations determine that the death was the result of negligence. Therefore, Güzin is found guilty. However, Güzin, who does not believe the verdict, begins searching for her son’s killer.

Evlat(tr)

The film tells the story of a woman who is forced to choose between love and gratitude. Şeref has been longing for a child for years. However, he loses his wife and child during childbirth. On the same day, he is involved in an accident. He will never be able to become a father again. He tries to compensate for his loss by helping those around him. He also plays a key role in Yusuf and Ayşe's engagement. Yusuf sets off with his team to a mine in the mountains for a research project. The wedding is to take place upon his return. Ayşe, who is waiting for Yusuf to return from the mountains, is shaken by great sorrow. Her fiancé and his team have been buried under an avalanche. Fate has taken an unexpected turn for them.

Is It My Fault?(tr)

After returning home, Haluk, who has lived abroad for years, begins to tutor sixteen-year-old Ümran and tells her a story from years ago. Ümran thinks that it is a story about something else, but the story concerns her closely.

Kadifeden Kesesi(tr)

Tells the story of three brothers who are commissioned by their father to buy a race horse. The father thinks that his sons are studying in Istanbul, but they are in fact musicians.

Köşe Kapmaca(tr)

A comedy about a group of friends who, after committing a jewelry heist, get caught by a mafia boss and struggle to get their jewelry back.

Korkusuz Aşıklar(tr)

A love story between the children of two feuding families.

Kınalı Hanzo(tr)

The story of a villager who comes to the city to earn money for a dowry, and a girl he meets...

Eksik Etek(tr)

It tells the story of a man who wants to win back his wife, who has lost her memory. Nusret is a middle-class civil servant working for a company. He lives a quiet life with his wife Nebahat. One day, Nebahat is involved in a traffic accident. After the accident, she lies unconscious in the hospital for several days. During this time, Nusret, unable to get any news about his wife, becomes worried. After a while, he learns that his wife is in the hospital. However, Nebahat has lost her memory after the accident. Therefore, when she wakes up, she escapes from the hospital. While escaping from the hospital, Nebahat encounters Necla, who hits her. Necla takes Nebahat with her. After losing her memory, Nebahat becomes a completely different person and becomes a famous singer thanks to Necla. Nusret, on the other hand, will have to take on a new persona in order to win back his wife.

Dertler Benim Olsun(tr)

The film is about a man taking revenge on another man who took the woman he loved away from him. Sebahattin and Ayşe, who love each other, live in the same neighborhood. However, while Ayşe is the daughter of a wealthy family, Sebahattin does not yet have a job. In order to get married, Sebahattin starts a business and begins working. Once his business is up and running, he asks Ayşe's father for her hand in marriage. However, Ayşe's father intends to marry her off to Atilla, the son of a wealthy family. Ayşe opposes her father's decision. She agrees with Sebahattin and decides to run away from home. Unfortunately, Atilla forces himself on Ayşe to prevent her from leaving. Ayşe is soon forced to marry Atilla. Sebahattin will seek revenge on Atilla for taking the woman he loves away from him.

Akrep Yuvası(tr)

The film is about a cop and a hitman meeting up. Kemal is a cop. He stops the mafia in Istanbul from doing stuff like drug dealing and smuggling. The mafia boss Abbas has to get rid of Kemal because the big boss, Grandpa, told him to. He makes a deal with Kadırgalı Tahir, an ex-con. Kadırgalı Tahir just got out of jail. Though he wants to leave his criminal ways behind, he agrees to kill Kemal to provide his son with a better life. When Kadırgalı Tahir and Kemal face off, they will confront the dark parts of their pasts.

Hazreti Ömer'in Adaleti(tr)

The film tells the story of Hz. Ömer, who strove to establish justice throughout his caliphate. During the years when Islam was spreading in Mecca, the pagan Quraish tribe still worshipped idols. The leader of the tribe, Abu Jahl, saw Islam as a threat to his own beliefs. Abu Jahl decides to have Muhammad killed in order to prevent the spread of Islam. He assigns Umar, the son of Hattab, to carry out this task. However, while Umar is preparing to kill Muhammad, he learns that his brother and brother-in-law have become Muslims. Upon reading the Quran, Umar also converts to Islam shortly thereafter. He begins to fight against Abu Jahl and the Quraysh tribe. After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, Umar, who became the caliph, will strive to establish justice in the country's administration.

Alone in the Rain(ja)

Yoko Takahashi's directorial debut.

Silk and Ashes(fr)

The tender and supporting relationship between a young woman and her gay husband, in WW2.

Alexandre(fr)

Three years ago Ariane left Antoine, sending him a postcard announcing her departure for the mountains with a certain Alexandre. After a long journey abroad, Antoine returns to the site of his former relationship, where he meets Alfred, recently abandoned by Ariane.

Where the Red Fern Grows(en)

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

Greyfriars Bobby(en)

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.

Roll Bounce(en)

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.

Heidi(en)

Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying young goatherd Peter. Grandpa refuses to send her to school in the city, but aunt Detie returns and forces him to give in. She's sent to a posh lady in Frankfurt, where she'll be a companion for crippled daughter Clara after school hours.

Christmas Cottage(en)

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.

Departure(en)

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

Foster(en)

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep.

I Believe(en)

A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

Heart of the Country(en)

With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried emotions of sudden death of Faith’s mother years ago, and learn to be a family again.

The Stray(en)

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.

Skater Girl(en)

Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.

The Longshots(en)

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

The Fugitive Kind(en)

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Love Don't Co$t a Thing(en)

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins(en)

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Remember(en)

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

Moondance Alexander(en)

Curiously named teen Moondance Alexander lives with her eccentric mother, and is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers. Although Moondance returns the horse to his rightful owner, the gruff and mysterious Dante Longpre, she is convinced that Checkers is a champion jumper in disguise and is determined to help him realize his full potential.

Love in 39 Degrees(tr)

Fatih and Kumru, a lawyer from different cities, team up for a case involving a cheating spouse. They spend 8 hours racing around Izmir gathering evidence, unexpectedly altering their plans and lives.

Ashes in the Snow(en)

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.

On the Edge(en)

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.