Derviş Zaim

Sine is a young female architect who, inspired by the legend of the Seven Sleepers, has designed a unique mosque in the shape of a cave. She is ...

A fisherman, his wife and young daughter who is unable to speak lives in a village on the shores of a lake. Their story starts with a myth of a ...

At the end of every summer, ‘Hasanpasa’ village holds a shepherding contest. The traditional contest requires shepherds to herd their ...

Shadows and Faces tells the story of a young girl who is separated from his shadow puppetry performer father during the ethnic conflict between ...

Story of a man who is suffering because of a crime and trying to escape of his suffering.

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who’s living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he’s taken to the vizier’s mansion by ...

Four 40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the crimes of vengeance he ...

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories ...

Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives ...