33rd International Adana Golden Boll (Altın Koza) Film Festival | Films and Awards

Twelve films are featured in the National Feature Film Competition of the International Antalya Golden Orange (Altın Portakal) Film Festival—

Turkey’s longest-running film festival—took place from October 24 to 31, 2026. At the Golden Orange, films compete for the Best Film award... Awards will be presented in the following categories: the Avni Tolunay Special Jury Award, the Behlül Dal Best Debut Film Award, Best Director, the Cahide Sonku Award, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Documentary Film, the Documentary Film Special Jury Award, Best Short Film, the Short Film Special Jury Award, the Sungu Çapan Critics’ Jury Award for Best Domestic Film, and the Film-Yön (Film Directors’ Association) Best Director Award. All films in the national selections had their Turkish premieres at the Golden Orange Film Festival.

This year, the festival provided significant support to cinema with a total prize pool of 11 million TL, including a 5 million TL award for the Best Film in the National Feature Film Competition. Derviş Zaim will serve as the Jury President for the National Feature Film Competition at the Golden Orange.

12 films that competed in the National Feature Film Competition

The preliminary jury for the National Feature Film Competition—comprising production and post-production technician Ahmet Seyrekbasan, producer Derya Tarım, and academic Prof. Dr. Zeynep Çetin Erus—has selected films that contribute to cinematic culture and stand out for their original storytelling and artistic approach. Every film in the selection will have its Turkish premiere, with 8 of these films making their world premieres in Antalya. In the National Feature Film Competition, the following films will compete for the Golden Orange: *Artakalan* (directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu), *Bekle Bizi Brüksel* (directed by Necmi Sancak), *Bir Anne Hakkında* (directed by Büşra Bülbül), *Cinlerin Düğünü* (directed by Ferit Karahan), *Düğün Şarkıcısı* (directed by Emre Aybek), *Elisa* (directed by Sinan Sertel), *Hakikatin Ölümü* (directed by Hüseyin Karabey), *Kadim Mavi* (directed by Emir Ziyalar), *Ölü Arının İğnesi* (directed by Aydın Orak), *Selma* (directed by Emre Kavuk), *Taş ve Tüy* (directed by Ragıp Türk), and *Tatlı Maya* (directed by Biket İlhan).

Films competing in and receiving awards at the National Feature Film Competition of the 33rd International Adana Golden Boll (Altın Koza) Film Festival:

National Feature Film Competition Entries

* Alone Together (Director: Ali Vatansever) — Winner of the Best Film Award

* Daylight (Director: Banu Sıvacı)

* Monster (Director: Tunç Şahin)

* Expectation (Director: Ali Özel)

* Fashion Marriage (Director: Miraç Atabey)

* French Fries (Director: Sinan Biçici)

* Existence (Director: Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar)

* Whistling in the Dark (Director: Pınar Yorgancıoğlu)

* Mutter (Director: Alphan Eşeli)

* Dead Dogs Don’t Bite (Nuri Cihan Özdoğan)

Major Awards

* Best Film: Alone Together (Ali Vatansever)

* Best Actress: Hazar Ergüçlü

* Best Actor: Fatih Al (Alone Together)

The National Feature Film Competition of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

The films competing for the "Golden Orange" (Altın Portakal) at the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival have been announced across the following categories: National Feature Film, National Short Film, National Documentary Film, and International Feature Film.

The National Feature Film Competition of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival—Turkey’s longest-running film festival, set to take place from October 24 to 31, 2026—will feature 12 films. At the Golden Orange, films will compete for awards in the following categories: Best Film, Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury Award, Behlül Dal Best Debut Film Award, Best Director, Cahide Sonku Award, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Documentary Film, Documentary Film Special Jury Award, Best Short Film, Short Film Special Jury Award, the Sungu Çapan Critics’ Jury Award for Best Domestic Film, and the Film-Yön Best Director Award. All films in the national selections will have their Turkish premieres at the Golden Orange.

Offering significant support to cinema with a total prize pool of 11 million TL this year, the festival has set the award for Best Film in the National Feature Film Competition at 5 million TL. Derviş Zaim will serve as the jury president for the National Feature Film Competition at the Golden Orange. 12 Films to Compete in the National Feature Film Competition

The National Feature Film Competition—with a preliminary jury comprising production manager and post-production technician Ahmet Seyrekbasan, producer Derya Tarım, and academic Prof. Dr. Zeynep Çetin Erus—will feature films that contribute to cinematic culture and stand out for their original storytelling and artistic approach. Every film in the selection will have its Turkish premiere, with 8 of these films making their world premiere in Antalya.

The films competing for the Golden Orange in the National Feature Film Competition are: *Artakalan* (directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu), *Bekle Bizi Brüksel* (directed by Necmi Sancak), *Bir Anne Hakkında* (directed by Büşra Bülbül), *Cinlerin Düğünü* (directed by Ferit Karahan), *Düğün Şarkıcısı* (directed by Emre Aybek), *Elisa* (directed by Sinan Sertel), *Hakikatin Ölümü* (directed by Hüseyin Karabey), *Kadim Mavi* (directed by Emir Ziyalar), *Ölü Arının İğnesi* (directed by Aydın Orak), *Selma* (directed by Emre Kavuk), *Taş ve Tüy* (directed by Ragıp Türk), and *Tatlı Maya* (directed by Biket İlhan).

THE NATIONAL FILMS

Bir Anne Hakkında

Türkçe: Bir Anne Hakkında • English: About The Mother

Directed By: Büşra Bülbül

 Year:2026

Length:84'

Country: Türkiye

Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Büşra Bülbül

Screenplay:

Büşra Bülbül, Bekir Bülbül

Production Company:

Mayıs Film

Cinematography by:

Kürşat Üresin

Edied by:

Naim Kanat

Art Directed by:

Natali Yeres

Mucic:

-

Sound Design:

Sedat Polat

Cast:

Sevda Erginci

Duygu Köse

Ümran Şakır

Osman Doğan

Ecmel İs Ergür

Ahmet Çelik

Synopsis:

Sibel’s husband is hospitalized with liver failure and waits for an organ transplant. As time runs out, Sibel searches for a donor on her own. Her husband’s brother Osman is a suitable match, but past conflicts, his health problems, and his wife’s opposition stand in the way. To pay off Osman’s debts, Sibel sells milk on the streets. As her husband’s condition worsens, she begins Languageuting the milk with water to earn more, crossing a moral line in her struggle to save him.

Director Bio and View:

Büşra Bülbül is a director, screenwriter, and producer. Throughout her career, she has worked as a screenwriter and producer on short and feature films. She co-wrote and produced My Little Words (2018) and A Bunch of Cloves (2022). Her short film Bleach (2020), which she wrote and directed, had its world premiere at the 40th Istanbul Film Festival and was screened and awarded at several national and international festivals. Her feature directorial debut, About the Mother (2026), received the TRT 12 Punto Co-Production Award during its development. The film had its world premiere in the Asian New Talent Competition at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival.

 

Cinlerin Düğünü

Türkçe: Cinlerin Düğünü • English: Djinn Wedding

 

Directed By: Ferit Karahan

 Year:2026

Length:132'

Country: United Kingdom

Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Ferit Karahan

Screenplay:

Ferit Karahan

Production Company:

Ferit Karahan, Arya Yapım, Maya Film, Royal Pictures

Cinematography by:

Serdar Özdemir

Edited by:

Ferit Karahan, Marco Spoletini, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Yusuf Ziya Kaya, Mustafa Umut Ay

Art Direction by:

Selin Girgin

Music by:

İlke Ulaş Kuvanç

Sound Design:

Noyan Coşarer

Cast:

Demet Özdemir

Kaan Yıldırım

Helin Kandemir

İlhan Şen

Sarp Bozkurt

Tuba Ünsal

Deniz Barut

Mine Çayıroğlu

Hasibe Eren

Evliya Aykan

Erol Babaoğlu

Kubilay Çamlıdağ

Baki Davrak

Gürhan Altundaşar

Barış Hacıhan

Hakan Salınmış

Synopsis:

When four estranged siblings reunite in their remote Anatolian village for their sister’s wedding, long-buried memories begin to resurface. As the celebrations unfold, two of them are drawn back into the unbreakable bond they once shared. Family secrets slowly come to light, leading them on a journey through grief and the invisible ties between generations.

Director Bio and View:

Ferit Karahan is a Kurdish filmmaker from Eastern Anatolia whose work explores the intersections of violence, social isolation, and the unseen within the shadowy landscapes of memory. His debut feature, The Fall from Heaven (2013), won Best Film at the Antalya Film Festival and Best First Film at the Ankara Film Festival. His second feature, Brother’s Keeper (2021), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the FIPRESCI Award. The film went on to win more than 40 international awards and screened at over 200 festivals worldwide, including the BFI London Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, and Chicago International Film Festival. Karahan’s films are deeply rooted in the landscapes and oral traditions of Eastern Anatolia, combining stark realism with subjective memory, folklore, and political undercurrents. His latest feature, Djinn Wedding (2026), was selected for the Platform Competition at the Toronto International Film Festival.

