Uğur Polat

Anatolian Leopard (2022)

At Turkey's oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a neglected female officer form an unlikely bond: as they hide the death of the zoo's oldest inhabitant, an Anatolian leopard, in order to stop the privatization process and fake its escape, they set in motion a ...

Breath (2019)

Tamer, reliant on friends to navigate life, Aslı, aimless and living with family while tending to a sick neighbor, and Celil, an ordinary caregiver emotionally detached but devoted to his patients until death, cross paths in a poignant exploration of inte ...

125 Years Memory (2015)

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese co ...

Eksik (2015)

Thirty years after the 1980 coup, the paths of a family whose lives were shattered cross again. Deniz and Devrim, two siblings who never knew each other and were forced to grow up separately, reunite with their mother, Melek. Each of them harbors anger and ...

Benimle Oynar mısın? (2013)

UMMAH - Unter Freunden (2013)

Daniel no longer wants to know anything about his job at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. After a tragic accident during a surveillance operation in the neo-Nazi scene, he tries to resign. Instead of pursuing his request, he is housed in ...

The Long Way Home (2013)

Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling surviv ...

To Better Days (2012)

In the course of a day in Istanbul, five individuals cross paths and change each others' lives in unexpected ways. ...

Jurnal (2012)

Çakal (2010)

Akın's life, who lived with a father he didn't like and a sick mother, changed after he lost his mother. He plans to start a new life with the money he steals from the carpentry workshop where he works. When his girlfriend Deniz dismisses this dream as ri ...

Yahşi Batı (2009)

Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west. ...

Ali's Eight Days (2009)

Ali is a young man whose life passes as a routine between his house and the little shop he owns. Everything changes when she meets Zeynep, a girl who's recently moved to the neighbourhood. ...

Vali (2009)

The suspicious deaths began with the information obtained by MTA engineer Ömer Uçar, who has been a friend of Governor Faruk Yazıcı since childhood, and his colleagues regarding the rich uranium deposit in the region. ...

Cars of the Revolution (2008)

In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days! ...

Pars: Operation Cherry (2007)

A story describing Turkish narcotic police team named "Pars" who are trailing the traffic through Afghanistan, Turkey, Europe and USA. ...

Mavi Gözlü Dev (2007)

The beloved poet of Turkey, Nazım Hikmet, is featured on the silver screen for the period he spent in prison after 1941. Imprisoned for communist propaganda, Nazım became legendary within the prison walls as his fame grew by word of mouth. A group of fri ...

Fog and Night (2007)

Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing ...

2 Süper Film Birden (2006)

Necati is a 33 year old man who's passionate for cinema. He has lost his mother just after he was born and his father is an odd fisherman nicknamed "Newton". Necati's biggest dream is to complete his film "Gravity Zero" which he endeavors to shoot by using ...

Encounter (2003)

The story of a man who believes he's been presented with a new life where he witnesses his son's resurrection. ...

O da Beni Seviyor (2001)

Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican. ...

Offside (2000)

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practicing as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. The neighborhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship. ...

Elephants and Grass (2000)

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2 ...

Strawberry Cake (2000)

Onur is a pastry owner who passionately loves making pastries. He makes a strawberry cake everyday but he never sells it. He reserves that cake for the woman whom he will fall in love with. One day, famous actress Burcu Burkan visits his pastry shop for sh ...

Yıldız Tepe (2000)

Due to the war in Bosnia, Sevgi is sent by her family to live with relatives on a desolate hill in Anatolia, where she receives a very cold welcome. There is a strange tension among the inhabitants of the house. Sevgi begins to investigate the cause of the ...

Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds (1999)

During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durm ...

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi (1997)

The story of Taner, a lawyer who has problems with his aging wife, lives with his sister Saime, who is confined to a wheelchair, and is threatened and harassed because of his cases. Taner's personal and professional life continues in a tense environment as ...

Bir Kadının Anatomisi (1995)

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin i ...

Liberation: Salvation (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Liberation: Beginning of the end (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Liberation: Flood of Blood (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Liberation: Resurrection (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Liberation: Between Two Fires (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Liberation: Those Crazy Turks (1994)

It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told. ...

Daydreams of Miss Cazibe (1992)

Cazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her uncle who feels an attraction towards her. The lonely woman, whose only existence is her small room, spend ...

Suyun Öte Yanı (1991)

All Doors Were Closed (1990)

Nil spends years in jail and is being tortured during September 12 junta period and alienates the new life after she is released. ...

Mist (1988)

Two Turkish brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the political fence. When one of the brothers is murdered, the boys' father suspects that his surviving son was instrumental in the killing. Celebrated film director Elia Kazan returns to his acting ...