Erdem Şenocak

Siren's Call

Welcome to the New Istanbul. A massive concrete jungle feeding on chaos and hypocrisy; it's inhabitants at the end of their tether. Tahsin is a burnt-out architect suffocated by his existence in this very city. One night, he re-encounters an old friend, Siren; a changed woman who now lives on the remote southern coast of Turkey where she works on an organic farm. Instantly enchanted, he decides to follow her down south. He packs his suitcase, bids angry farewells at work and heads for the airport. Yet, little does he know what a tragicomic odyssey awaits him.

The Reeds

In a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, a young man resists the domination of landlords and local gangs while striving to win back his wife's love and affection.

About Dry Grasses

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

While Time Flows

After coming out of a long relationship, Alper is searching for a fresh start but finds himself in a moral conflict following an unexpected incident at work.

The Hotel

A man arrives at a desolate hotel, its eerie silence wrapping around him like a warning. As he wanders the dimly lit corridors, he finds no sign of life, only a lone, unattended meal waiting in the dining room, which he decides to eat. By nightfall, violent illness takes hold. In a desperate search for help, he staggers through the hotel’s darkness.

Forms of Forgetting

Nesrin and Erdem talk about their relationship, which they don’t remember in exactly the same way. Çevik’s visually stunning essay uses their conversations to forge a pensive treatise on what it means to forget, where word and image play an equal role.

I am not Supermarket

Saffet(32), a veteran supermarket employee, lives in constant fear of losing his job as rumors circulate about an audit. The audit, aided by Mystery Shoppers, targets declining sales of the Supermarket. Saffet's paranoia grows, perceiving every customer as a potential threat. Saffet spirals deeper into a whirlpool of anxiety and uncertainty.

Burning Days

With the mayoral election approaching, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of a small town suffering from a water supply crisis gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.

Siren's Call

Welcome to the New Istanbul. A massive concrete jungle feeding on chaos and hypocrisy; it's inhabitants at the end of their tether. Tahsin is a burnt-out architect suffocated by his existence in this very city. One night, he re-encounters an old friend, Siren; a changed woman who now lives on the remote southern coast of Turkey where she works on an organic farm. Instantly enchanted, he decides to follow her down south. He packs his suitcase, bids angry farewells at work and heads for the airport. Yet, little does he know what a tragicomic odyssey awaits him.

The Reeds

In a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, a young man resists the domination of landlords and local gangs while striving to win back his wife's love and affection.

About Dry Grasses

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

While Time Flows

After coming out of a long relationship, Alper is searching for a fresh start but finds himself in a moral conflict following an unexpected incident at work.

The Hotel

A man arrives at a desolate hotel, its eerie silence wrapping around him like a warning. As he wanders the dimly lit corridors, he finds no sign of life, only a lone, unattended meal waiting in the dining room, which he decides to eat. By nightfall, violent illness takes hold. In a desperate search for help, he staggers through the hotel’s darkness.

Forms of Forgetting

Nesrin and Erdem talk about their relationship, which they don’t remember in exactly the same way. Çevik’s visually stunning essay uses their conversations to forge a pensive treatise on what it means to forget, where word and image play an equal role.

I am not Supermarket

Saffet(32), a veteran supermarket employee, lives in constant fear of losing his job as rumors circulate about an audit. The audit, aided by Mystery Shoppers, targets declining sales of the Supermarket. Saffet's paranoia grows, perceiving every customer as a potential threat. Saffet spirals deeper into a whirlpool of anxiety and uncertainty.

Burning Days

With the mayoral election approaching, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of a small town suffering from a water supply crisis gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.

The Greatest Funeral Hits

An ever-crying woman who lost her husband; A mismatched couple preparing for their wedding night; A video artist hearing a confession about 20,000 euros after wrestling with his girlfriend in bed. People celebrating the deceased’s birthday.

The Announcement

May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their very own inefficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all.

Kerr

Can witnesses a murder in a small town. The police don't allow him to leave after his testimony. On the other hand, a quarantine is declared due to rabid dogs. The whole town turns into purgatory with no exit is almost at the edge of insanity.

The Criminals

Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together. They are rejected from all hotels for not having a marriage certificate. Once they believe they’ve found a trick to use, the situation gets out of hand.

Between Two Dawns

After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife

İdea

Kemal is a guard at an empty villa belonging to a dark businessman outside the city. One night, he finds a book called IDEA, left by someone whose face he cannot see, on the bus he occasionally goes to the city. After, Kemal’s life begins to turn to hell in a way that he could never understand.