 

DÜĞÜN ŞARKICISI

Türkçe: DÜĞÜN ŞARKICISI • English: THE WEDDING SINGER

 Directed By: Emre Aybek Year:2026 Length:91' Country: Türkiye

Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Emre Aybek

Screenplay:

Erdi Işık

Production Company:

Rodi Medya, Saros Film

Cinematography by:

Sebastian Weber

Edited by:

Aziz İmamoğlu

Art Direction by:

Onur Tuğ

Music by:

Cem Tuncer, Barış Doğukan Yazıcı

Sound Design:

-

Cast:

Yasemin Sakallıoğlu

Yiğit Özşener

Tuğba Çom

Şahin Eryılmaz

Hande Doğandemir

Mehmet Korhan Fırat

Selen Uçer

Levent Öktem

Synopsis:

In 2001, young jazz singer Şahnaz comes to Istanbul from Ankara, dreaming of a life in music. Discovered by venue owner Muzaffer, she becomes the lead singer of Urban Jazz Bar. As Istanbul and the country change, she faces loss, heartbreak, economic hardship, and the pandemic. When the bar becomes a wedding hall, she leaves, but eventually returns. What she first sees as defeat becomes a new beginning, as she discovers that weddings are also stages where people share their joy, pain, and hope.

Director Bio and View:

Emre Aybek is a Turkish independent director. After graduating from Izmir American Collegiate Institute, he studied Film Design at Yaşar University in Izmir. He began his professional career as an assistant director on Köksüz (2013). He subsequently worked on productions including Tatar Ramazan (2013), Unutursam Fısılda (2014), Kara Para Aşk (2014-2015), Nadide Hayat (2015), Kehribar (2016), Benim Adım Feridun (2016), Vatanım Sensin (2017-2018), and Aşk 101 (2020). He worked as a second-unit director on Ottoman Rising (2020), and his directing credits include Hekimoğlu (2020-2021), Tetikçinin Oğlu (2023), and Uzak Şehir (2024). The Wedding Singer (2026) is his first feature film.

 

ELİSA

Türkçe: ELİSA • English: ELISA Directed By: Sinan Sertel Year:2025 Length:95' Country: Türkiye

Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Sinan Sertel

Screenplay:

Selman Kılıçaslan, Sinan Sertel

Production Company:

Sancak Medya Yapım

Cinematography by:

Cevahir Şahin

Edited by:

Naim Kanat

Art Direction by:

Reyhan Acar

Music by:

Ali Saran

Sound Design:

Cenker Kökten

Cast:

Ekin Türkmen

Ulvi Kahyaoğlu

Berfu Öngören

Sabahattin Yakut

Cemil Büyükdöğerli

Serkan Altıntaş

Defne Doğar

Mehmet Çepiç

Synopsis:

Nuclear war and the disasters that followed brought the world to ruin. Born of that chaos, Solisvita built the sheltered Kalekents and developed Geneterna, a treatment granting genetic immunity. To find the rare ore needed to spread it, seven people are placed in a cave with 180 days of water. As the water runs out, contact is lost. A radiation-sick Gypsy found unconscious at the door with a clarinet, and an ancient chapel deep in the cave, turn the search into a trial that lays every soul bare.

Director Bio and View:

Born in 1981, Sinan Sertel graduated from Istanbul Technical University before studying filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He has written and directed four short films and two feature films. His first short film, No Signal (2010), premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. His debut feature, Once Upon a Child (2018), won Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the Iranian International FICTS Festival. His second feature, The Hero Within Me (2021), competed at the Adana, Malatya, and Bosphorus international film festivals, receiving several awards, including Best Director, Best Music, and Best Editing. Continuing his theoretical and practical work in cinema, Sertel wrote and directed his third feature film, Elisa.

Hakikatin Ölümü

Türkçe: Hakikatin Ölümü • English: Death Of Truth Directed By: Hüseyin Karabey Year:2026 Length:100' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Hüseyin Karabey

Screenplay:

Hüseyin Karabey

Production Company:

Asi Film Yapım

Cinematography by:

Orçun Özkılıç

Edited by:

İsmet Araç

Art Direction by:

Çağlar Narler

Music by:

Özgür Zoral

Sound Design:

Kerem Işık

Cast:

Mert Fırat

Mehmet Günsür

Yağmur Elif Seber

Ümit Çırak

Emre Yıldızlar

Synopsis:

Feridun’s quiet life changes when Timuçin, his old friend, suddenly shows up for a showdown. Timuçin suffers a pang of conscience because of the murders he committed in the past and he considers turning himself in. Feridun wants to prevent him from turning himself in, which, as a matter of fact, is necessary for his own freedom. The past and relationships begin to be questioned behind the locked door of Feridun’s house, which is his entire world.

Director Bio and View:

Born in Istanbul in 1970, Hüseyin Karabey graduated from Pertevniyal High School before studying Film and Television at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Marmara University. He began his career working in both documentary and fiction filmmaking. His short films, feature films, and documentaries have received numerous international awards. His debut feature, Gitmek (My Marlon and Brando), premiered at the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam. He received the Best Director Award at the 6th Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film screened at 36 international film festivals and won numerous awards. His second feature, Sesime Gel (Come to My Voice), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and received several awards, including Best Film and Audience Awards at festivals in Istanbul, Milan, and Mar del Plata. His project Hamarat Apartmanı has also received awards during screenplay development. Karabey has directed five feature films, seven documentaries, and three short films. His film İçerdekiler (Insiders) won Best Screenplay at the Dhaka International Film Festival. He has taught filmmaking at independent cultural centers, Marmara University, and international workshops. He has worked with refugee children in London, young people in São Paulo, and minority communities in Greece. He studied script consultancy at The Script Factory in London.

Kadim Mavi

Türkçe: Kadim Mavi • English: Ancient BlueDirected By: Emir Ziyalar Year:2026 Length:80' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Emir Ziyalar

Screenplay:

Emir Ziyalar, Doruk Kumkumoğlu

Production Company:

Inter Medya

Cinematography by:

Murat Emkuzhev

Edited by:

Emir Ziyalar, Jérôme Pesnel

Art Direction by:

Natali Yeres

Music by:

Can Kuman

Sound Design:

Can Kuman

Cast:

Tülin Özen

Umut Aksoy

Öykü Su Okur

Barış Kolik

Bilgi Nur Aydoğmuş

Yaşar Karakulak

Synopsis:

After his boat is seized for debt, Kenan, a lonely fisherman, sails into a deadly storm. Two months later, he washes ashore, alive but without any recollection of his absence. As the town watches his return with suspicion, Kenan questions his reality: he is haunted by Menodora—a woman from an ancient time—and the heavy echoes of other lives lost. Confronted with a long-buried trauma—the day he drowned his brother—Kenan must answer to the sea and break the cycle of sin that has cursed the land.

Director Bio and View:

Born in April 1993, Emir Ziyalar is an Istanbul-based director and screenwriter. A graduate of Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Bilgi University, he completed his postgraduate studies in Directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). Drawing inspiration from expressionist and surrealist traditions, Ziyalar embraces auteur theory in his approach to cinema. He frames uncanny atmospheres through intuitive narratives in which reality loses its sense of absoluteness.

 

ÖLÜ ARININ İĞNESİ

Türkçe: ÖLÜ ARININ İĞNESİ • English: DEAD BEE STING Directed By: Aydın Orak  Year:2026 Length:100' Country: Serbia, United Kingdom

Directed By

Aydın Orak

Screenplay:

Aydın Orak

Production Company:

ORAK FILM

Cinematography by:

Refik Çakar

Edited by:

Macit Panahi

Art Direction by:

Kenan Çelik

Music by:

Hünkar

Sound Design:

Vahid Moghadasi

Cast:

Cansel Elçin

Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat

Nilüfer Açıkalın

Tim Seyfi

Pelin Batu

Ali Congun

Görkem Yeltan

Emre Aslan

Mehmet Çepiç

Mustafa Çavuş

Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Synopsis:

A tragic drama centered on Yusuf, a lawyer whose life shatters after his two-month-old baby dies due to his own accidental medication error. While Yusuf is consumed by overwhelming guilt and the belief that he is beyond forgiveness, his wife, Ayse, sinks into a profound, silent depression. The film utilizes the powerful metaphor of a "dead bee sting" to represent the lingering, painful trauma of their loss.

Director Bio and View:

Aydın Orak was born in 1982. He completed a two-year program in Theatre Directing at the Performing Arts Center. He has translated plays by writers including Gogol, Ibsen, Yaşar Kemal, and Haşmet Zeybek, and attended Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of Performing Arts and Performance. His feature Moses Without Rod, which he wrote and directed, was released in Turkish cinemas in 2014 and screened at numerous national and international film festivals. Orak has served on juries at the Alexandria, Adana, and Antakya film festivals. He received the Best Actor of the Year Award from the Direklerarası Theatre Awards and has published six books covering poetry, translation, short fiction, and research. His projects Time of Impatience and Dead Bee Sting received four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival's Film Forum, including Best Project twice. His films have represented Türkiye at festivals in Warsaw, Glasgow, and Sofia. He lives in Istanbul.

