A Cup of Turkish Coffee / Doodle / Child’s Play / Ziazan

A Cup of Turkish Coffee

Turkey, France, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 8’, Turkish, English Subtitled
Director: Nazlı Eda Noyan, Dağhan Celayir

A woman looks at old family photos with her grandchild, on a table. She looks at her youth, at her childhood forced to marry at an early age, at the way she survived… She looks at photos of the past, at the present reflections of feelings about the past, during a short Turkish coffee break

Doodle

Turkey, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color,17’, Turkish, English Subtitled
Director: Selmin Çalışkan

Serra is looking for a job. She can’t get along with women and the atmosphere in employment interviews and always feels excluded. Her only time passer while waiting in interviews is crosswords. In a desperate moment, she invents a secret world in crosswords. And things get out of hand…

Child’s Play

Turkey, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color,4’, Turkish, English Subtitled
Director: Gizem Bayıksel

As she leaves home, Derin hides a secret of adults’ world in her toy box bearing childhood memories. She would fulfil the requirements of being an adult and then leave home…

Ziazan

Turkey, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 15’, Turkish, English Subtitled
Director: Derya Durmaz

Little Ziazan’s uncle earns his life by shuttle trading between Turkey and Armenia. As the border between two countries is closed, each time, he has to make a 36-hour journey through Georgia. The uncle brings small presents for his little niece every time he returns from Turkey. Ziazan likes chocolate cream tubes, most.

One day, Ziazan wants to have an adventure; he would hide in uncle’s luggage, go to Turkey secretly and buy lots of chocolate cream tubes… Would he?

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Reel Herstory: Real History of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: Real History of Reel Women

No Corpse Dumping / Cordelias / Sad Monsters

No Corpse Dumping / Cordelias / Sad Monsters

Vulva 3.0

Vulva 3.0

The Truth Beneath The Ground Guatemala, Silenced Genocide

The Truth Beneath The Ground Guatemala, Silenced Genocide

Kiki of Montparnesse / NewBorns / Blue Blue Sky / #SlutWalkNYC / Cousin Bert / The Centipede and The Toad

Kiki of Montparnesse / NewBorns / Blue Blue Sky / #SlutWalkNYC / Cousin Bert / The Centipede and The Toad

A Cup of Turkish Coffee / Doodle / Child’s Play / Ziazan

A Cup of Turkish Coffee / Doodle / Child’s Play / Ziazan

Hijabi Girls / The Easter Crumble / The Vast Landscape-Porcelain Stories / Matilde The Big Shake / Pulse

Hijabi Girls / The Easter Crumble / The Vast Landscape-Porcelain Stories / Matilde The Big Shake / Pulse

Piecemeal Ostim

Piecemeal Ostim

Marussia

Marussia

Diyar

Diyar

Blue Wave

Blue Wave

Today's Stories: Cihangir <br>Özge Baykan Calafato

Today's Stories: Cihangir
Özge Baykan Calafato

Inspired by the exhibition Istanbuls TodayToday's Stories series continues with Özge Baykan Calafato's story "Cihangir"! This series gathers short stories written by authors encouraged by the photographs in the exhibition.

Midnight Stories: COGITO <br> Tevfik Uyar

Midnight Stories: COGITO
Tevfik Uyar

He had imagined the court room as a big place. It wasn’t. It was about the size of his living room, with an elevation at one end, with a dais on it. The judges and the attorneys sat there. Below it was an old wooden rail, worn out in some places. That was his place. There was another seat for his lawyer. At the back, about 20 or 30 chairs were stowed out for the non-existent crowd.

The Golden Horn

The Golden Horn

When regarding the paintings of Istanbul by western painters, Golden Horn has a distinctive place and value. This body of water that separates the Topkapı Palace and the Historical Peninsula, in which monumental edifices are located, from Galata, where westerners and foreign embassies dwell, is as though an interpenetrating boundary.