Ümit Ünal

The Playroom (2024)

Fırat and Filiz are a couple in their 30s. Because their marriage has entered a period of stagnation, they go to a quiet, small hotel near Assos for a holiday. At the hotel, they meet Özkan and Aysun, local villagers who are running the entire hotel and ...

Oregon (2023)

Summer 1985, Istanbul. Hakan and Gaye want to give back a music tape to their friend Selen before they leave. Things won't go as planned. ...

Love, Spells and All That (2021)

In their youth, Eren and Reyhan, who grew up in Büyükada, had a great love. As soon as their families heard about this relationship, they separated them. Eren, the daughter of a wealthy family, returns to the island years later and finds Reyhan in an une ...

I Still Hear (2021)

Serial Cook (2018)

Meet Neslihan. A perfect cook, an expert on Turkish cuisine, strictly loyal to her husband, an impeccable house wife ...and a serial killer. ...

The Pomegranate (2011)

"The Pomegranate" tells the story of a woman; seeking her own justice. "The Pomegranate" questions the justice of four people with different beliefs in a house, in half a day and in their own realms of faith. Asuman is a fortune-teller with uncanny psychic ...

The Voice (2010)

Derya works in a bank's call centers to support her elderly mother. One day her life is suddenly turned upside down as she begins to hear a strange voice whispering to her. The source of the voice is a mystery and it tells her things and facts no-one else ...

Kaptan Feza (2010)

Ömer's father is an actor in Yeşilçam. Ömer attracts attention because he looks very much like his father. One day, Ömer meets a little girl named Asu. Asu compares him to Captain Feza, a Yeşilçam space hero. Ömer is actually one of the puppets con ...

The Shadowless (2009)

A barber working in Istanbul longs to be 'both here and far, far away'. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people di ...

Ara (2008)

Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. The ...

İstanbul Tales (2005)

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. ...

9 (2002)

In a poor neighbourhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighbourhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing th ...

Yaz Yağmuru (1994)

While working on his novel, an author discovers a mysterious girl in his garden. Is she real or imaginary? Despite this uncertainty, he delves into the girl's world. ...

Amerikalı (1993)

Revenge story in Istanbul. After being sent to prison, Şeref manages to escape and flee to the United States. Over the next twenty years, he works tirelessly and becomes a billionaire. With his vast fortune, he returns to Turkey after twenty years, driven ...

Berlin in Berlin (1993)

A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Her husband finds out and starts a fight. In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband. ...

Piano Piano Kid (1991)

In 1940s Turkey, the war is recently over, but the wounds are still fresh, and the WWII is going on next door. A different family lives in each room of a mansion. They all lead a scarce life but hold on to life with hope. ...

Devil, My Friend (1988)

Fatih is a musician who can never seem to get where he wants to be. One day, he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame. But over time, he realizes that people are worse and smarter than the devil. ...

My Dreams, My Love, and You (1987)

Coşkun has been in love with the famous star Derya Altınay since his childhood. So much so that the fictional melodrama film heroines, who have opposite characters, have infiltrated the young man's life. Coşkun has the opportunity to meet Derya; he pens ...

My Aunt (1986)

Üftade has long been the object of men's fury. Her only hope is to marry the young man she is in love with and escape her traumatic life in the home of her abusive stepfather. However, when her lover suddenly leaves her, Üftade's despair increases expone ...

Billionaire (1986)

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind. ...

Masumiyet (2015)

Lost in Karastan (2014)

Washed up British film director, Emil, who is invited by a nascent state to make a national Epic in an obscure Caucasus Republic ruled by an eccentric and corrupt dictator. When down and out Academy award winning British film director Emil Miller receives ...

My Aunt (1986)

Üftade has long been the object of men's fury. Her only hope is to marry the young man she is in love with and escape her traumatic life in the home of her abusive stepfather. However, when her lover suddenly leaves her, Üftade's despair increases expone ...

Billionaire (1986)

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind. ...