 

SELMA

Türkçe: SELMA • English: SELMA Directed By: Emre Kavuk  Year:2026 Length:85' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Emre Kavuk

Screenplay:

Mehmet Kavuk, Ferat Emen, Emre Kavuk

Production Company:

Kavuk Film

Cinematography by:

Türksoy Gölebeyi

Edited by:

Naim Kanat

Art Direction by:

Selin Girgin

Music by:

Okan Kaya

Sound Design:

Serdar Ağırlı

Cast:

Sumru Yavrucuk

Şifanur Gül

Nilsu Yılmaz

Öykü Güven

Synopsis:

Desperate acting student Neslihan joins her influencer friends to livestream Selma, a vulnerable Alzheimer’s patient, exploiting her for quick money. As views skyrocket, the isolated house reveals terrifying secrets. Trapped in a deadly Dark Web broadcast, the girls realize they aren't the predators. Is the fragile old woman truly a victim? Neslihan now faces a twisted choice: remain a penniless failure, or murder her friend for 1 Million TL and the viral fame she always craved.

Director Bio and View:

Born in İskenderun in 1983, Emre Kavuk graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television in 2009. His debut feature film, To Better Days (2011), won Best Screenplay and Best Film at the 48th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and was selected for the International Panorama section of the Shanghai International Film Festival. Continuing his career as a director and screenwriter, his feature filmography includes Digital Bondage (2020), Love Comes If You Call (2020), Waves and Traces (2021), and A Better Tomorrow (2024).

TATLI MAYA

Türkçe: TATLI MAYA • English: BREAD OF HOPE Directed By: Biket İlhan Year:2026 Length:91' Country: Greece Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Biket İlhan

Screenplay:

Nihan Belgin, Nazlı Pınar Ünlü

Production Company:

Sinevizyon Film

Cinematography by:

Refik Çakar

Edited by:

Macit Panahi

Art Direction by:

Natali Yeres

Music by:

Yalçın Akyıldız

Sound Design:

Kostas Fylaktidis

Cast:

Ayça Bingöl

Cansu Tosun

Suna Yıldızoğlu

Emre Altuğ

Erdem Kaynarca

Gökberk Yıldırım

Erdem Ergüney

Fatih Serdar Yılmaz

Synopsis:

Nazan lives alone, running a small-town bakery in silence and routine. One day Rana, a heavily pregnant Syrian woman with nowhere to go, arrives at her door. Nazan takes her in, and Rana gives birth in the bakery with the help of Nazan and Maria. But the child’s arrival awakens the town’s prejudice. Sami, obsessed with Nazan, spreads rumors and has the bakery shut down. Meanwhile, a quiet love begins to grow between Rana and Ali, the town’s young municipal officer.

Director Bio and View:

Biket İlhan was born in Izmir, Türkiye. She graduated from the Department of English at Ankara Gazi University and worked as an English language teacher for thirteen years before transitioning into cinema. She began her film career in 1981 as an assistant director and went on to establish herself as a versatile filmmaker, directing feature films, documentaries, and television series. A significant number of her projects have been realized as international co-productions, reflecting her engagement with cross-cultural narratives and collaborations. Her work often explores themes of historical memory, social transformation, and human resilience, combining a strong sense of storytelling with a refined visual language.

Taş ve Tüy

Türkçe: Taş ve Tüy • English: Stone and Feather Directed By: Ragıp Türk  Year:2026 Length:83' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Ragıp Türk

Screenplay:

Ragıp Türk

Production Company:

RA Film

Cinematography by:

Emre Pekçakır

Edited by:

Naim Kanat

Art Direction by:

Levent Uçma

Music by:

Özge Arslan

Sound Design:

Noyan Coşarer

Cast:

Melda Tuzluca

Özgür Meriç

Duygu Aktoprak

Onur Gözeten

Tuğba Kürükoğlu

Emrah Özdemir

Synopsis:

Released from prison, Nazire lacks the steady job and home required by the care facility for her to regain custody of her son. Besides, the institution is considering placing Uğur with a wealthy foster family. With the help of her friends, Nazire devises a scheme to deceive the authorities by staging a fake home and a fake job. However, an unexpected tragedy on the day of the inspection ruins her plans . Despite all obstacles, Nazire refuses to give up on the arduous struggle to win back her son

Director Bio and View:

Born in Sivas, Türkiye, in 1983, Ragıp Türk graduated from Istanbul University's Department of Radio, Television and Cinema. His short films include A Butterfly's Suicide Temptations (2012), A Man Called Harun (2016), and Tor (2019). Tor received the Best Actress Award at the 9th Delhi International Short Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the 6th Marmaris Short Film Festival, the Second Best Film Award at the Kısadan Hisse Short Film Festival, and Best Screenplay at the Akbank Short Film Festival Forum. Türk lives in Istanbul and continues working in film production and directing. Stone and Feather (2026) is his debut feature film.

ARTAKALAN

Türkçe: ARTAKALAN • English: WHAT REMAINS Directed By: Yeşim Ustaoğlu  Year:2026

Length:130' Country: Bulgaria, France, Luxembourg Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Screenplay:

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Production Company:

Ustaoğlu Film Yapım

Cinematography by:

Kiril Prodanov

Edited by:

Mathilde Muyard

Art Direction by:

Görkem Canbolat

Music by:

Şevket Akıncı

Sound Design:

Bruno Tarriere, Aymeric Devoldere

Cast:

Öykü Karayel

Metin Akdülger

Ali Kayra Kul

İlyas Salman

Synopsis:

A poet breaks free from a life that has become suffocating to reconnect with her inner voice and conscience and allow her creativity to flow again. As she begins to question the conventions of family, identity and the meaning of life, her journey towards self-discovery challenges those around her to reconsider their own lives — taking the whole family in a new direction.

Director Bio and View:

Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Çaykara, Türkiye, 1960) won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2008 with Pandora’s Box. The film’s leading actress, Tsilla Chelton, shared the Silver Shell for Best Actress. Her film Journey to the Sun (1999) competed at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the Blue Angel Award. It also won Best Film, Best Director, the Audience Award, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Istanbul Film Festival. Her filmography includes The Trace (1994), Waiting for the Clouds (2003), Somewhere in Between (2012), which screened in the Orizzonti section at Venice, Clair Obscur (2016), and On the Dry Rock (2026), co-directed with Jasmin Selen Heinz.

Bekle Bizi Brüksel

Türkçe: Bekle Bizi Brüksel • English: Brussels, Here We Come Directed By: Necmi Sancak Year:2026 Length:108' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce

Directed By

Necmi Sancak

Screenplay:

Necmi Sancak

Production Company:

MaaraFilm

Cinematography by:

Meryem Yavuz

Edited by:

Necmi Sancak, Osman Bayraktaroğlu, Erkut Duygulu

Art Direction by:

Zeynep Koloğlu

Music by:

Bori, Mert Karakuş

Sound Design:

Yalın Özgencil

Cast:

Caner Cindoruk

Deniz Dumanlı

Hande Doğandemir

Uğur Uzunel

Deniz Işın

Cem Sürgit

Ali Seçkiner Alıcı

Hüseyin Avni Danyal

Tekin Ezgütekin

Orkuncan İzan

Emre Bulut

Menderes Samancılar

Can Bartu Arslan

Zihni Göktay

Synopsis:

On election day, two friends hijack a plane and plunge Türkiye into unexpected chaos. While television commentators turn the incident into a political crisis, local residents gathered in a coffeehouse face their own fears, anger, and prejudices fueled by the tension of the election atmosphere. Moving between the plane, the television studio, and the coffeehouse, the film explores how media manipulation, political polarization, and collective panic can transform an absurd incident into a national

Director Bio and View:

Necmi Sancak was born in Istanbul in 1990. He studied film at Santa Monica College and California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles. His debut feature, Ayşe, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival, where it received the Artistic Contribution Award. The film later won Best Director, Best First Film, Best Actress, and the Film-Yön Best Director Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, as well as Best Film at the Istanbul Film Festival. Brussels, Here We Come is his second feature film.

 

Jury | 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

At the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, the jury members for the National Feature Film Competition have been announced. Chaired by Derviş Zaim, the jury consists of “Aylin Zoi Tinel, Elif Demoğlu, Fatih Artman, Meryem Uzerli, Sırma Bradley, and Rahman Altın.”

The jury members for the National Feature Film Competition at the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Turkey’s longest-running film festival, set to take place October 24–31, 2026—have been announced.

The National Feature Film Competition whose preliminary jury consisted of post-production company manager, studio, and production coordinator Ahmet Seyrekbasan; producer Derya Tarım; and academic Prof. Dr. Zeynep Çetin Erus will feature the following films: “Artakalan,” “Wait for Us, Brussels,” About a Mother, The Wedding of the Jinn, The Wedding Singer, Elisa, The Death of Truth, Ancient Blue, The Dead Bee’s Stinger, Selma, Stone and Feather, and Sweet Yeast.”

Experienced Figures Will Judge the National Feature-Length Films at the Golden Orange

Writer, director, and producer Derviş Zaim, who will serve as the Chair of the National Feature Film Jury at the 63rd Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival, graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Boğaziçi University and went on to earn a master’s degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Warwick. He then completed the Master of Fine Arts in Film program at Maltepe University’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

To date, Derviş Zaim has directed 10 feature films and 2 documentaries, including “Tabutta Rövaşata” (1996), “Filler ve Çimen” (2000), “Cenneti Beklerken” (2006), “Nokta” (2008), and “Shadows and Images” (2010) a total of 18 awards at the Golden Orange Film Festival across five different festival years. In addition to the feature films “Tabutta Rövaşata”, “Filler ve Çimen”, “Çamur”, “Cenneti Beklerken”, “Nokta”, “Gölgeler ve Suretler”, “Devir”, “Balık”, “Rüya”, and “Flaşbellek”, Derviş Zaim also directed the documentaries “Paralel Yolculukla” and “Tavuri”.

