Azra Akin

Deftly interweaving five contempo vignettes with fairy tale flavors, slick criss-crosser "Istanbul Tales" is both a compulsively watchable entertainment as well as an atmospheric love letter to one of the world's most beautiful cities. (bostonturkishfilmfestival.org)

Set in the beginning of the 1990s and depicting the "first loves" of different generations, the film focuses on the young grandson of the long-established Arifoðullarý family, Arif Ege, who seeks for his first love. The family elder Arif Arifoðlu is an obstinate, fussy old man, who has quit working long time ago. His son Azmi is just interested in winning his ex wife Nevin back... (iksv.org)

Kaan returns to his home town KDZ.Eregli, after he graduates from university. He has got lots of ideas about his future, however everything will be changed after he sees his childhood crush Çilek. (imdb)

Pelin is a photographer living in London. Although she has a bigger talent, in order to make a living she currently works in photographing weddings. Being a free spirit, she has difficulty in taking responsibility for her life and being committed to a single path/city/life. Kaan is living in istanbul and is about to get married. Being mostly in his head, he is missing the nuances that are naturally engraved in life. Pelin and Kaan are going to change each others lives, without even noticing.

The intersection of different lives from different social statues, around two men who looks like each other. (imdb)

Firat, a wealthy businessman who is looking for a nanny for his daughter, meets Yagmur. (imdb)