Alma Terzić

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.

In all its beauty, youth can be so naive that we cannot discern the important things… Love is the most wonderful and the most destructive thing in the world, all at the same time…

The dilemma of a married man in Trapezes between ethical values and his love to Olga, who is the daughter of an immigrant from Trapezes to Russia in the early 1900's.

The story of a boy from the orphanage for abandoned children who tried to find out the truth about his origins. Through the story of a boy Alen, it describes the consequences of war casualties and immense injustice that war brought most helpless, the children.

Alex et Selma se trouvent bloqués dans une forêt de Bosnie-Herzégovine. Bientôt, Selma sent que quelqu'un ou quelque chose les pourchasse. Elle en appelle à son amulette, "hamajlija", faisant émerger une force mystérieuse.

Benjamin is a young poet from Turkey, works in Bosnia as a volunteer to help the extrication of dead bodies from the mass graves. He comes to Bosnia in order to escape from his past. A childish game of Benjamin causes Joseph's lover-Zeliha's dead. The psychological pressure of his job revives his past in his dreams. Zrinka is Serbian-Bosnian psychologist who is helping to the people in post war syndromes.Benjamin meets her committing suicide on Mostar Bridge.By the time they fall in love. She releases Benjamin from his qualms of conscience. Benjamin goes back to Turkey to face with his brother and past. Zrinka saw a dream something bad happened to Benjamin. She goes to Turkey but she finds secrets and new description of love.

In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.

Bosnie, 1997. Quatre jeunes femmes, deux vieilles dames,quatre fillettes, un vieil homme et un jeune garçon vivent à Slavno, un village dévasté par la guerre. Leurs familles ont été tuées et les corps n’ont jamais été retrouvés. À force de vivre en présence de leurs disparus, les femmes du village se sont créées un monde très particulier dans lequel ce qui n’est pas là est bien là. Alors qu’elles essaient de vivre en maintenant intacts leurs souvenirs et leurs rêves, elles ont fait de leur village un pays idéal, sans même s’en rendre compte.

Ayvalik est mis en jeu par la foule d'une famille venue à Istanbul. Le père de Yigit s'est suicidé à cause de la foule.

Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.

The life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.