Zaim’s film “Tabutta Rövaşata” won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 33rd Antalya Film Festival, while Ahmet Uğurlu was named Best Actor and Mustafa Preşeva received the Best Editing award for the film.  “Filler ve Çimen” received the Jury Special Prize, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Art Director, Best Supporting Actor, and the Ministry of Culture Award at the Antalya Film Festival. The film “Cenneti Beklerken” also won the Best Special Effects award at the Antalya Film Festival. Zaim’s film “Nokta” was also honored at the Antalya Film Festival with the Avni Tolunay Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Sound Design awards. “Shadows and Images” also won the SİYAD Critics’ Award and the Best Editing award at the Antalya Film Festival.

In addition to writing the screenplays for his films, Derviş Zaim also served as producer on most of them. Continuing his creative work in the field of literature as well as cinema, Zaim was awarded the 1994 Yunus Nadi Novel Award for his novel “Ares in Wonderland”. His second novel, “Rüyet,” was published in 2019. In addition to his work in film and literature, Derviş Zaim created the contemporary art installations “Berzah” in 2024 and “Ayna” in 2025.

Aylin Zoi Tinel, a film editor and jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, has edited and provided post-production consulting for “Propaganda,” “Commissioner Shakespeare,” and hundreds of other projects across various disciplines at Otopsi Studios, which she founded under Plato Film. While working as a freelancer, Tinel served as editor on “Crude,” which won the “Best Film” award at the LA Independent Film Festival, and also worked as an instructor during that time. She subsequently founded the company Sivil Editörler with fellow editors she had been collaborating with for a long time. Tinel, who has worked on numerous internationally award-winning projects including “Pacified,” produced by Darren Aronofsky, which won the “Golden Shell” at the San Sebastian Film Festival was honored with the Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award at the 18th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, and won Best Editing awards at the Golden Orange and Ankara Film Festivals for the films “Shadows and Images” and “Those on the Bridge.”

Elif Demoğlu, a jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, graduated in 2003 from the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at Marmara University’s Faculty of Communication. She has worked as a reporter, editor, and director at various production companies and television channels, and has made short films and documentaries. She worked at Suha Arın’s MTV Film Company and on the “32. Gün” program. During her doctoral studies, she studied as a visiting student at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK). She directed the mockumentary “Son Amazon” (2011), set in Hamburg and Samsun. The film was screened at national and international festivals and won the Audience Award. Demoğlu, author of the books “Between Dream and Reality: Mockumentary” and “Nordic Cinema”, has been serving as an associate professor in the Department of Cinema at the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University since 2006; he teaches courses on Scandinavian Cinema, Mockumentaries, and Contemporary Turkish Cinema. He is currently continuing production on his documentary film “Satmayrum”, which is supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Fatih Artman, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, graduated from the Acting Department of the Theater Division at Hacettepe University’s Ankara State Conservatory. During his theater career, he appeared in the plays “The Path of Dreams”, “The Grave-less Dead”, “As If We’d Met in This World”, and “May 35”. He continues to perform on stage today in the play “The Death of a Salesman”. In his television career, he has appeared in the projects “Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Police Story”, “Five Brothers”, “You Are My Homeland”, and “Call My Agent”. He has continued his career on digital platforms with productions such as “Bir Başkadır”, “Kuvvetli Bir Alkış”, “Azizler”, and “Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti”. In his film career, he has appeared in “Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm”, “Bana Masal Anlatma”, “Ekşi Elmalar”, “Tatlım Tatlım”, “Kırık Kalpler Bankası”, “Aşkın Gören Gözlere İhtiyacı Yok”, “Cingöz Recai”, “Aile Arasında”, “Cici”, and “Evcilik”. For his performance in “Love Needs No Eyes”, Artman was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 24th International Adana Film Festival.

Actress Meryem Uzerli, a jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, received her acting training at Schauspiel Studio Frese in Hamburg. Uzerli, who appeared in various television and theater projects in Germany early in her career, became widely recognized in Turkey for her portrayal of Hürrem Sultan in the TV series “Muhteşem Yüzyıl”, which began airing in 2011. The actress, whose performance garnered widespread acclaim, went on to star in the series “Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz”, “Gecenin Kraliçesi”, “RU”, and “Şakir Paşa Ailesi: Mucizeler ve Skandallar”. Uzerli’s film career includes “Annemin Yarası”, “Cingöz Recai: Bir Efsanenin Dönüşü”, “Öteki Taraf”, “Güzel Bir Rüya”, and “Kovan”. Most recently, she starred in “İmroz’da Bahar”, directed by Özcan Alper, in which she shared the lead role with Halit Ergenç. Meryem Uzerli, who continues her work in both Germany and Turkey, is advancing her career with her acting roles in productions across various genres.

Sırma Bradley, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, began her education at Moda Elementary School and Moda Private High School, then continued her studies at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and The Art Students League of New York. Since 1992, she has served as Art Director and Production Designer on hundreds of domestic and international projects, including feature films, television series, commercials, music videos, and stage productions. She also taught as an adjunct instructor at Yeditepe University for two years. His work has been recognized at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival; he received a nomination in 2004 and won the Best Art Director Award in 2013 for the film “A Holy Day.” In 2021, he was honored with the Cinema Achievement Award at the Malatya International Film Festival for his contributions to Turkish cinema.

Composer, songwriter, and producer Rahman Altın, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, studied opera at the Hacettepe University State Conservatory and served as a tenor with the Ankara State Opera and Ballet. Altın, the first Turkish musician invited to the joint film music workshop organized by ASCAP and 20th Century Fox, continues his work in Los Angeles and Istanbul as a BMI-affiliated composer. Having composed more than 5,000 pieces of music for film, television, advertising, and stage projects throughout his career, Altın has composed the scores for major productions such as “Vizontele Tuuba”, “Cenneti Beklerken”, and “Kelebeğin Rüyası”, and has won numerous awards. He won international awards, most notably the World Film Music Academy People’s Choice Award, for the symphonic score he composed for “Kelebeğin Rüyası”. Rahman Altın has also contributed to major projects in Hollywood, composing and producing trailer, teaser, and campaign music for NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, and DreamWorks. Lucasfilm licensed Altın’s music for the “Star Wars” Blu-ray campaign; the composer’s works were also used in campaigns for productions such as “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Iron Man 3”, “Man of Steel”, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Green Lantern”, “R.I.P.D.”, “The Pacific”, and “The Special Relationship”. Altın also created additional orchestral arrangements for DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” project.

The awards for the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will be announced at the awards ceremony to be held on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Rahman Altın, a jury member in the National Feature Film Competition of the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, will be unable to continue his duties due to a personal health issue. His position will be taken over by fellow renowned musician Gökhan Kırdar.

Rahman Altın, a musician serving on the jury of the National Feature Film Competition at the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, has stepped down due to a personal health issue. His place on the jury will be taken by another distinguished musician, Gökhan Kırdar.

As the festival team, we wish Rahman Altın a speedy recovery and hope to welcome him back at future festivals. We would also like to thank the accomplished musician Gökhan Kırdar for accepting the invitation to serve on the jury and support our festival, and wish him every success in his role.

GÖKHAN KIRDAR

Known for his work as a lyricist, composer, arranger, and producer, Gökhan Kırdar first came to prominence in 1991 with “Karanlığın Gizi,” a song for which he wrote both the lyrics and music, performed at the White Dove Song Contest. In the 1990s, he reached a wide audience with “Yerine Sevemem,” which became one of the unforgettable hits of Turkish pop music. His composition “Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar,” named after Atıf Yılmaz’s 1994 film of the same title, followed by his 1995 song “Tutunamadım,” left a distinctive mark, reflecting the musician’s mysterious, authentic, and dark musical sensibility.

Never abandoning his musical explorations, Kırdar experimented with the trip-hop genre for the first time in Türkiye with his 1997 album “Trip.” In the same year, he founded the music company Loopus and went on to compose the iconic soundtracks for some of Türkiye’s most-watched television series, including “Kurtlar Vadisi,” “Haziran Gecesi,” and “Yabancı Damat.” His albums “Ethnotronix,” released in 2002, and “Keyf/Pleasure,” released in 2004, featured compositions blending electronic, folk, country, and ethnic music. His 2005 album “Tüür – Yağmur Duası” became the first work in the world to combine Central Asian music therapy knowledge and instruments dating back to 10,000 BCE with electronic and rock music.

Kırdar released his album “Dem i Öz” in 2020. His composition “Cendere,” created for the television series “Kurtlar Vadisi,” was played by DJ Mahmut Orhan at the renowned Burning Man festival in 2024, gaining international recognition.

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33. Altin Koza |Turkish Films in Competition 2026

BEKLENTİ / EXPECTATION

2026 / 100 ’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Ali Özel

Senaryo/Screenplay: Ali Özel

Müzik / Music : Uğur Ateş

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Mikail Çifci

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Ahmet Yesevi Özel

Kurgu / Editing : Mahmut Aran, Ali Özel

Oyuncular /Cast : Ozan Dağara, Hakan Salınmış, Berk Öztürk, Duygu Şen, İsmail Küpeli, Nihal Koldaş, Süleyman Karaahmet, Mehmet Serdar Şafak, Enver Özel, Fatih Dinçer

Yapımcı / Producer : Ali Özel

Yapım / Production:  ReCinema

Özet/ Summary

Anadolu’nun ücra bir köyünde, bir kadın doktorun ölü bedeni köylüler arasında derin bir merak uyandırır. Sosyal baskı nedeniyle gördüğü tedaviyi itiraf edemeyen çoban, olayın baş şüphelisi haline gelmiştir. Bu sırada, tesadüfen huzur bulmak için köye gelen avukat için burası yavaş yavaş gerçekleri manipüle eden beklentilerin karanlığına dönüşür. Belki de kimsenin bakmaya cesaret edemediği bir yerde gizlenen gerçek budur.