Hesitation Wound

A criminal lawyer Canan, divides her time in the courthouse and mother's hospital bed at night. She has to make a moral choice that will affect lives of her mother, judge and murder suspect client.

Unfruitful Times

After a tragic miscarriage, Nimet -a middle aged woman- gets stuck in the conservative society in Istanbul while her beloved younger sister Öznur carries a burden of her own in the family, trying to struggle her own demons.

Passed by Censor

In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the letters, in which appears Selma, an inmate's wife. More than an inspiration, she becomes an obsession for Zakir. He observes her, makes up stories, and imagines the worst to the extent that he puts himself at great risk.

I Don't Need Another Defeat

Adem and Elif are a couple in their late thirties who separated months ago but are not yet divorced. Their relationship comesto a halt as Elif is extremely tired of trying to prove her love, and Adem loses his belief in Elif’s loyalty and constantly blames her for betrayal. Months later, one night, Adem knocks on Elif’s door...

Breath

Arif has to take care of his father, who is bedridden and has diabetes. The change of his lover's ideas about life, forces Arif to make a choice between the life of his father, who had left him, and his journey to freedom.

Karşılaşmalar

Dünya Bu

Dünya Bu (The World as It Is, 2023) is a Turkish anthology comedy series on Gain, featuring 32 different self-contained stories set in a single shared world. Each episode tells a different human story with a comedic lens. Comedy is the clear dominant, drama is medium, romance and suspense are both low given the short-form anthology format with no overarching plot.

Kübra

When a suburban man receives messages that seem to predict the future, he develops a following — and powerful enemies.

The Eighth Family

With their invention of bulletproof thermal underwear, the Basmacıgil Family earns the title of the Eighth Family, one of the ruling forces of the world. Yet, as six very different siblings attempt to run the family business, their well-meaning but ineffective efforts leave their father Erol convinced that “no outside enemy is necessary."

Letters from the Past

When a young woman discovers a long-buried secret about her past, she must trace back a collection of letters to their writers to uncover the truth.

Crown Prince

Zülfükar Karslı, who is beginning to lose his former power at the bus station and is searching for an heir to succeed him instead of his son, crosses paths with Timur, a travelling repairman struggling with debts left by his father. This encounter will fundamentally change everyone's lives, especially Zülfükar Karslı's son Zafer, and his daughters Kudret, Derya, and Cennet. Timur, who steps into the bus station as Zafer Karslı, must also play the role of husband and wife with Zafer's wife Reyhan. However, the act will gradually turn into reality, and the two captives in the Karslı Mansion, Timur and Reyhan, will have to fight for their love in this world woven with lies.

Lovers Anonymous

Cem, scarred by a childhood that crushed his trust in love, runs the "Love Hospital" — until Hazal, a believer in the power of love, disrupts his life.

Light in the Dark

The series tells the story of Dr. Nilüfer Toska, a dedicated psychiatrist with a special talent for helping troubled teens. For Dr. Nilüfer, there are no hopeless cases. Her unique understanding of the adolescent mind keeps her one step ahead of her colleagues. But Dr. Nilüfer’s genius carries a steep price. Despite her success, she is haunted by an awful secret that, if it ever came out, could ruin her career.

Altın Koza

Duran

The common goal of Duran, Celal and Mustafa is to find a way to get rid of the suburban neighborhood they live in as soon as possible. Duran wants to win the Muay Thai tournament and become a wealthy and famous fighter. Celal starts working on a rap composition after his unsuccessful attempts. Mustafa, on the other hand, tries to get into the influential gang of the neighborhood. For the owner of the Golden Gloves gym, former champion boxer Hakki, the upcoming tournament is also the only opportunity to get rid of his debts to the influential brother of the neighborhood, Sedat. When Hakki's granddaughter, Asli, who lives in Germany, whom he has not seen for years, shows up with a stolen diamond and then loses it as a result of an accident, the balance in the neighborhood turns upside down.

The Search

Nisan, an unhappy, sick, lost woman trapped in the hustle of city life, discovers a shady cult in her search for her friend who disappeared after a healing session they attended together. Despite all her doubts, Nisan can't turn a blind eye to the cult's promises, and follows a mysterious man, Tufan, into an adventure full of unknowns.

Şanzelize Düğün Salonu

Turgut's life took an unexpected turn when he started experiencing bizarre and absurd adventures in his dreams. Each night, he would enter a realm filled with peculiar creatures, mythical landscapes, and enchanting wonders. At first, he dismissed them as mere dreams, but soon, he noticed a curious connection between these dreams and his waking life.

Wild Abandon

In the haze of a midlife crisis, an architect begins living a double life as a punk while members of his family lead their own crisis-ridden lives.