Movies: Işıl Özgentürk

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three bro...

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a conseque...

A father and son come to grips with external hardships and their own human frailties as they attempt to earn enough money to send the boy to school....

Story of daydreaming rebellious Rosa searching for love from her teenage years to her deathbed....

Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill he...

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Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record...