In a remote village of Anatolia, the dead body of a female doctor creates a deep curiosity among the villagers. The shepherd who didn’t confess his treatment because of his social fear, becomes the main suspect of the incident. Meanwhile for the lawyer the village he visited coincidentally to find peace gradually turns into darkness of expectations which are manipulating the truth or maybe it’s the truth hiding somewhere closer no one dares to look.

Yönetmen / Director

1980 yılında Konya’da doğdu. Sinema ve televizyon sektöründe uzun yıllar görüntü yönetmeni olarak çalıştı. 2008 yılında uluslararası birçok festivalde yarışıp çeşitli ödüller kazanan Mommo -Kız Kardeşim filminin yapımında yer aldı ve görüntü yönetmenliğini üstlendi. 2016 yılında Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü desteğiyle hayata geçen ilk uzun metraj filmi Bozkırın senaristliğini, yapımcılığını ve yönetmenliğini üstlendi. Film; Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali’nden En İyi Film, En İyi Yönetmen ve En İyi Senaryo dahil birçok ödülle döndü. Ali Özel, çalışmalarına kurucusu olduğu ReCinema bünyesinde devam etmektedir.

He was born in Konya in 1980. He worked for many years as a cinematographer in the film and television industry. In 2008, he served as the cinematographer and producer of the film Mommo: The Boogeyman, which competed in numerous international festivals and won several awards. He wrote, produced, and directed his debut feature, The Steppe, made with the support of the General Directorate of Cinema in 2016. The film received multiple awards from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Ali Özel continues his work through ReCinema, his production company.

BİR ARADA YALNIZ / LIFELIKE

2025 /  115’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey  Yunanistan Greece  Romanya Romania

Yönetmen/Director:  Ali Vatansever

Senaryo/Screenplay: Ali Vatansever

Müzik / Music : Erdem Helvacıoğlu

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Konstantinos Koukoulios

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Meral Efe Yurtseven, Yunus Emre Yurtseven

Kurgu / Editing : Evren Luş, Feyza Kayıkçı (KUDU)

Oyuncular /Cast : Fatih Al, Esra Kızıldoğan, Onur Gözeten

Yapımcı / Producer : Selin Tezcan, Oya Özden Özdemir

Yapım / Production:  Terminal Film Yapım ve Görsel Medya Hiz.San.Tic.Ltd.Şti.

Özet/ Summary

Bursa’daki bir toplu konutun 20. katında, ölümün gölgesi bir aileyi birbirinden koparmıştır. İleri evre hasta İzzet’in (19) tek sığınağı sanal dünyadır. Oğlunu iyileştirme çabalarıyla sosyal medyada ünlenen anne Reyhan, umudunu mucizevi bir ota bağlarken; ilkokul şoförü baba Abdi ise çareyi bir hocanın kapısında arar. İzzet, sanal ortamda tanıştığı genç bir kızı evine davet eder. Buluşma büyük bir hayal kırıklığıyla sonuçlanır. Aile içerisinde gerilen ipler tamamen kopar. Abdi, kullandığı servis aracını oğluna manzaralı bir odaya dönüştürür ve mucizevi otu bulma bahanesiyle İzzet’i son bir yolculuğa çıkarır. Reyhan evde oluşan boşluğu komşularıyla doldurmaya çalışırken, baba ile oğul çıktıkları yolculukta yıllardır kuramadıkları bağı yavaş yavaş kurmaya başlar. Bu yakınlaşma, Abdi’yi umut ile kabulleniş arasında zor bir seçim yapmaya iter.

19-year-old İzzet escapes the physical toll of his terminal illness through the limitless world of VRChat. His parents cope in their own isolated ways: his mother, Reyhan, channels her anxiety into her social media persona as a “cancer-fighting mom,” obsessing over a legendary wild plant rumored to be a cure, while his father, Abdi, a school bus driver, retreats into religious devotion. When a disillusioning real-world encounter with a girl from VR pushes İzzet to a breaking point, Abdi is forced to confront the depth of his son’s despair. He transforms his everyday school bus into a rolling sanctuary with a view, taking İzzet on a final road trip in search of the miraculous plant. Left behind, Reyhan abandons her online facade and finds unexpected solace among her neighbors. But on the road, the quiet intimacy between father and son slowly transforms Abdi’s resignation into determination, and the search for the plant begins to feel real.

Yönetmen / Director

Ali Vatansever, önce tasarım, ardından sinema eğitimi aldı. Kurucularından olduğu Terminal Film bünyesinde, insan hikâyelerini derinlik ve incelikle ele alan filmler geliştirip yönetiyor. İkinci uzun metrajı Saf, 2018 Toronto Uluslararası Film Festivali’nde prömiyerini yaptı. Kısmi olarak sanal gerçeklikte çektiği üçüncü filmi Bir Arada Yalnız ise Tallinn Film Festivali’nden en iyi yönetmen ödülüyle döndü.

Film çalışmalarının yanı sıra TimeLooper’da yaratıcı yönetmen olarak, hikâye anlatımını genişletilmiş gerçeklik (XR) teknolojileriyle buluşturan yeni nesil deneyimler tasarlıyor. Koç Üniversitesi’nde Film Yapımı ve XR dersleri veriyor; m2 Film Lab ve KARMA XR Lab bünyesinde ise kariyerinin erken aşamasındaki sinemacı ve sanatçılara mentorluk yapıyor.

Ali Vatansever, first studied design, then film production. As a co-founder of Terminal Film, he develops and directs films that approach human stories with depth and subtlety. His second feature film, Saf, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. His third feature LifeLike won Best Director award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

In addition to his film work, Ali serves as a Creative Lead for extended reality (XR) projects, designing next-generation experiences that merge storytelling with immersive technologies. He also teaches Film Production and XR at Koç University and mentors early-career filmmakers and XR artists through m2 Film Lab and KARMA XR Lab.

CANAVAR  / MONSTER

2026 / 75’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Tunç Şahin

Senaryo/Screenplay: Tunç Şahin

Müzik / Music : Safa Hendem

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Zeynep Seçil

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Aslı Dadak, Barış Yıkılmaz

Kurgu / Editing : Doruk Kaya

Oyuncular /Cast : Tülin Özen, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Hakan Emre Ünal

Yapımcı / Producer : Ersan Çongar, Cihan Aslı Filiz

Yapım / Production:  Yeni Bir Film

Özet/ Summary

Bir imza günü için küçük bir Anadolu şehrine gelmiş olan roman yazarı Kemal Sönmez, yıllardır görüşmediği kuzenleri Aslı ve Derya’yı ziyaret eder. Kız kardeşler bu habersiz ziyarete hazırlıksız yakalanır. İki kız kardeş, Kemal’in de önerisiyle tarifini unuttukları ve yıllardır yemedikleri aile yemekleri “Kapama”yı yapmaya karar verir. Yapması hatırladıklarından kolay, yemesi ise tahmin ettiklerinden zor olan yemek hazırlanırken, Kemal’in ziyaretinin altındaki gerçek sebep ortaya çıkar.

Novelist Kemal Sönmez, who has come to a small Anatolian town for a book signing, pays an unexpected visit to his cousins Aslı and Derya, whom he has not seen in years. The sisters are caught completely off guard by his unannounced arrival. At Kemal’s suggestion, they decide to cook “Kapama,” a traditional family dish they have neither prepared nor eaten for many years. As they struggle to recreate a recipe they barely remember, they discover that cooking it is easier than expected, but eating it proves far more difficult. While the meal is being prepared, the real reason behind Kemal’s visit gradually comes to light.

Yönetmen / Director

1978’de doğan Tunç Şahin, Lisans eğitimini İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Elektrik Mühendisliği bölümünde tamamladı.  Film yapımı ve senaryo yazarlığı ile ilgili Avrupa’daki çeşitli programlara katıldı. 2002 yılında kurulan yapım ve dağıtım şirketi BİR FİLM’in ortakları arasında yer alan Şahin, 2008 yılından bu yana çeşitli kısa ve uzun metraj projelerde yapımcı ve yönetmen olarak yer aldı. İlk uzun metrajlı filmi Karışık Kaset’i 2014 yılında çeken Şahin, 2017 yılında BluTV için çekilen 7 adet orta metrajlı filmden oluşan 7YÜZ projesini tasarımını yaptı ve çeşitli bölümlerinde senarist ve yönetmen olarak görev aldı. 2020 yılında çektiği ikinci uzun metrajlı sinema filmi “İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır” ile Antalya Film Festivali’nde En İyi Senaryo dalında Altın Portakal ödülüyle, ödüllendirildi. Amazon Prime Video için çektiği “39 Derecede Aşk” filmi aynı anda tüm dünyada yayınlandı. Tunç Şahin 2010 yılından bu yana Kadir Has Üniversitesi Radyo TV/Sinema bölümünde yarı zamanlı öğretim görevliliği yapmaktadı

Born in 1978, Tunç Şahin completed his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He participated in various European programs focused on filmmaking and screenwriting. A partner at BİR FİLM —a production and distribution company founded in 2002— Şahin has worked as a producer and director on various short and feature projects since 2008. He directed his debut feature , Mixed Tape, in 2014. In 2017, he developed Seven Faces, a project comprising seven medium-length films for BluTV, serving as both screenwriter and director on several episodes. His second feature , Two Types of People (2020), won the Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay at the Antalya Film Festival. His film Love at 39 Degrees, produced for Amazon Prime Video, was released worldwide. Since 2010, Tunç Şahin has been a part-time lecturer in the Radio, TV and Cinema Department at Kadir Has University.

