Fatma Girik

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.

Babalar ve Evlatlar

Golden Girls

Turkish remake of The Golden Girls.

Oğlum İçin

Hasret

Ayın Yıldızı

Sinema Bir Mucizedir

A young boy and a director of a movie theater bond over their love of cinema during the trying times of 1950's Turkey.

Gurbet Kadını

Bize Ne Oldu

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

Gün Ortasında Karanlık

The film tells the story of a mother who has lost her child. After losing her husband in a traffic accident, Güzin is left alone with her physically and mentally disabled son Sedat. She spends a long time looking for a caregiver to look after Sedat. All the caregivers she finds refuse to work because Sedat is disabled. Güzin locks Sedat in his room and leaves him alone at home while she goes to work. However, one day when she is called to the hospital for an emergency, she forgets to lock the door. When she returns, she finds her son’s lifeless body. All investigations determine that the death was the result of negligence. Therefore, Güzin is found guilty. However, Güzin, who does not believe the verdict, begins searching for her son’s killer.

Tek Başına Bir Kadın

A feud in the city instead of the village.