Festival Programme

Films by Country

Turkey

Salvation

Kurtuluş

Emin Alper

Based on true events, Turkish director Emin Alper’s latest is a deeply unsettling and atmospheric examination of the roots of atrocity, seen through the eyes of a village leader whose personal insecurities drive him to commit horrific deeds.

Yellow Letters

Gelbe Briefe

İlker Çatak

Turkish filmmaker İlker Çatak follows up his Oscar-nominated The Teacher’s Lounge with this story of a liberal upper-class family’s downward spiral amidst political turmoil and authoritarian scrutiny, capturing the nation’s terrifying slide into far-right oppression.