 

GÜNYÜZÜ / HEAR THE YELLOW

2026 /  106’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey 

Yönetmen/Director:  Banu Sıvacı 

Senaryo/Screenplay: Banu Sıvacı

Müzik / Music : Canset Özge Can

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Yusuf Aslanyürek

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Reyhan Acar

Kurgu / Editing : İsmet Araç

Oyuncular /Cast : Selva Erdener, Süleyman Kadim Kabaali, Asena Hotamış, Okan Selvi, Doğukan Töngel, Dilşah Demir, Kerem Özdoğan, Feridun Koç, Görkem Yeltan, Ali Özakar, Nesrin Yari, Orkun Huylu, Ömer Oduncu, Eren Özyalçın, Ömer Faruk Çavuş, Ercan Özdal, Melik Aksan

Yapımcı / Producer : Banu Sıvacı, Yusuf Aslanyürek, Orkun Huylu

Yapım / Production:  Anagraffilm , Anfilm , Aslanyürekfilm

Özet/ Summary

50 yaşında müzisyen bir kadın olan Suna, tahliye edilme kararı alınan çocukluğunun köyüne geri döner. Suna’nın amacı, yıllar önce kaybettiği kız kardeşinin ölümüne dair şüphelerini netleştirmektir. Sorumlu tuttuğu tek kişi ise Bekir’dir. Ancak köye vardığında, kardeşinin ölümünden şüphelendiği adamın zihninin demans hastalığı yüzünden ağır şekilde bulanıklaştığını öğrenir.

Bekir’den bir yanıt alamayan Suna, bu süreçte Bekir’in tıpkı kendisi gibi müzik yeteneği olan kızı Fidan’la tanışır. İkilinin ortak yeteneği ve kurdukları yakınlık, Suna’yı beklenmedik bir durumun ortasına sürükler. Suna, kendini bir an bile düşünmeden kardeşinin katilinin kızını korurken bulur.

Üstelik bu koruma mücadelesi başkalarına değil, Suna’nın kendi erkek kardeşine karşıdır. Erkek kardeşinin köydeki hesaplaşmaları karşısında Suna; bir yanda geçmişin adaletsizliği, diğer yanda ise masum bir genç kadının geleceği arasında sıkışır.

Suna, a 50-year-old female musician, returns to her childhood village, which is under an evacuation order. Her goal is to clarify her suspicions regarding the death of her sister, lost years ago. The only person she holds responsible is Bekir. However, upon arriving in the village, she learns that the man she suspects is suffering from advanced dementia, his mind heavily clouded.

Unable to get answers from Bekir, Suna meets his daughter Fidan, who possesses musical talent just like herself. Their shared talent and growing bond pull Suna into an unexpected predicament. Suna finds herself instinctively protecting the daughter of the man she believes killed her sister.

Moreover, this protective stance is not against outsiders, but against Suna’s own brother. Facing her brother’s vengeance and ambitions in the village, Suna is caught between the injustice of the past and the future of an innocent young woman. Hear The Yellow is a story of confrontation that questions the boundaries of conscience, music, and family conflict in the shadow of loss.

Yönetmen / Director

1987 yılında Adana’da doğdu. Çukurova Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Resim Bölümü’nden mezun olduktan sonra sinema atölyelerine katıldı. Sektöre kısa filmler çekerek adım atan Sıvacı, çeşitli film, reklam ve televizyon dizisi setlerinde reji ve yardımcı yönetmenlik görevlerini üstlendi.

​Yönetmenliğini ve senaristliğini üstlendiği ilk uzun metrajlı sinema filmi “Güvercin” (2018), dünya prömiyerini 68. Berlin Film Festivali’nin Generation bölümünde yaptı ve pek çok uluslararası festivalden çok sayıda ödülle döndü.

​Yazar ve yönetmen kimliğiyle bağımsız Türk sinemasında öne çıkan Banu Sıvacı, ikinci uzun metrajlı projesi olan “Günyüzü” (Hear The Yellow) filminin dünya prömiyerini 76. Uluslararası Berlin Film Festivali’nin Forum bölümünde gerçekleştirdi. Film, daha sonra 72. Taormina Film Festivali’nde Oscar ödüllü Jane Campion başkanlığındaki jüriden En İyi Film ve En İyi Yönetmen dâhil olmak üzere dört büyük ödülün sahibi oldu.

Born in 1987 in Adana, Banu Sıvacı graduated from Çukurova University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, before attending film workshops. Entering the industry by directing short films, she worked as a assistant director and crew member on various film, commercial, and television sets.

​Her debut feature film as writer and director, “The Pigeon” (2018), premiered globally in the Generation section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival and won numerous awards at various international festivals

​Standing out in independent Turkish cinema as a writer-director, Sıvacı premiered her second feature project, “Hear The Yellow” (Günyüzü), in the Forum section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. The film later won four major awards, including Best Film and Best Director, at the 72nd Taormina Film Festival from the jury chaired by Academy Award-winner Jane Campion.

KARANLIKTA ISLIK ÇALANLAR / THOSE WHO WHISTLE AFTER DARK

2025 / 108’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey Bulgaristan Bulgaria  Almanya  Germany

Yönetmen/Director:  Pınar Yorgancıoğlu

Senaryo/Screenplay: Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, Emre Gülcan

Müzik / Music : Alican Çamcı

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Jonas Raphael Schneider

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Ceyda Yüceer

Kurgu / Editing : Ayris Alptekin, Barış Demirdelen, Pınar Yorgancıoğlu

Oyuncular /Cast : Müfit Kayacan, Hülya Gülşen, İnci Sefa Cingöz, Emrah Özdemir, Berkan Şal, İlda Özgürel, Altuğ Görgü, Nilgün Türksever, Kartal Can Erimiş, Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu, Meral Çetinkaya

Yapımcı / Producer : Bekir Yusuf Açıksöz, Dilde Mahalli, Önder Furkan Besli, Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, Zeynep Ekmekci

Yapım / Production:  İndibindi Fılm, İkinci Yeni, Rosa Film

Özet/ Summary

Bilgisayar oyunu bağımlısı işsiz bir yazar olan TOPRAK, kendisini bekleyen umutsuz gelecekten kaçmak için yurt dışına gitme planları yaparken, annesi SUZAN gençlik ideallerini kızı üzerinden gerçekleştirme hırsındadır; Doğa Tarihi Müzesi’nden yeni emekli babası MELİH ise sivil hayata beceriksizce uyum sağlamaya çalışmakta ve ruhunu dolduran tuhaf boşluğu ailesinden saklamaktadır. Melih’e aniden çıkagelen doğaüstü bir ziyaretçi ile, üçüne de terk edilmiş hayallerin ‘hayaletleri’ dadanır.

Toprak, an unemployed aspiring writer and video game addict, longs to escape an increasingly bleak future in Turkey. Her mother, Suzan, is determined to fulfill the dreams of her youth through her daughter. Meanwhile her father, Melih, struggles to adapt to civilian life, concealing a growing emptiness since his retirement. When a supernatural visitor suddenly appears to Melih, all three are soon haunted by the “ghosts” of abandoned dreams and alternate possibilities — literally.

Yönetmen / Director

Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, Columbia Üniversitesi’nde film yönetmenliği alanında yüksek lisans derecesine sahiptir. Venice Biennale College Cinema, Sarajevo Talents ve !f İstanbul X Sundance Institute ortaklığında düzenlenen Senaryo Yazarlığı Atölyesi’nin mezunlarındandır. Kısa filmi “Nebile Hanım’ın Solucandeliği” (2016) Varşova Film Festivali’nde prömiyerini yapmış, !f ve İKSV’de ödüller kazanmıştır. Daha önceki kısa filmi “Prayers at Dawn” (2014) ise Palm Springs ve Xining Film Festivalleri dâhil olmak üzere dünya çapında gösterilmiştir. Kurgucu olarak Sundance ödüllü kısa film “Green”, ve Kaş Film Festivali En İyi Kurgu Ödüllü “The Stormers” filmlerinde çalışmış; ayrıca Andie MacDowell’ın başrolünde yer aldığı “Love After Love” filminde yardımcı kurgucu olarak görev almıştır.

