“As a filmmaker, what attracts me most in human nature is its dark side.” Zeki Demirkubuz In 2006 Fiachra Gibbons of Guardian described him as “Zeki Demirkubuz is one of the utterly unclassifiable talents Turkish cinema has quietly produced to surprise, delight and challenge the world. He seems surprised that his serious films have struck such […]
If you are going to be in New York City between April 20 and May 1, then don’t forget to check out Tribeca Film Festival 2011, a festival that was established by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff back in 2003. In 2008, one of the directors we work with, Huseyin Karabey won […]
Wrong Rosary (Uzak Ihtimal) is first feature of director Mahmut Fazil Coskun, and won Golden Leopard for Best Film in Rotterdam Film Festival. Jennie Kermode of EyeForFilm says “Wrong Rosary is probably the best film to come out of Turkey all year, and one of the best romances made anywhere.” “… Wrong Rosary tackles some […]
Gorkem Yeltan as Selma the femme fatale in Golge (Shadow) “A woman has a dangerous effect on the people who love her in this drama from director Mehmet Güreli. Halim is a writer who returns to Istanbul for the first time in years to visit his mother, who is seriously ill. While in Istanbul, […]
If you don’t know Turkish and prefer subtitles in a language other than English, you should give MUBI a try. MUBI supports subtitles in various languages. That means if you live in Russia and want to watch Gitmek (My Marlon and Brando) with Russian subtitles, you can do it on MUBI. Too see which Filmpot movies have […]
Filmpot is a digital distributor company based in Seattle. Founders of Filmpot dreamt of creating a one stop digital shop for Turkish films. Since then, we established ourselves as the leader in online distribution of acclaimed and award-winning Turkish movies. At Filmpot we have two goals, as Managing Partner İlker Cengiz puts it, ‘to help […]