Esme Madra

On the Storm tells a story about the changes that occur in two people’s lives upon the arrival of a third person to their home. We see how games played by this couple in their home create a space to flourish their relationship but at the same time shield them from reality. The newcomer changes the rules of this game-space and forces all three of them to construct a new way to relate to one another.

The sun rises on a Sunday morning in Berlin. On her way home, Derin finds herself thinking about what she left behind. She remembers why and how she moved abroad.

German photographer Daniel Bert, who comes to Istanbul to do photo shoots, meets Can, who is a zenne at a nightclub, and Ahmet, who comes from a conservative eastern family.

A bunch of friends gather in a house playing video games and having fun. They don't answer the phone calls, they don't stand emotional musics and they get melancholic when someone among them leaves the room. It seems like there is more than meets the eye.

Becoming an adult begins with moving out from your parents' house. While leaving the house, Derin hides an adult secret in the toy-box filled with her childhood memories. We step into adulthood sometimes voluntarily, or sometimes involuntarily and it gradually expands with inevitable confrontations.

A man falls into the Bosphorus on a snowy night. His son, Mete half-heartedly searches for him in wintered Istanbul.

A sarcastic, erotic, and tense gaze into the private, professional and social lives of Istanbulite artists whose lives intertwine with fiction.