Pınar Yorgancıoğlu holds a master’s degree in film directing from Columbia University. Her short film Mrs. Nebile’s Wormhole (2016), shot in Germany with the support of the Baden-Württemberg Film Fund, premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival and received awards at !f and Istanbul Film Festival. Her previous short, Prayers at Dawn (2014), screened internationally, including at Palm Springs International ShortFest, and was nominated for the Grand Prize at Xining First International Film Festival. Together with Gregorio Mircea Franchetti, she created the short web series The Art of Hospitality, later acquired by Warner Music Group and Eko Studio. She is an alumna of Biennale College Cinema, Sarajevo Talents, and the !f Istanbul Screenwriters Lab in collaboration with the Sundance Institute. As an editor, her credits include the Sundance-winning short Green and Esme Madra’s The Stormers, which won Best Editing at Kaş Film Festival. She also worked as assistant editor on Love After Love, starring Andie MacDowell and Chris O’Dowd.

MODA EVLİLİK / MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE

2026 /  81’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Miraç Atabey

Senaryo/Screenplay: Miraç Atabey, Emre Halisdemir

Müzik / Music : Miraç Atabey

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Miraç Atabey

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Miraç Atabey

Kurgu / Editing : Miraç Atabey

Oyuncular /Cast : Emrah Gülşen, Ege Damatoğlu, Esra Ece Kuleci, Mustafa Alptekin

Yapımcı / Producer : Miraç Atabey, Emre Halisdemir, Gökhan Barış

Yapım / Production:  Micmuss Film

Özet/ Summary

Moda Evlilik seyircinin neye inanmayı seçtiğine bağlı olarak bir film ya da bir anti-filmdir.

Adını, William Hogarth’ın para ve statü odaklı evlilikleri hicveden altı parçalık resim serisinden alıyor. Tıpkı o seri gibi, bu film de yeni evli bir çift olan Mert ve Ege’nin hayatına odaklanıyor; yaratıcı kimlikleri ve ilişkileri arasında bocalayan, biri sinemacı, diğeri sosyal medya fenomeni olan bu çiftin hayatından altı anı, kesintisiz sahneler ve doğal performanslar eşliğinde izleyiciye sunuyor.

Marriage A-la-Mode is a film, or an anti-film, depending on what the audience chooses to believe. It takes its name from the six-piece painting series by William Hogarth, which satirized marriages focused on money and status. Like that series, this film also focuses on the life of a newlywed couple Mert and Ege, a filmmaker and a social media influencer, struggling with their creative identities and their relationship, in uninterrupted scenes with naturalistic performances.

 Yönetmen / Director 

Miraç Atabey (1989, Rize, Türkiye), Lizbon, Budapeşte ve Brüksel’de düzenlenen DocNomads Belgesel Sinema Yüksek Lisans Programı’ndan mezun olmuş bir yönetmen, senarist ve yapımcıdır. Rize’nin Pazar ilçesi merkezli film yapım ve dağıtım şirketi Micmuss Film’in kurucusudur. Pilita (2012), Noğa (2014) ve Livadi (2018) filmlerinden oluşan kısa film üçlemesinin son filmi prömiyerini Rotterdam Film Festivali’nde yapmıştır. Boğaziçi Film Festivali’nde En İyi İlk Film Ödülü’nü kazanan ilk uzun metrajlı filmi Zamanımızın Bir Kahramanı (2023), uzun oyunculuk performansları barındıran ve kesintisiz sahnelerle karakterize edilen gözlemci görsel üslubunun ve etkileşimli sinema dilinin rafine bir versiyonunu sergilemektedir. Yönetmen ayrıca, Saraybosna Film Festivali kapsamındaki Talents Sarajevo 2017’nin ve San Sebastian Film Festivali kapsamındaki WIP Europa 2021’in katılımcılarından biri olmuştur. Moda Evlilik (2026) onun ikinci uzun metrajlı filmidir ve tamamen özkaynakla üretilen, endüstriden bağımsız ilk projesidir.

Mirac Atabey (1989, Rize, Turkey) is a director, screenwriter, and producer who graduated from the Doc Nomads Master’s Programme in documentary filmmaking, held in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels. He is the founder of Micmuss Film Entertainment, a film production and distribution company based in Pazar, Rize. His short film trilogy, consisting of Stove (2012), Downtown (2014), and Yard (2018), has received recognition on the film festival circuit, with the final installment premiering at the Rotterdam Film Festival. His debut feature film, A Hero of Our Time (2023), showcases a refined version of his observational visual style and interactive cinema language, characterized by uninterrupted scenes with lengthy acting performances, which won the Best First Film Award at the Bosphorus Film Festival. He was also a participant in Talents Sarajevo 2017 at the Sarajevo Film Festival and WIP Europa 2021 at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Marriage A-la-Mode (2026) is his second feature film and his first entirely self-funded, industry-free project.

MUTTER: BİR ANNENİN HATIRA DEFTERİ / MUTTER: THE DIARY OF A MOTHER

2026 / 99’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Alphan Eşeli

Senaryo/Screenplay: Alphan Eşeli

Müzik / Music : Tristan Bechet

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Özkan Karaköse

Sanat Grubu / Art Group: Saye Özçelik, Gülseren Cizdan, Melike Yılmaz, Umut Kambak, Oğuz Yıldırım, Hüseyin Yalçın, Hasan Yalçın, Hasan Kameray, Hüseyin Dolunay, Eren Dama, Yener Kaplan

Kurgu / Editing : Mesut Ulutaş

Oyuncular /Cast : Hazar Ergüçlü, Güven Kıraç, Erdeniz Kurucan, Ulvi Kahyaoğlu, Cansu Fırıncı, Cem Baza, Bertan Dirikolu, Eylül Dursun

Yapımcı / Producer : Ali Ömer Atay, Alphan Eşeli

Yapım / Production:  Seventyfour Films

Özet/ Summary

MUTTER: Bir Annenin Hatıra Defteri” Karadeniz’de geçen bir gerilim-dram filmi. Film, sıradışı bir doğum ile dünyaya getirdiği yaratığı korumak için her şeyini feda etmeyi göze alan bir annenin yürek burkan ve bir o kadar da gerilim dolu sürükleyici hikayesini anlatıyor. Esrarengiz karakterleri, etkileyici pastoral manzaraları, gerçeküstü ve beklenmedik olay örgüsüyle “MUTTER: Bir Annenin Hatıra Defteri”, anne ile çocuk arasında koşulsuz sevgiyi anlatan modern bir Karadeniz korku masalı.

On the fog-drenched Black Sea coast, a woman gives birth to a being that defies nature. As her body and mind begin to unravel, love becomes both her devotion and her disease. MUTTER is an intimate fever dream of motherhood, grief, and transformation — a modern folk parable where tenderness and terror share the same frame.

Yönetmen / Director

Alphan Eşeli, uluslararası festivallerde ödüller kazanmış yönetmen, senarist ve yapımcıdır. New York’ta sinema eğitimi aldıktan sonra reklam filmleri, müzik videoları ve fotoğraf alanlarında çalışmış, ilk uzun metraj filmi Eve Dönüş: Sarıkamış 1915 (2013) ile Montréal Dünya Film Festivali’nde FIPRESCI En İyi İlk Film ve Golden Zenith En İyi İlk Uzun Metraj ödüllerini kazanmış, BFI Londra Film Festivali’nin Sutherland Ödülü’ne aday gösterilmiştir. Kısa filmi Little Bullets, Telluride Film Festivali’nde dünya prömiyerini yapmış; ardından New York Film Festivali ve Palm Springs Uluslararası Film Festivali’nde gösterilmiştir. Eşeli, ISTANBUL’74 ve İstanbul Uluslararası Sanat ve Kültür Festivali’nin (IST. FESTIVAL) kurucu ortaklarındandır. Son filmi MUTTER: The Diary of a Mother (2026), 25. Tribeca Festivali’nde dünya prömiyerini yapmış ve Amerikan eleştirmenlerinden büyük övgü almıştır.

Alphan Eşeli is an award-winning Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer After studying film making in New York, he began his career directing commercials, music videos, and working as a hotographer. His feature directorial debut, The Long Way Home (2013), won the FIPRESCI Award and the Golden Zenith Award at the Montreal World Film Festival and was nominated for the Sutherland Award at the BFI London Film Festival. His short film Little Bullets premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was subsequently selected by the New York Film Festival and the Palm Springs

International Film Festival. Eşeli is the co-founder of ISTANBUL’74 and the stanbul International Arts and Culture Festival (IST. FESTIVAL). His latest feature, MUTTER: The Diary of a Mother (2026), premiered at the 25th Tribeca Festival, where it received widespread critical acclaim from American critics.

ÖLÜ KÖPEKLER ISIRMAZ / DEAD DOGS DON’T BITE

2026 /  103’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Nuri Cihan Özdoğan

Senaryo/Screenplay: Nuri Cihan Özdoğan

Müzik / Music : Oğuz Özdoğan

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Mustafa Yeşilova

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Cansel Karacan, Kenan Çelik

Kurgu / Editing : Hakan Çelik

Oyuncular /Cast : Kemal Burak Alper, Burak Can Doğan, Gizem Gülüş Koçoğlu, Ayşe Kaya, Özlem Buluttekin Özel, Ahmet Ağgün, Eser Ağçalı, Cevher Hikmet Güzey, Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Engin Yüksel, Abdullah Koç, Özgür Yiğenoğlu

Yapımcı / Producer : Kaan Özdoğan, Nuri Cihan Özdoğan

Yapım / Production:  Remz Film

Özet/ Summary

Yasa dışı atık ticaretinin en alt basamağında kendine yer bulan İsmet ve çocukluk arkadaşı Dogo, bir gün kendi çöp imparatorluklarını kurmanın hayalini kurar. Bu kirli sistemin içinde yükselmek uğruna kendilerine verilen en pis görevleri yerine getirdikçe, yalnızca doğanın değil, dostluklarının ve ruhlarının da giderek çürüdüğü karanlık bir dünyanın içine sürüklenirler.

