Ismail (2012)

Actors: Ana Moreno (producer), Nora Alsharif (director), Nora Alsharif (editor), Jamila Aladdin (costume designer), Hans Lucas (editor), Jessica Snyder (costume designer), Ibrahim Abbas (actor), Shadi Salah (actor), Khaled al Ghwairi (actor), Yazan Al Rousan (miscellaneous crew), Hatem Alsharif (writer), Suhad al Khatib (miscellaneous crew), Dalia Naber (miscellaneous crew), Mohammed Ibrahimi (actor), Nizar Idrees (actor),

Plot: Inspired by the late Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout (1930-2006), Ismail tells the compelling story of a young Palestinian struggling to support his parents after their expulsion to a Refugee camp in 1948 by the Israeli forces. Despite the wretched life and distressing conditions he holds to his dream to go to Rome to learn painting. One day and after selling cakes at the train station with his little brother, they heedlessly enter a minefield. As Ismail faces death, and in his struggle to save himself and his brother, we discover his true spirit.

14e (2011)

Actors: Kaarle Aho (producer), Jussi Sandhu (editor), Michael Law (composer), Naima Mohamud (director), Naima Mohamud (writer), Veeti Haapalehti (actor), Tuula Kumpumäki (producer), Joonas Haapaniemi (actor), Fonkah Alakotila (actor), Prince Ouamba (actor), Samson Twun (actor),

Sixforty-Five (2009)

Actors: Mustafa Baris Corak (writer), Mustafa Baris Corak (producer), Mustafa Baris Corak (director), Mustafa Baris Corak (editor), Devrim Özder Akin (actor), Berk Tugcu (editor), Nagihan Orhan (actress),

Ask geliyorum demez (2009)

Actors: Zeki Alasya (actor), Yilmaz Gruda (actor), Kemal Inci (actor), Altan Erkekli (actor), Hakan Bilgin (actor), Timur Savci (producer), Murat Seker (director), Murat Seker (writer), Yosi Mizrahi (actor), Sarp Apak (actor), Aytekin G. Atas (composer), Müfit Aytekin (actor), Ömür Arpaci (actor), Altan Gördüm (actor), Tolgahan Sayisman (actor),

Bes vakit (2006)

Actors: Arvo Pärt (composer), Yigit Özsener (actor), Reha Erdem (editor), Reha Erdem (director), Reha Erdem (writer), Köksal Engür (actor), Cüneyt Türel (actor), Taner Birsel (actor), Bülent Emin Yarar (actor), Ömer Atay (producer), Selma Ergeç (actress), Tilbe Saran (actress), Nihan Asli Elmas (actress), Sevinç Erbulak (actress), Claudine Avetyan (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards. Villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living, on a daily survival basis, out of the earth and of a few animals they feed. Just like the animals and trees around them, they have the knowledge of their temporary existence, hence a sober resignation prevails. They live according to the rhythm of the earth, air and water, day and night and seasons. The daily time is divided into five parts by the sound of the call to prayer. Every day, all human events are lived through within these five time slices. In child raising, grownups go on with the practice they have experienced by their parents. They expose their love awkwardly and consider beating a favorable method. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, Yakup and Yildiz, three children of about 12,13 years old, just between childhood and youth, are the prominent characters in this movie of five times. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. He shares his guilty thoughts with his friend Yakup. Children study in the village school consisting of only one classroom. Families show their gratitude to the young woman teacher by giving her presents -the bread they cook themselves, the milk of their own sheep. Yakup is in love with his teacher. He hides his guilty feelings even from his best friend Ömer. When some day he sees his father spying the teacher, he dreams, like Yakup, of killing his father. Yildiz both studies and tries to manage the household works imposed by her own mother. She tries to be a mother for her baby brother. On the other hand, she learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women. Five times elapse. Children, oscillating between rage and guilt, grow up slowly. Ömer gives up killing his father. Stuck between love and hate, he cries desperately.

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Kolay para (2002)

Actors: Sükrü Avsar (producer), Özcan Deniz (actor), Tuba Ünsal (actress), Suavi Eren (actor), Tamer Ciray (composer), Peker Açikalin (actor), Okan Yalabik (actor), Idil Firat (actress), Emre Altug (actor), Sebnem Dönmez (actress), Erdem Akakce (actor), Mustafa Ugurlu (actor), Erkan Tasdögen (actor), Hakan Haksun (director), Hakan Haksun (writer),

Sangue vivo (2000)

Actors: Gianluca Arcopinto (producer), Luca Benedetti (editor), Nico Cirasola (actor), Maurizio Tini (producer), Franco Giannì (actor), Antonella Cannarozzi (costume designer), Franco Giannì (miscellaneous crew), Edoardo Winspeare (director), Edoardo Winspeare (writer), Giordano Baffari (miscellaneous crew), Tore Sansonetti (producer), Sophie Chiarello (miscellaneous crew), Giorgia Cecere (writer), Antonio Carluccio (actor), Chiara Torelli (actress),

El-Bahr Bi-Yedhak Ley (1994)

Actors: Lotfy Labib (actor), Mahmoud Abdel Aziz (actor), Adel Monir (editor), Othman Abdul Menem (actor), Mohamed Sharaf (actor), Ragueh Daoud (composer), Hamdy Youssef (actor), Shawqy Shamekh (actor), Nagah El-Mogui (actor), Ali Hassanein (actor), Mohammad Kamel El-Kalyubi (director), Mohammad Kamel El-Kalyubi (writer), Mohamed Lotfy (actor), Ahmed Siam (actor), Enas Mekky (actress),

Kaygisizlar (1994)

Actors: Halit Akçatepe (actor), Temel Gürsu (director), Aysen Gruda (actress), Yilmaz Köksal (actor), Meltem Savci (actress), Dolunay Soysert (actress), Ercan Yazgan (actor), Oguz Yalçin (director), Betül Arim (actress), Riza Pekkutsal (actor), Ayten Erman (actress), Serkan Ercan (actor), Gani Müjde (writer), Ulku Duru (actress), Aysegül Uyguner (actress),

Düsman (1980)

Actors: Hüseyin Kutman (actor), Aytaç Arman (actor), Yilmaz Güney (producer), Hasan Ceylan (actor), Yilmaz Güney (writer), Lütfü Engin (actor), Macit Koper (actor), Zeki Ökten (editor), Zeki Ökten (director), Muadelet Tibet (actress), Ahmet Açan (actor), Sevket Altug (actor), Güngör Bayrak (actress), Kamil Sönmez (actor), Fehmi Yasar (actor),

Plot: Ismail is out of work despite am obvious willingness to do almost anything to earn enough to provide for his family. He is too well educated for the jobs he hopes to find, but not well enough connected to find the work he is capable of doing. He joins the labour market (much like the colonial slave markets of the 18th century) daily, only to return to his beloved and beautiful wife demoralized and without money. His wife, her mother, and their baby are totally dependent on him, so he submits to two humiliating tasks: poisoning the local stray dogs and begging his father for part of his inheritance.