Esra Saydam

Filmmaker

An old woman is disturbed by the loud noise that a new tenant is causing above her apartment. She confronts him, leading to unexpected results.

The New Tenant

Mrs. Woodman needs more care than her husband with quadriplegia. This is why, at a night of chaos, she will make his caregiver 'serve' her.

Caregiver

A curious teenager, Selin is playing table tennis alone in an empty private high school waiting for her dad, the school principal. The next thing she knows is that she is in a men-dominated working-class coffee shop with her table tennis racket. And she is not alone because her platonic love, Cem works there as the 'tea boy.

Glue

A man tries to get back to his girlfriend but all is not what it seems to be.

Hands Folded

The loss of glasses Can it cause an identity crisis, alienation or even depression for a Colombian immigrant? In this surreal story, a man without his glasses will swing between his dreams and reality and his identity will become blurry.

Without Glasses

A man follows a woman on a road trip with no map, a stranger and the possibility of some whales.

Whales/Man

Driven to the point of committing suicide after the loss of her girlfriend, a grieving artist attends an unexpected rendezvous.

Rendezvous

Öte is a Turkish word that means beyond. Lela, a Black woman, backpacking across Turkey connects with locals more deeply than she expected and finds herself drawn to stay.

Öte

The lives of Istanbul's richest and most powerful families. Their maids, who are exposed to the secrets, mysteries and crimes hidden behind the closed doors of these houses, often become a part of them.

Kirli Sepeti

After years of marriage, a rural woman is fearful of losing her husband's affection. Based on the short story by Cidinha Da Silva of the same. Da Silva is a prose writer, essayist and author. She has written 17 books, including the short story collection, "Um Exu em Nova York" (An Eshu in New York), which won Brazil's National Library Award in 2019.

Full Moon

Adapted from the short story written by Brenda Peynado (The Rock Eaters), Yaiza is the titular granddaughter of a housekeeper who strikes a tennis-court friendship with the daughter of the employer (Sara).

Yaiza

The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff was a difficult (some would say impossible) person but was also the man who kicked art films into the mainstream with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster.

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.

I'm No Longer Here

Geetha finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon, but things turn messy over blood stains her pristine couch.

A Period Piece

In depth interviews with the most exciting new voices in film.

Stage 5

Two old friends reunite, which causes complications.

Bernard and Huey

Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record every moment of this journey of discovery and self-discovery. But the real journey is just about to begin.

Onun Filmi

Ayesha

A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.

Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

A teenage boy goes missing in a snowy village. A man and a woman search for him.

Dancer on the Snow

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Rebel Music is a powerful new series that explores the lives of young people who are using art and music to ignite change around the world. Each episode highlights fearless youth who are fighting injustice with passion and creativity.

Rebel Music

Damla leaves Ayvalik for America 8 years ago to study at university. She is a successful business woman married to an American lawyer living in New York now. She is 6 months pregnant to her first child, but still does not feel herself ready to be a mother because of what she left in her past in Turkey.

Across the Sea

Two young couples in New York-one black and gay, one white and heterosexual-find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explore sexual identity, and redefine monogamy.

The Happy Sad

A beautiful, lonely vampire falls in love with a screenwriter and transforms him into one of the undead, but their budding romance is threatened by her vivacious, troublemaking sister.

Kiss of the Damned

In southwest Turkey, a Dutch woman helps save the lives of illegal immigrants but is forced to confront the unattended needs of those who love her.

Southwest

A lyrical portrait of 'Taco', a young urban cowboy struggling with the death of his best friend.

I Am John Wayne

Neuro-programmer Temma Baumgarten tries to complete a computational model of her own mind while her body succumbs to a degenerative disease.

Temma

After months of separation, John has ignored all attempts to divide his meager estate with Sheila. Bringing her lawyer as back-up, Sheila returns to John's shale pit to make one final push. When they arrive, John's only plan is to refuse Sheila what she's after.

Shale

Jose Aviles (23), a Guatemalan immigrant, knows that he needs to work hard to get the baby's crib. Despite his hard work as a day laborer and his friendly bond with his boss, Ralph, Jose has to face the fact that justice can sometimes be cast aside and the American dream can be put on hold.

Fair Lawn

The music knows it's summer and everyone is leaving, but someone's always left behind playing back the hits.