Djinn Wedding

World Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

Djinn Wedding will have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film has been selected for the festival's main competition section, the Platform Competition.

Guria

Directed by Levan Koguashvili · Selected for La Biennale di Venezia

We're incredibly proud to share that our coproduction GURIA has been officially selected for La Biennale di Venezia. Guria is a dark comedy that gracefully balances hardship and absurdity, beauty pageants and violence, love and melancholy.

Those Who Whistle After Dark

Directed by Pınar Yorgancıoğlu · Turkey-UK

Mr Melih, the retiring manager of the Natural History Museum, clumsily tries to adapt to civilian life. After a supernatural encounter, his innocent middle age depression spirals into a major existential crisis. He seeks solace from his family, but they are busy with their own crises. His wife Suzan, an ambitious nurse that is stuck in a life she's disappointed with, has fallen victim to a scam she cannot tell to anyone. In the meantime, their video-game addict daughter Toprak, a young unemployed aspiring writer, plots a doomed escape to the U.S. to run away from the increasingly bleak future in Turkey. With Melih searching for the meaning of his life, Suzan secretly trying to find a way out, and Toprak going nowhere fast; soon they are all haunted by the ghosts of the past - literally.

Writer: Pınar Yorgancıoğlu & Emre Gülcan

Producers: Bekir Yusuf Açıksöz, Önder Furkan Beşli, Kanat Doğramacı, Michael Eckelt, Zeynep Ekmekçi, Dilde Mahalli, Victoria Mitreva, Sandra Müller, Vanya Rainova, Pınar Yorgancıoğlu

Almost Certainly False

60+ festivals and 20+ awards · Directed by Cansu Baydar · Turkey-UK · 20'

Having fled the war in Syria, Hanna and her young brother Nader find themselves staying in a run-down neighbourhood of Istanbul. Hanna spends her days learning nail design in order to earn a living, while dreaming of finding a way to migrate to Europe. When she meets a Turkish guy, Ibo, on a night out, she finds herself trying to balance her identity and desires with the needs of her young brother.

Cast: Rahaf Armanazi, Isa Karatas, Büsra Albayrak, Ferhat Akgün, Ubey Gül, Dante

Production: Ekho Film, Nana Film, Fok Project, Maya Films

Producers: Sinan Yusufoglu, Ceyda Yuceer, İzlem Genç, Ulaş Tuna Astepe, Ali Farkhonde, Cansu Baydar

Co-Producers: Kanat Doğramacı, Vefa Geylani, Fatih Bay

Executive Producer: Atilla Salih Yücer

Writer: Cansu Baydar · Cinematographer: Barış Özbiçer

World Sales: Lights On

The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants

Directed by Burak Çevik · Turkey, UK, Croatia, Germany · 22'

World Premiere at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, Forum Expanded section (February 12–22).

Director & Script: Burak Çevik

Producers: Burak Çevik, Kanat Doğramacı, Nuri Cem Erbak, Vanja Vaščarac, Stjepan Hundić

Line Producer: Denizcan Ünal

Cast: Nalan Kuruçim, Bahar Çevik, Didar Puren Erbek

Cinematography: Gregory Oke

Music: Zeynep Toraman

Art Director: Dilşad Aladağ

Production Design Supervisor: Meral Aktan

Colorist: Nadia Khairat Gómez

Assistant Director: Serap Aydoğan

Gaffer: Serkan Ünlü

Sound Design Supervisor: Yalın Özgencil

PR: Uğur Yüksel