1. Fascism Inc. (Φασισμός Α.Ε.)
Unknown short stories from the past, the present and the future of fascism and its relation to the economic interests of each era. We will travel from Mussolini’s Italy to Greece under the Nazi occupation, the civil war and the dictatorship; and from Hitler’s Germany to the modern European and Greek fascism.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
2. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - From Revolutionary to Statesman.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk , was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.
3. Çürük: The Pink Report
The Turkish army considers homosexuality a mental disorder which exonerates young men from military service, but also requires a medical diagnosis to be reached through both psychological and more invasive diagnostic procedures.’Çürük’ is an intense, entirely anonymous recording of the mortifying procedure used by the Turkish military to make it possible for gay men to exempt themselves from military service. The humiliation includes psychological tests, anal examinations and the photographical proof of gay sex. The impact on gay men‘s self-esteem becomes more than obvious, when one of the protagonists doubtfully asks: “Do you think I'm a real man?”
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
4. Afganistanbul (Afganistanbul)
(Afganistanbul)
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
5. My Child (Benim Çocuğum)
What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents in this conservative society.
It has an average vote of 6.222 on TMDB.
6. 38 (38)
Documentary on the massacres commited in the Dersim region in Turkey in 1937/38.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Atatürk, père de la Turquie moderne (Atatürk, père de la Turquie moderne)
(Atatürk, père de la Turquie moderne)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
8. Phantom of Venus
The second part of the series Cypriot Collage Stories sketches out the history of this Mediterranean island as a conflict of its two mothers – Aphrodite and Virgin Mary. Animations and collages are intertwined with found footage of the 1974 Turkish invasion of the island, revealing the obvious fact that modern conflicts are rooted in history.
9. Cyprus Is an Island
A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
10. Laboratory Greece
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.</p><p> «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe»</p><p> Paul Craig Roberts
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Messiniako Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oil from Kalamata, Greece (Food Insider)
In Androusa, in the Kalamata region of Messinia, in the Peloponnese, Greece. This region produces what is considered to be the finest olive oil in the world. It's made from the Koroneiki olive, it is a very small olive, but also very rich and aromatic. Together with a cold extraction and a slow fermentation process, Koroneiki olive oil tastes like no other, a true nectar of the gods. This is the land of ancient myths and heroes, after all. Lets decover it with Dimitra Mathiopoulou, Oliver Oil Taster, University of Peloponnese Olive Oil Tasting Panel, Co-founder of "The Olive Routes" with her husband as the fifht-generation owner of the olive oil mill. They create and market Messiniako Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil , with PDO Kalamata label.</p><p> Documentary from: Food Insider | Regional Eats
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
12. Evaporating Borders
Evaporating Borders is a poetically photographed and rendered film on tolerance and search for identity. Told through 5 vignettes portraying the lives of migrants on the island of Cyprus, it passionately weaves themes of displacement and belonging.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
13. Exarcheia, le chant des oiseaux (Exarcheia, le chant des oiseaux)
(Exarcheia, le chant des oiseaux)
14. Atatürk: Father of Modern Turkey (Atatürk)
Docudrama examining the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Monuments to him can be found in every city; the anniversary of his death is commemorated every year; derogatory words about him are punishable by law. Rarely has a politician changed a society so radically in such a short time as Atatürk did Turkey.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
15. Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night (Comme des lions de pierre à l'entrée de la nuit)
Between 1947 and 1951, more than 80 000 Greek men, women and children were deported to the isle of Makronissos in reeducation camps created to ‘fight the spread of Communism’. Among those exiles were a number of writers and poets, including Yannis Ritsos and Tassos Livaditis. Despite the deprivation and torture, they managed to write poems which describe the struggle for survival in this world of internment. These texts, some of them buried in the camps, were later found. «Like Lions of stone at the gateway of night» blends these poetic writings with the reeducation propaganda speeches constantly piped through the camps’ loudspeakers. Long tracking shots take us on a trance-like journey through the camp ruins, interrupted along the way by segments from photographic archives. A cinematic essay, which revives the memory of forgotten ruins and a battle lost.
16. Longing
Garod means longing in Armenian. Longing for a land that lost its people. Longing for the homeland. Longing for a time that is eternally lost. “Garod” is a story of longing. It is about the lives and the musical stories of two Armenian musicians - a father and his son, Onnik Dinkjian and Ara Dinkjian. It tells the story of the remaking of a musical tradition and life in diaspora, passes through different geographies and countries following the traces of a musical tradition. In this documentary, Garod means not only longing for loss but also remaking of a musical tradition and the life itself.
17. İHA'nın Arşivinden 17 Ağustos 1999 Depremi (İHA'nın Arşivinden 17 Ağustos 1999 Depremi)
(İHA'nın Arşivinden 17 Ağustos 1999 Depremi)
18. Turkeys for Xmas
Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.
19. Lost in the Bewilderness
Lost in the Bewilderness is a feature-length documentary about the filmmaker’s cousin Lucas, kidnapped at age five from his native Greece, and found on the eve of his 16th birthday in the US. This story of international parental abduction, filmed for over twenty years, chronicles Lucas’s journey of growth and self-discovery, and culminates with Lucas becoming a father himself. Lost in the Bewilderness is not only a detective story but also a lyrical meditation on childhood, lost and found, and an exploration of how the themes of ancient Greek myth and tragedy, with the family at their center, are still very much alive in the modern world.
20. Köy (Köy)
KÖY is about the longing for home, for belonging and the freedom of the self. Three women from three generations are united by their Kurdish roots.
