Completed Projects

Almost Certainly False

Original Narrative Short Film

Having fled the war in Syria, Hanna and her young brother Nader find themselves staying in a run-down neighbourhood of Istanbul. Hanna spends her days learning nail design in order to earn a living, while dreaming of finding a way to migrate to Europe. When she meets a Turkish guy, İbo, on a night out, she finds herself trying to balance her identity and desires with the needs of her young brother.

• Director/Writer/Producer: Cansu Baydar

• Producers: Izlem Genc, Sinan Yusufoğlu, Cayda Yuceer

• Venice International Film Festival 2024 - Orizzonti Official Selection

• Sundance Film Festival 2025 - Official Selection

• Baku International Short Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition // WINNER BEST SHORT

• Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition // WINNER BEST SHORT

The Flying Meatball Maker

Original Drama Feature

Kadir, a meatball maker, father of three and native of Diyarbakır, is determined to fly, and he won’t let tradition, his family, the state and his troublesome paramotor stop him from trying. Because while paying the price of freedom. what matters is maintaining hope against all odds.

• Director/Writer: Rezan Yesilbas

• Producers: Rezan Yesilbas & Azat Yesilbas

• Rotterdam International Film Festival 2025 - Bright Futures Section

Yasmeen's Element

Original Drama Feature

After loosing her homework in the winding paths of her mountian town in Pakistan, the resourceful Yasmeen sets off alone on an unexecpected journey to find her teacher and be ready for the next school day.

• Director/Writer: Amman Abbasi

• Producers: Amman Abbasi, Jeffrey E. Stern, Alex Nystrom, Sana Jafri, Missy Laney 

• Sofia International Film Festival 2023 - Work-In-Progress Selection

• South By Southwest International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

• Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

• Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

      Afloat

     Original Drama Feature

Zeynep and her husband fly from New York to the Turkish Riviera for one last weekend on the family boat before her father goes to prison.

• Writer/Director: Aslihan Unaldi

• Cast: Nihan Aker, Elit Iscan, Oscar Pearce, Lila Gurmen

• Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival 2023 - Official Competition // Award for Best Suporting Actress to Elit Escan

• Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2023 - Official Competition

• Mostra de Valencia 2023 - Official Competition

• LA Independent Women Film Awards 2023 - Award for Best Director to Aslihan Unaldi

• Sofia International Film Fest 2024 - Official Competition

• Istanbul International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

• New York Cinefest 2024 - Official Competition // Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Director

• Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

• Montreal Independent Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

• Tartu International Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

Poet

Orignal Drama Feature

11-year-old JUNIOR, an aspiring Broadway star, fiercely loves his mother Misty. Junior encourages Easy, the handsome man hired to help run the family business, to court his mother and become his new Dad. But when the two fall in love, nothing can stop Junior's fierce  jealousy.

• Director/Writer: Mehmet Emin Yildirim

• Cast: Hakan Atalay, Bilal Catalcekic

a Meyfilm production

• Istanbul International Film Festival 2020 - Official Competition

• Ankara International Film Festival 2020 - Official Competition // Best Cinematography Award