Yesim Ustaoglu’s “Journey to the Sun,” as bleak as it is beautiful, takes its time to develop, eschewing virtually all exposition, conveying a sense of what it’s like to be young and poor but still ...

Finally taking matters into her own hands, Ustaoglu went straight to the exhibitors and in the spring 2000, a year after the film cleared Best Director, Best Film, International Film Critics and ...

Director Yesim Ustaoglu, known for her courageous films with political undertones ("Journey to the Sun", "Waiting for the Clouds") shows great sensitivity and an ability to touch the heartstrings in ...

Every shot counts in this drama set initially in Istanbul, where, writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu has said, “all the problems of Turkey exist in microcosm.” A night of danger solidifies a friendship ...

A woman in a village by the Black Sea seeks closure on her tangled past in "Waiting for the Clouds," a timely, potentially resonant idea that makes it to the screen only half-formed. Third feature by ...

Clair Obscur also known as Tereddüt is a 2017 Turkish movie written and directed by Yesim Ustaoglu. It follows Şehnaz, a young psychiatrist from Istanbul who meets Elmas, a woman who changes her life ...

Young leads Neslihan Ataguul and Baris Hacihan brighten drama by noted Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu By Deborah Young Plus Icon The original Turkish title of Somewhere in Between is Araf, which ...

BUSAN — Turkish director Yesim Usataoglu, Vietnam’s Phan Dang Di and China’s Pema Tseden were among the big winners at the close of the Busan Festival’s co-production and finance event, the Asian ...

The jury of the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (WCF) met on November 15 to award a total of €150,000 in production funding to four projects and €27,000 in funding for distribution on German territory.

As viewed through the perceptive lens of writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu, a young man's abrupt political awakening resonates to powerful effect in Journey To The Sun, an illuminating look at the ...