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Beyond The Hill and A Tale Of Three Sisters

Burning Days (Country: Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Turkey; Year: 2022; Director: Emin Alper; Writer: Emin Alper; Stars: Selahattin Paşalı, Ekin Koç, Selin Yeninci, Erol Babaoğlu, Erdem Şenocak, Sinan Demirer, Nizam Namidar, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Eylül Ersöz, Onur Gürçay, Mehmet Kervancı, Hatice Aslan, İsmail Bahadır Peker, Enver Hüsrevoğlu, Emin Alper)

Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initially warm welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper, pressure escalates

Beyond The Hill (Tepenin Ardi) (Country: Turkey / Greece; Year: 2012; Director: Emin Alper; Writer: Emin Alper; Stars: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür)

Faik, a proud old forester, is having trouble with nomads grazing their livestock on his land. For revenge, he and his hulking farm hand Mehmet snatch a goat to butcher for a family holiday, unwittingly sparking a dire blood feud.

Frenzy (Abluka) (Country: France, Qatar, Turkey; Year: 2015; Director: Emin Alper; Writer: Emin Alper; Stars: Mehmet Ozgur, Berkay Ates, Tülin Özen, Müfit Kayacan, Ozan Akbaba)

A political prisoner is released from jail on the grounds that he joins an intelligence unit of garbage collectors.

Salvation (Kurtulus) (Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2006; Director: Emin Alper; Stars: Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ateş, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan, Özlem Taş, Eren Demirbaş, Mehmet Selim Akgul, Hichi Demi)

In a remote village, an exiled clan returns, reviving a decades-old land feud. Seized by divine visions, Mesut challenges his brother’s leadership to save his people. Will this new path bring salvation or tragedy?

A Tale Of Three Sisters (Country: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece; Year: 2019; Director: Emin Alper; Writer: Emin Alper; Stars: Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Müfit Kayacan, Kayhan Açikgöz, Kubilay Tunçer, Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Müfit Kayacan, Kayhan Açikgöz, Kubilay Tunçer)

Three children sent to be foster children/maids in a small town are sent back to their father's house when things go badly.