Tolga Karaçelik
Tolga Karacelik (1981, Istanbul) is one of the promising new generation Turkish directors who is known for his own unique style. After receiving law degree in Turkey he studied film in New York City. In addition to writing and directing five short films that were screened and awarded in various festivals domestically and internationally, he wrote and directed music videos and worked as director of photography on a documentary feature. His award winning feature debut "Toll Booth" has screened at numerous prestigious festivals. He was one of the youngest directors to win Golden Orange (Best First Film, Best Actor and Best Cinematography), a prestigious Turkish Film Festival. It was selected as the opening film for Global Film Initiatives Global Lens 2012 series, and screened in more than 35 cities across the US and Canada, in institutions like Smithsonian and MoMA, New York. His second feature "Ivy" premiered in Sundance and continues its festival circuit at prestigious festivals, and acclaimed highly by the critics worldwide. "Butterflies" won The Binger award at Meetings on the Bridge Film Development Workshop and was selected for Sundance Lab and CineLink Co-Production Market. It also won the Grand Jury Award for World Cinema - Dramatic at Sundance Film Festival 2018.
Last Stop: Kurtuluş (2012)
Meet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her ... (more)
Meet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her ... (more)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 ... (more)
An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 ... (more)
Toll Booth
(2011)
Quiet and introverted toll booth clerk Kenan's life, a humdrum routine between the Tavsancik toll booth plaza and his home, will change the day the new operations chief comes to inspect Tavsancik. (more)
Quiet and introverted toll booth clerk Kenan's life, a humdrum routine between the Tavsancik toll booth plaza and his home, will change the day the new operations chief comes to inspect Tavsancik. (more)
Ivy (2015)
After the owner's bankruptcy, the crew is stranded on a freighter for months. Dealing with the stress of isolation, seafarers gradually surrender to madness and terror. (more)
After the owner's bankruptcy, the crew is stranded on a freighter for months. Dealing with the stress of isolation, seafarers gradually surrender to madness and terror. (more)
Butterflies (2018)
Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other. (more)
Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other. (more)
Rapunzel (2010)
Acayip (2021)
Leading business owners of various prestige restaurants and nightlife venues all came together to take part as actors in this once-in-a-lifetime experimental movie debut. (more)
Leading business owners of various prestige restaurants and nightlife venues all came together to take part as actors in this once-in-a-lifetime experimental movie debut. (more)
The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night. (more)
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night. (more)