Movies: İlker Savaşkurt

Damat Kogusu (Groom's Block) is slang in Turkey for prison sections holding those accused of serious sex crimes. The film's story and characters are drawn from everyday life. In the Groom's Block, the guards and prison governor manipulate tensions, a...

Amateur filmmaker Kemal Mutlu captures scenes of everyday life with plans of making a film. He lives with his housemate Nuri in a small flat in Istanbul. One day,Nuri's friend from orphanage, Izzet, comes to visit unannounced. Just out of prison, Izz...

Qüfür tells story of a sheikh who see the religion as a capital to exploit the masses. On the other hand, the paths of Fatma and Yusuf who are in a deep love will cross in this dervish lodge....

A quirky receptionist in a hotel in Istanbul welcomes guests as they tumble upon their daily struggles, all to end up in a mix of chaos and dread after the arrival of a mysterious man who declares that he is their patron Saint....

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind....

“Bocuk” traces the remnants of a Balkan-Turkic belief said to date back to the Middle Ages, still alive in a remote village of Thrace. This docudrama explores the contemporary meaning of an ancient winter ritual and documents the local narratives sur...

A mysterious woman, seen for a moment and not realised whether she is real or imagined, will upset Basri's monotonous existence and throw him into a story that takes place outside of time and space: A story set in a world of obsessions, fears and del...

The story of 12 young people who participate in a competition program where they compete fiercely on courses consisting of various obstacles. When report card week arrives, there is a change in the children's vacation plans. While enjoying their summ...