Ercan Kesal

The Reeds (2025)

In a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, a young man resists the domination of landlords and local gangs while striving to win back his wife's love and affection. ...

The Things You Kill (2025)

Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the ...

İdea (2025)

Kemal is a guard at an empty villa belonging to a dark businessman outside the city. One night, he finds a book called IDEA, left by someone whose face he cannot see, on the bus he occasionally goes to the city. After, Kemal's life begins to turn to hell i ...

Such Things Don’t Happen in This World (2024)

Recep, once mentioned to have a good job and life in Ankara, is forced to return to his village due to psychological issues. In the village, he exhibits strange, erratic behavior. His father feels ashamed and secretly fearful alongside his anger towards hi ...

Hopeful Dark Journey (2022)

Yılmaz is a civil servant. There are two months until his retirement. His only dream is to build a house on his 'little piece of land'. However, will the trouble his son Fırat who suddenly turned up without notice in the middle of the night, got himself ...

Paperflower (2022)

Remzi, a controlling and powerful businessman, is in disagreement with his son, Baha, about their family business. During their arguments, their differences surface up, and Remzi is not willing to solve these differences by talking. ...

The Criminals (2022)

Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together. They are rejected from all hotels for not having a marriage certificate. Once they believe they've found a trick to use, the situation gets out of ...

Love Me Instead (2021)

Accompanied by a ward, a prisoner travels to his hometown to reconnect with his daughter and make amends, but a tragic truth mars his journey. ...

You Know Him (2020)

Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for mayor of the Beyoglu district – in his opinion. An opinion not shared by his sceptical ex-wife; nor by the vo ...

Kısmet (2020)

A young girl's bargaining with her father to marry whoever she wants will cause her family to reveal their hidden dirty laundry. ...

9,75 (2020)

During his military service in 1990's Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life. In 2013, when the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in Istanbul start, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines b ...

Passed by Censor (2019)

In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the letters, in w ...

The Smell of Money (2018)

A cab driver, a teahouse owner and an out-of-work journalist live in a down-at-heel suburb of Ankara. When the driver tells his friends tales of the murky and unlawful dealings of his passengers, they install a camera to record the passengers. ...

Butterflies (2018)

Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other. ...

Sideway (2017)

The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday. ...

Eksi Bir (2017)

Since the dawn of time, humankind has struggled against harsh natural conditions. The drama of Şemsi, who is partially paralyzed and mentally ill, brings together three police officers on duty that night. Şemsi, who was removed from the municipal cultura ...

Cold Hell (2017)

A young Vienna-based taxi driver of Turkish origin witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The perpetrator, a serial killer, makes eye contact with her; a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues. ...

Nausea (2015)

Ahmet, who had recently lost his wife and little daughter in a traffic accident while he was away with his lover, is a prominent person dealing with "head work". As someone who does not care for anybody and does not knuckle under anything, he moves on qui ...

Yozgat Blues (2013)

Sabri, a barber in Yozgat - a very small city in the middle of Anatolia - has an emotional breakdown when he runs into Yavuz and Neşe, who come to the town to sing in a small music hall-bar. This will also affect Neşe and Yavuz. None of their desires wil ...

I Am Not Him (2013)

Nihat, an introverted employee in a hospital cafeteria, is confused by Ayşe, a mysterious woman who just started working there as a dishwasher. Her obvious seductive approaches embarrass Nihat and make him nervous at the same time. Despite the rumors abou ...

Government Woman 2 (2013)

Seven years before the first film, Xate, still living in her husband Aziz Veysel's shadow, is about to become the region's first female mayor when a routine morning send-off for Aziz turns explosive, reigniting the fierce rivalry between Xate and the power ...

Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)

In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father's barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee. ...

Swing (2013)

The last 12 minutes of a young woman in a house on the edge of the city. The radical decision of a woman whose life was made a prison by tradition, violence and poverty... ...

Mold (2013)

Basri, 55 year old, every day walks for miles along the tracks working as a railroad watchman. His nagging thought is finding his son. Eighteen years ago, while the boy was studying at the university in Istanbul, the police took him into custody for antigo ...

Government Woman (2013)

Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For the illitera ...

Shift 12-48 (2012)

Take a Deep Breath (2012)

A high school student, raised in a modern family, is taken to a gynecologist for a virginity test by her parents. The psychologically and physically traumatizing examination makes her realize she does not have control over her own body. She will do anythin ...

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

A group of men lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's location. As the group continu ...

Hair (2010)

A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day. ...

Vavien (2009)

Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal, running an electrician shop which doesn't go well. They are in debt. The only fun they have is going to the night clubs in Samsun. Celal's ...

Making of Three Monkeys (2008)

A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Three Monkeys / Üç Maymun" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Three Monkeys' had been shot in about 2 months in the summer and autumn of 2007 mostly in Yedikule district of Istanbul. ...

Three Monkeys (2008)

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or ...

Distant (2002)

A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former's struggles to find employment and the latter's troubles and disappointments strain their relations ...

The Things You Kill (2025)

Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the ...

You Know Him (2020)

Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for mayor of the Beyoglu district – in his opinion. An opinion not shared by his sceptical ex-wife; nor by the vo ...

After Hazelnut (2018)

Set in the village of Çiçekpınar in Düzce, the film examines how agricultural labor changed from the 1930s to the 2000s and how the social structure of the village transformed. Before hazelnuts, the villagers of Çiçekpınar lived in a self-sufficient ...

The Announcement (2017)

May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d'état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission o ...

Swing (2013)

The last 12 minutes of a young woman in a house on the edge of the city. The radical decision of a woman whose life was made a prison by tradition, violence and poverty... ...

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

A group of men lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's location. As the group continu ...

Three Monkeys (2008)

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or ...