Ali Düşenkalkar

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)

During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought to Istanbul, and a young wounded lady named Francesca, the daughter of the killed Captain, becomes a slave for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mustafa Altıoklar
CAST:  Beatriz Rico  •  Ege Aydan  •  Okan Bayülgen  •  Savaş Ay

During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought to Istanbul, and a young wounded lady named Francesca, the daughter of the killed Captain, becomes a slave for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mustafa Altıoklar
CAST:  Beatriz Rico  •  Ege Aydan  •  Okan Bayülgen  •  Savaş Ay

Mud (2003)

Four 40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the crimes of vengeance he committed as a teenager. He would like to confess about the bodies buried in the muddy patch of a dried-up salt lake, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derviş Zaim
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Engin Alkan  •  Bülent Emin Yarar  •  Yelda Reynaud

Four 40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the crimes of vengeance he committed as a teenager. He would like to confess about the bodies buried in the muddy patch of a dried-up salt lake, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derviş Zaim
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Engin Alkan  •  Bülent Emin Yarar  •  Yelda Reynaud

Sümela'nın Şifresi: Temel (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Adem Kiliç
CAST:  Altan Erkekli  •  Alper Kul  •  Ruhi Sarı  •  Duygu Şen

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DIRECTION:  Adem Kiliç
CAST:  Altan Erkekli  •  Alper Kul  •  Ruhi Sarı  •  Duygu Şen

Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Şerif Gören
CAST:  Ayça Bingöl  •  Firat Celik  •  Hazal Kaya  •  Selin Şekerci

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DIRECTION:  Şerif Gören
CAST:  Ayça Bingöl  •  Firat Celik  •  Hazal Kaya  •  Selin Şekerci

Cars of the Revolution (2008)

In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tolga Örnek
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Halit Ergenç  •  Selçuk Yöntem  •  Haluk Bilginer

In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tolga Örnek
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Halit Ergenç  •  Selçuk Yöntem  •  Haluk Bilginer

The Blue Exile (1993)

Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erden Kıral
CAST:  Özay Fecht  •  Tatiana Papamoschou  •  Ayse Romey  •  Can Togay

Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erden Kıral
CAST:  Özay Fecht  •  Tatiana Papamoschou  •  Ayse Romey  •  Can Togay

Oh, Moon! (1988)

A young girl with a vivid imagination exasperates her grandparents when she begins communicating with the ghost of her mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Yeşim Tozan  •  Gülsen Tuncer  •  Nurinisa Yıldırım  •  Münir Özkul

A young girl with a vivid imagination exasperates her grandparents when she begins communicating with the ghost of her mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Yeşim Tozan  •  Gülsen Tuncer  •  Nurinisa Yıldırım  •  Münir Özkul

The Ottoman Republic (2008)

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DIRECTION:  Gani Müjde
CAST:  Ata Demirer  •  Vildan Atasever  •  Sümer Tilmaç  •  Ruhsar Öcal

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DIRECTION:  Gani Müjde
CAST:  Ata Demirer  •  Vildan Atasever  •  Sümer Tilmaç  •  Ruhsar Öcal

My Only Sunshine (2009)

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Erdal Beşikçioğlu  •  Elit İşcan  •  Halim Ercan  •  Banu Fotocan

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Erdal Beşikçioğlu  •  Elit İşcan  •  Halim Ercan  •  Banu Fotocan

A Run for Money (1999)

The film is set in present-day Istanbul. Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. Selim is a family man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Bennu Yıldırımlar  •  Zuhal Gencer  •  Engin Alkan

The film is set in present-day Istanbul. Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. Selim is a family man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Bennu Yıldırımlar  •  Zuhal Gencer  •  Engin Alkan

Mommy, I'm Scared (2006)

In an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male protagonists encounter three phases of manhood in Turkish society. Directors Reha Erdem's light touch and slyly amusing style do not miss the opportunity to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Arzu Bazman  •  Ali Düşenkalkar  •  Şenay Gürler  •  Bülent Emin Yarar

In an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male protagonists encounter three phases of manhood in Turkish society. Directors Reha Erdem's light touch and slyly amusing style do not miss the opportunity to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Arzu Bazman  •  Ali Düşenkalkar  •  Şenay Gürler  •  Bülent Emin Yarar

My Father (2017)

After his wife's sudden death, a man takes care of his son living with a disability with help from a new employee at his struggling factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nihat Durak
CAST:  Ebru Şahin  •  Çetin Tekindor  •  Melisa Şenolsun  •  Berker Güven

After his wife's sudden death, a man takes care of his son living with a disability with help from a new employee at his struggling factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nihat Durak
CAST:  Ebru Şahin  •  Çetin Tekindor  •  Melisa Şenolsun  •  Berker Güven

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DIRECTION:  Orçun Benli
CAST:  Haki Biçici  •  Bülent Şakrak  •  Kaan Turgut  •  Emre Altuğ

7 Centimeters (2016)

Erdem goes to high school. The principle warnes him to cut his hair for him to obey the school rules. When his parents also pressure him for the same reasons he falls into hesitation because the girl he likes, likes his hair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Metehan Şereflioğlu
CAST:  Özgür Molla  •  Zeynep Eser  •  Murat Kapdağlı  •  Orhan Öztokat

Erdem goes to high school. The principle warnes him to cut his hair for him to obey the school rules. When his parents also pressure him for the same reasons he falls into hesitation because the girl he likes, likes his hair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Metehan Şereflioğlu
CAST:  Özgür Molla  •  Zeynep Eser  •  Murat Kapdağlı  •  Orhan Öztokat

Malazgirt 1071 (2022)

The story of the war, which is the beginning of the history of Turks in Anatolia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Özgür Bakar  •  Bilal Kalyoncu
CAST:  Caner Kurtaran  •  Iskender Bingol  •  Abdurrahman Topal  •  Haluk Piyes

The story of the war, which is the beginning of the history of Turks in Anatolia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Özgür Bakar  •  Bilal Kalyoncu
CAST:  Caner Kurtaran  •  Iskender Bingol  •  Abdurrahman Topal  •  Haluk Piyes

Hep Yek 2 (2017)

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CAST:  Gökhan Yıkılkan  •  İnan Ulaş Torun  •  Erdağ Yenel  •  Ali Düşenkalkar

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CAST:  Gökhan Yıkılkan  •  İnan Ulaş Torun  •  Erdağ Yenel  •  Ali Düşenkalkar

The Hunt (2020)

The sudden discovery of his son's secret turns Ibrahim's traditional world upside down. Fraught with emotional conflict he takes Ismail on a fateful trip. Inspired by the biblical story of Prophet Abraham, father of all patriarchs, and his son Ismail set in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamil Saldun  •  Sholeh Zahraei
CAST:  Ali Düşenkalkar  •  Barış Refikoğlu  •  Erdoğan Kavaz  •  Elmaziye Derviş

The sudden discovery of his son's secret turns Ibrahim's traditional world upside down. Fraught with emotional conflict he takes Ismail on a fateful trip. Inspired by the biblical story of Prophet Abraham, father of all patriarchs, and his son Ismail set in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamil Saldun  •  Sholeh Zahraei
CAST:  Ali Düşenkalkar  •  Barış Refikoğlu  •  Erdoğan Kavaz  •  Elmaziye Derviş

Bize Müsaade (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Giray Altınok
CAST:  Giray Altınok  •  Fırat Albayram  •  Sami Aksu  •  Gizem Ünsal

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DIRECTION:  Giray Altınok
CAST:  Giray Altınok  •  Fırat Albayram  •  Sami Aksu  •  Gizem Ünsal