Sema Güler

Leyla (28) is a young painter who has been exposed to male violance and has locked herself in the house for a while. The wounds and stitches on her face are about to recover; however Leyla is not able to tackle with the impacts of the trauma she went through and isolates herself from life. A series of unexpected events take place when she dumps out her self- portrait which reminds her of the times she was happy and therefore cannot bear seeing it anymore. Leyla has to confront the truth and make a choice.

This is an adventurous and ambitious director's story who tries to make a film in the conditions of Turkey. After the making of the film, it followed by censorship, suppression and banning... For what purpose, for what kind of reasons, for whom and why can a film be prohibited?

The story of Sultan Mehmet II, the conqueror of Istanbul, and the influence of his mentor, Akşemseddin.