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(Full name - Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema.) Turkey in the 1960s and 70s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world even though its film industry did not have enough written material to start with. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors at Yeşilçam were copying, stealing and hacking scripts and remaking bizarre versions of movies from all over the world without any regard to copyright law. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Mar 20, 2025 - 0 comments

"A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life." [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Jan 20, 2025 - 2 comments

[TRAILER] Policemen (Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu) face a night of horror in a subterranean labyrinth after answering a distress call. A Turkish surrealist horror film directed by Can Evrenol, based on his 2013 short film by the same name. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 14, 2024 - 5 comments

[TRAILER] A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of its cats. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 21, 2024 - 3 comments

Ayşe returns to her hometown in northeastern Turkey to nurse her gravely ill mother. She promises to fulfill the dying woman's last wish: to care for her beloved bee farms. AKA Keeping the Bees. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 11, 2023 - 1 comment