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- This is a story of the great Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet, the poet of struggle and combat, the poet of passion and love. Having adopted communism as his life philosophy, he reflects his thinking in his art, and is continuously chased by the police as a result. Every move he makes, every word he writes or says is under the close scrutiny of the state.
- Mavi Kelebekler puts a human face on Balkan War and centers on the real pains of Bosnian people. Aida (Oya Okar) is a Bosnian girl standing right between the love of a Bosnian friend (Murat) and a Serbian former neighbor and next enemy (Marko). Its 1992 and Yugoslavias civil war is raging.
- Four fugitive men are stranded on an island after their boat capsizes in a storm. Trouble is, a valuable statue that the quartet's leader misappropriated has also sunk to the bottom of the sea.
- As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece's greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings. This lavish film recreates (through his own words) the writer's childhood life, rich with fantasy and legend. Apprenticed to a tailor, young Georgios' mind is filled with his grandfather fairy tales. He ponders the hill from which one can climb into the sky and waits each day for the chance to bring clothes to the princess and win her heart through song. But, just as reality begins to germinate doubt in his mind, Georgios is called home to his ailing grandfather, who will reveal one final, true story that may prove to be the most fantastic of all.
- February 1980, the right and left groups are in chaos... A young group of TDKP (Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey) protest their friend's death. Suddenly soldiers arrive and fire warning shots to stop them. The foggy air smells of gunpowder, there is panic all around but young students insist on protest. While escaping, one of the students Erdal takes his gun and shoots into the sky, then he is arrested . Although Erdal is only aged 16 he is sentenced to death by military court.
- A charming girl, in her dress reminiscent of the sea breeze, comes to the main square of a small town. An old song begins and enchants the heart of a young man. A deaf-mute fisherman from Smyrna falls in love with a singer from Chios.