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Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

In bustling Istanbul, Salih and Ayşe's world teeters on the edge with their mute son. Salih's job loss throws them into turmoil. In a bold twist, Ayşe secretly takes the helm of their motorcycle taxi, Rosinante, under Salih's guise. As they weave through the city's vibrant chaos, seeking a new, affordable haven, their journey takes a dramatic turn when Rosinante vanishes, catapulting them into a thrilling, unknown chapter of survival and discovery.

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

A girl, troubled by thoughts of her future, fades into the overwhelming darkness of nighttime Istanbul

Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.

This documentary discusses how LGBTIQA+ people experience the streets and nightlife of Istanbul in terms of a safe space through the unique, yet common experiences of queers from different backgrounds, and focuses especially on nightlife and the issue of safe space there, which is a very critical area for queers to exist as they are.

Döngü

Hano of Old Balat wakes up in New Balat. Startled by the transformation, her journey to locate raki—on which she meets many a local and good samaritan—ensues.

Someone born in the 1990s, who never actually lived in 1990s Istanbul, can only long for what they’ve seen in old videos. But how do you yearn for moments you never experienced... or why do you? In this nostalgic Istanbul we don’t remember, a digital passage unfolds from the European side to the Asian side, told only through the footage recorded on the cameras of those who once lived it.

Ses: İstanbul

Unwilling to process a near-fatal car accident, an overworked director arrives late to the set of his horror film to find that most of the crew has left. Determined to complete the film, he and the remaining crew find out that his trauma from the accident refuses to let him go that easily.

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

Türkan works as a dancer in a nightclub at night to pay for her sister Sibel's education. However, Sibel's dream is to finish school as soon as possible and get rich the easy way. Türkan begins a romantic relationship with Ahmet, a driver who frequently visits the nightclub. Soon after, they decide to get married. However, Türkan does not want to marry Ahmet right away. Ahmet, who can no longer accept Türkan's work as a dancer, leaves her. Türkan quits dancing and starts working as a sales assistant. Cevdet Bey, a businessman who is a customer at the store where she works, proposes to Türkan. Ahmet, who sees Türkan and Cevdet together, tries to prevent their relationship. While Türkan is making marriage plans, she learns that Cevdet has also deceived her sister Sibel with a marriage promise. Türkan will try to save her sister from Cevdet's trap.

Na-young is a Korean-American college student. Staying with her uncle in Korea, Na-young is forced to learn Korean dances, Korean traditional songs, and sewing from her aunt. Unable to bear it any longer, Na-young leaves her uncle's home. In a music salon, she meets Hyung-rok and his band. Hyung-rok is a singer and a college student. Na-young learns of love and friendship from them. When the music salon is closed down, Hyung-rok and his band decide to enter the college song contest to reopen the salon. Despite old instruments and hunger, the band wins the contest with Na-young's help. Na-young learns of how precious her home country is through Hyung-rok and his band. She asks her uncle to build a fancy music salon. Leaving behind love and friendship, Na-young returns to America.

Li-hwa graduates college and becomes a reporter. On a rainy day, she remembers an old boyfriend, Suk-gi. She goes to Eroika to look for him. Instead, Li-hwa meets Suk-gi's friend, Su-hwan, and she falls in love with him. On the other hand, while on a story, Li-hwa meets Kwang-jun who is a night teacher. She is drawn to his sincere humanity. As time passes, Kwang-jun comes to know Li-hwa's feelings. Together, they help children and offer guidance to prostitutes. Kwang-jun and Li-hwa have true love for each other but they part when Kwang-jun's non-permitted building is demolished. Hyun-wu ended up as a mental patient from the shock he received from his mother's scandalous behavior. He meets Li-hwa and receives her devoted care. Finally, Hyun-wu recovers completely and the two confirm their love. And the next day, Hyun-wu returns to society as a healthy man.

I Stand Up Every Day

Ju-Ri nicknamed as Kkaesokeum and Kong-Ju nicknamed as Okttolmae are close friends and popular figures in their school. There are various happenings such as pleasant fighting with the principal, pretty quarrel with the teacher in charge, teasing with a small male student Seulki, fresh love with Sam-Su, matchmaking of sister and art teacher. One day, the two tomboys quarrel with for trivial things and estranged from each other. When Okttolmae does not appear on the day of school beginning, Kkaesokeum regrets her faults and begins to look for Okttolmae with other friends. They find that Okttolmae quit the school and sell the eggs for domestic circumstance. Thus they begin to help Okttolmae and stir up egg troubles.

A painter and a novelist share an abandoned apartment building. The painter takes in 99 stray dogs as the subjects of his next work but, as he does not have enough resources to feed them, the dogs turn feral. Meanwhile, the novelist begins to have an uneasy dread about what will happen when the painter's latest work is complete

An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.