Movies: Ergün Şimşek

The Kourdic poet Ibrahim Aziz is suspected of being a member of the Kourdic Marxistic Leninistic Front and enlists the help of his lawyer Wies to receive political asylum in the Netherlands....

"Munya in Me" is a stop-motion animation about heavy ten-year-old Munya trying to avoid her bullies on her daily trip to the Turkish supermarket, mostly without success. Until one day she realizes that she shouldn't hide. She should show herself....

A police-officer and his girlfriend struggle with their boundaries and self-control, in a relationship far more complex than meets the eye....

When Farid’s mother dies, he and his father Dariush are both grieving in their own way. They’ve never been close and this escalates when Farid wants to play his mother’s favorite song for Dariush. What starts as a simple act ends in an outburst of em...

Business is going very badly for Erdal Koksal, chef and owner of The Sultan, a traditional Turkish eatery. While trying to keep his oriental restaurant afloat, he must learn that the people around him are not just cooking ingredients, but human being...