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MATINE SUARE MATINEE SOIREE Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; 17' DIRECTOR: Erdal Ruhi Duran, Anıl Çetinel Örselli PRODUCER: Erdal Ruhi Duran, Anıl Çetinel Örselli SCREENPLAY: Anıl Çetinel Örselli CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dolunay Oran EDITING: Erdal Ruhi Duran CAST: Arzu Yanardağ, Kutay Sungar, İsmet Tamer, Özge Baykal, Erdal Ruhi Duran, Hüseyin Baylan SYNOPSIS A woman whose life is merely an endless cycle between matinees and soirees, finds the courage to overcome her invisibility through her own inner validation, due to the connection she establishes between her own vicious circle and the myth of Sisyphus she watched on stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A SPECTACULAR FIASCO Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; Black and White; 20' DIRECTOR: İsa Habacı PRODUCER: İsa Habacı SCREENPLAY: İsa Habacı CINEMATOGRAPHER: Barış Güzelharcan, Seçkin Keskin EDITING: İsa Habacı, Barış Güzelharcan, Seçkin Keskin CAST: Tunç Pınar, Harun Alıcı, Fisun Sabah, Sercan Şahinbaş, Azmican Zengin, Mustafa Güneyli SYNOPSIS Mümtaz, a former filmmaker living in isolation, spends his days recording video diaries. The sudden arrival of his estranged nephew, Cahit, disrupts this quiet routine. During the strange and tense day they share, the turmoil Cahit is facing forces him to confront his greatest dream and his true identity, while they leave an indelible, irreversible mark on each other's lives. **GRAVITY** Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; 16' DIRECTOR: Dalya Keleş PRODUCER: Didem Nur Yayman SCREENPLAY: Dalya Keleş CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jiyan Erincik EDITING: Melike Kasaplar CAST: Sudem Berin Dinç, Mustafa Konak SYNOPSIS: Twelve-year-old Deniz and her best friend Umut find refuge in an empty pool on a hill, creating a playground free from the rules and judgments of the outside world. However, as they approach adolescence, the boundaries of gender and societal pressures begin to pull Deniz towards their own expectations, like a force of gravity. **JUNIPER SEED** Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; 16' DIRECTOR: Doğacan Aktaş PRODUCER: Barış Aydoğdu, Yavuz Pullukçu SCREENPLAY: Barış Aydoğdu, Ruteba Doğan, Doğacan Aktaş CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yasin Öztürk EDITING: Doğacan Aktaş CAST: Murat Ercanlı, Doruk Yaman, Sinem Korola, Alican Aktan, Kenan Küskü SYNOPSIS: Nine-year-old Süleyman discovers that his chicken, Şalgam, has fallen into a well and descends into the darkness to rescue her. While waiting to be rescued, his 70-year-old forester grandfather offers him encouragement and inspiration through stories about juniper seeds, birds, and trees, revealing the true meaning of connecting with nature. This journey, blending roots, love, and the wisdom of nature, explores the deep connections between humans and the natural world. **THIS SIDE** Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; 15' DIRECTOR: Yunus Emre Özdemir PRODUCER: Yunus Emre Özdemir, Yusuf Ali Tokat SCREENPLAY: Yunus Emre Özdemir CINEMATOGRAPHER: İbrahim Çaltılı EDITING: Cem Çengeloğlu, Yunus Emre Özdemir CAST: Hilmi Ahıska, Eylem Yıldız, İlyas Özçakır SYNOPSIS: Having been estranged from his father, Recep, and sister, Ayşegül, for years, Samet returns to his hometown after his father's death. Recep's dying wish was to be buried beside his late wife; however, the local cemetery has no available plots. Over the course of a day-long burial effort, Samet and Ayşegül must confront both their shared grief and the emotional distance that has grown between them. **THE SHELL** Fiction; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Black & White; 16' DIRECTOR: Hakan Ünal, Hamed Soleimanzadeh PRODUCER: Hakan Ünal, Metamorfoz Film SCREENPLAY: Hakan Ünal CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hamed Hosseini Sangari EDITING: Harun Baysan, Behnam Abedi CAST: Alice Cora, Aysan Sümercan, Armanç Toktaş SYNOPSIS: Idealist painter Zeynep puts her own life on hold while caring for her paraplegic mother. Haunted by the scars left by men, the mother projects her fears onto her daughter, repressing Zeynep's womanhood and desire for independence. In a home where love and domination intertwine, Zeynep struggles to hold on to her repressed identity. When a massive earthquake shatters the boundaries between them, it forces her to confront the very fate of her mother that she has been trying to escape.