At the bottom of the illegal waste trafficking network, İsmet and his childhood friend Dogo dream of one day building a garbage empire of their own. But as they take on the dirtiest jobs to rise through this corrupt system, they are drawn into a dark world where not only the land, but also their friendship and their souls, gradually begin to decay.

Yönetmen / Director

Nuri Cihan Özdoğan, Türk yönetmen ve senarist. Makine mühendisliği eğitiminin ardından sinema tutkusunun peşini bırakmadı. Kısa filmleri uluslararası film festivallerinde önemli ödüller kazandı. Sirayet (2017) kısa filmi, Cambridge Üniversitesi tarafından Yılın Filmi Ödülü’ne layık görüldü. Kurucusu olduğu Remz Film bünyesinde bağımsız filmler üretmektedir. İlk uzun metrajlı filmi Ölü Köpekler Isırmaz, dünya prömiyerini 2026 yılında Rotterdam Film Festivali’nde gerçekleştirmiştir.

Nuri Cihan Ozdogan is a Turkish filmmaker. After studying mechanical engineering, he decided to pursue a career in cinema. His short films received prestigious awards at international film festivals, including Sirayet (2017), named Film of the Year by the University of Cambridge. He makes independent films under Remz Film, the production company he founded. His debut feature film, Dead Dogs Don’t Bite, premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026.

PATATES KIZARTMASI / FRENCH FRIES

2026 /  92’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Sinan Biçici

Senaryo/Screenplay: Sinan Biçici

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Vedat Dikmetaş

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Özlem Dinler

Kurgu / Editing : Yakup Baysal

Oyuncular /Cast : Bülent Emrah Parlak, Serkan Genç, Elit Andaç Çam, Serdal Genç, Aylin Gül Biçici, Umut Açabuğa, Tuncay Kaymaz

Yapımcı / Producer : Sinan Biçici ,Tarık Karakulak, Tuncay Kaymaz

Yapım / Production:  Dreamers Production, UFP Medya , Kaymaz Film Prodüksiyon

Özet/ Summary

Bir televizyon dizisinin setinde yolları yıllar sonra yeniden kesişen Akın ve Serdal, bir zamanlar aynı hayalleri kurmuş, birlikte yoksul öğrencilik günleri geçirmiş iki eski dosttur. Kenan bugün şöhretli bir oyuncu, Serdal ise tiyatrosu borç yüzünden kapanmanın eşiğine gelmiş bir tiyatro yönetmeni ve oyuncusudur. Arkadaşının baskısıyla harçlık çıkarmak için diyaloglu bir yardımcı oyuncu olarak sete gelmiştir. Yardımcı oyuncu olarak set çalışanları tarafından önemsenmeyen hatta saygısızlığa uğrayan Serdal, başrol oyuncusu Akın’ın yakın arkadaşı olduğu öğrenildiğinde bir star muamelesi görmeye başlar.

Patates Kızartması, sinema sektörünün içinden bugünün insanına bakan; başarı, vicdan ve ertelenmiş hayaller üzerine bir film. Basit bir sorunun cevabını arar: İnsan değiştiği için mi hayallerinden vazgeçer, yoksa hayallerinden vazgeçtiği için mi değişir?

Years after their paths last crossed, Akın and Serdal reunite on the set of a television series. Once close friends who shared the same dreams and struggled through their impoverished student years together, their lives have since taken very different paths. Akın is now a famous actor, while Serdal is a theatre director and actor whose theatre is on the verge of closing due to mounting debts. At a friend’s insistence, he has come to the set to earn some extra money by taking a small speaking role.

Initially ignored and even treated disrespectfully by the crew because he is seen merely as a supporting actor, Serdal suddenly receives star treatment when they discover that he is a close friend of leading actor Akın.

French Fries looks at contemporary life from inside the film industry—a story about success, conscience, and deferred dreams. At its heart lies a simple question: Do we give up on our dreams because we change, or do we change because we give up on our dreams?

Yönetmen / Director

1975 yılında doğan Sinan Biçici, ilk, orta lise öğrenimini İstanbul’da tamamladı.  Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi’nde Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümünde lisans, Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde Sinema ve Televizyon bölümünde yüksek lisans eğitimi aldı. Profesyonel iş hayatına gazetecilikle başladı. Milliyet Gazetesi’nde televizyon ve sinema eleştirilerini içeren köşe yazarlığı yaptı.

Gazeteciliğin ardından başladığı film sektöründe, senaryo yazarı, yönetmen ve yapımcı olarak çalışmaya devam etmektedir.  Senaryo, hikaye anlatıcılığı ve proje tasarım gibi konularda eğitim vermektedir. Senaryo Yazarları Derneği’nde (SENDER) genel sekreterlik görevini üstlendi. Sinema Konseyi, Sinema Filmleri Değerlendirme ve Sınıflandırma Kurulu, Televizyon ve Sinema Yapımcıları Meslek Birliği (TESİYAP) üyeliği yaptı. Halen SINEBIR (Sinema Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birliği) üyesidir.

Born in 1975, Sinan Biçici completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul. He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Middle East Technical University (METU) and his master’s degree in Cinema and Television from the Institute of Social Sciences at Beykent University. He began his professional career as a journalist and worked as a columnist for Milliyet, writing reviews and commentary on television and cinema. After leaving journalism, he moved into the film industry, where he continues to work as a screenwriter, director, and producer.He also teaches courses and workshops on screenwriting, storytelling, and project development. Biçici served as Secretary General of the Screenwriters’ Association (SENDER). He has also served as a member of the Cinema Council, the Film Evaluation and Classification Board, and the Television and Cinema Producers’ Professional Association (TESİYAP). He is currently a member of SİNEBİR (Cinema Work Owners’ Professional Association).

VARLIK / THE WEALTH

2026 /  81’ / Renkli Color / Türkiye Turkey

Yönetmen/Director:  Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar

Senaryo/Screenplay: Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar, Tahsin Yetkin

Görüntü Yönetmeni/Cinematography: Serkan Gülgüler

Sanat Yönetmeni / Art director : Çağla Çağlar

Kurgu / Editing : Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar, Tahsin Yetkin

Oyuncular /Cast : Onur Berk Arslanoğlu, Fatih Topçuoğlu, Bedir Bedir, Nilay Erdönmez, Nagihan Gürkan, Halit Tayfun Çorağan, Sabriye Kara, Murat Sağlam

Yapımcı / Producer : Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar

Yapım / Production:  Çağlar Film

Özet/ Summary

Anadolu’nun bir şehrinde yaşayan varlıklı ve saygın tüccar Mehmet Bey, yaşamının son günlerini geçirmektedir. Sağlık durumu ağırlaştıkça aile üyeleri ve yakın çevresi onun etrafında toplanmaya başlar. Evin sessiz atmosferi içinde yıllardır bastırılmış gerilimler, söylenmemiş beklentiler ve gizli hesaplar yavaş yavaş görünür hâle gelir. Varlık, sessizlikler, bakışlar ve kırılgan ilişkiler üzerinden; mirasın, aile bağlarının ve ölüm gerçeğinin insanlar üzerinde yarattığı duygusal ve ahlaki çatlakları gözlemleyen minimalist bir anlatı kurar.

In an Anatolian city, Mr. Mehmet, a wealthy and respected merchant, is approaching death. As his condition worsens, family members and cquaintances begin gathering around him. Beneath the quiet atmosphere of the house, long buried tensions, unspoken expectations, and hidden ambitions slowly emerge.

Through silences, gestures, and fragile relationships, The Wealth explores the emotional and moral fractures created by inheritance, family ties, and the inevitability of death.

Yönetmen / Director

Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar, İşletme Bölümü’nü bitirdi ve ardından New York’a gitti. New York Film Academy Film-Making bölümünü bitirdi. Çekimlerini New York’ta yaptığı “Beklentiler” isimli kısa filmi birçok festivalde yer aldı. 2012’de Caglar Motion Pictures & Film şirketini kurdu. 2014-2017 yılları arasında Saraybosna Film Festivali CineLink programına katılmış ve 2018 yılında “Kurban” adlı kısa film Fajr Film Festivali ana yarışmada yer almış ve Talent Campus (Darol Fonoun) programına da yönetmen olarak seçilerek başarısını uluslararası alanda kanıtlamıştır. Hikayesine 2021 yılında başladığı ve T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü Destekleme Kurulu’ndan destek aldığı “Varlık” isimli ilk uzun metrajlı filmin çekimlerini bitirerek, çalışmalarına devam etmektedir. “Varlık”, Saraybosna Film Festivali kapsamında CineLink Producers’ Lab programında yer almıştır.

Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar graduated from the Department of Business Administration and then went to New York to study cinema. He successfully graduated from the New York Film Academy Film-Making department. He worked as the first assistant director in the feature-length film “Winds”. His short film “Expectations”, which he shot in New York, took part in many festivals. He founded Caglar Motion Pictures in 2012. He continues to work on the film by completing the script of his first feature film “Varlık (The Wealth)”, whose story he started in 2020. “The Wealth” took part in the CineLink Producers’ Lab program as part of the Sarajevo Film Festival.