Av: The Hunt

The world is ending, but the president of The Grand Turkish Republic won’t let that happen until he has a chicken schnitzel. Gleefully silly science fiction satire with political bite.

Derya works in a bank's call centers to support her elderly mother. One day her life is suddenly turned upside down as she begins to hear a strange voice whispering to her. The source of the voice is a mystery and it tells her things and facts no-one else would know. Word gets out, and many in the community start to believe she is receiving messages from the divine. But soon the voice starts to become louder and louder, its tone becomes more and more threatening and Derya’s life starts spiraling into a nightmare.

Omnibus of five short films that were shot in the Turkish province of Kars, on the border with Armenia. Among the five directors are three debutants who were chosen to film their stories after winning a scenario contest. The final result is a sympathetic collection of films that remain small and simple: the puppy love between a boy and a girl on their winter trip to school, the memories of a young woman about her mother's response to her first menstruation and bra, and the story of a student who returns to his village, but all too soon flees again for the past that is waiting for him there. The stories take place strikingly often around the cemetery and look at things from the past being revealed. The last contribution to the omnibus film is also significantly called ‘a small truth’.

Mehmet, presenting himself as a film director, is on the look out for an actress to star in his next film. He offers amateur filmmaker Emre the casting job, wanting him to audition the candidates, chose the most appropriate one, and follow her candidly with his camera. Emre accepts, not knowing that he in return has also been filmed during this meeting. Emre auditions several female candidates, eager to star in a feature film, and then chooses one to follow, as instructed. Eventually, the main participants are gathered in an old, abandoned mansion on Prince's Island, off the coast of Istanbul.

Aykut moves to a new private school in the middle of the year with his father, who is the principal. There are two separate groups between girls and boys at the school, which Aykut's father Nurettin tries to keep in line. The girls' group is 'Adab-ı Muaşeret' and the boys' group is 'Mokokolar'. Groups where not everyone is accepted are feuding mischievously among each other. A love affair begins between Aykut and Zeynep, the leader of 'Adab-ı Muaşeret', but they both have reasons to keep this love secret.

A director and a screenwriter are invited by Istanbul Modern to shoot a film for the 100th anniversary of Turkish cinema. Determined to find inspiration from the cult Battal Khan movies, the duo encounters unexpected mishaps.