Damla Sönmez
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Biography: Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child. She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010) As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul, she was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre department. She studied for a year in Paris before being awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts.. Sonmez made her film debut in Kampüste çiplak ayaklar (2009) , which was quickly followed up with her award-winning performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) in which she played a confused, yet ruthless Lady M-inspired girl from Izmir. She played a young conservative worker in _Çakal(2010)_ and was nominated for her work as an Ottoman Empire Sultan in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010). Sonmez next played an abused girl who takes matters into her own hands in the comedy Kurtulus Son Durak(2012) She continued her work in film in Uzun Hikaye (2012) as an attorney's daughter who meets the love of her life, followed by Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi (2013) playing a young town girl who has the ability to stop time.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
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Çakal
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Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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The Second Night
Overview: Veysel's mind is struck with a question. "What would be his one wish if a genie appeared?". He thinks for a while. When he makes up his mind, he visits Leyla to ask her permission before making his wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2021-10-05
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Last Stop: Kurtuluş
Overview: Meet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her mother gets beaten; hairdresser Fusun who tends to see things on the bright side. These are the women who transport Eylem, each other and perhaps every woman in the country to Last Stop: Kurtulus. The heroines adopt one unwavering principle: to oppose all forms of violence! A dark comedy that's rose-tinted, provocative and fantastic...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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Thou Gild'st the Even
Overview: In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father’s barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Across the Sea
Overview: Damla reluctantly returns to her Turkish summer town with her American husband. Her bitter past is soon to be unveiled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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Scarecrow
Overview: A girl who is at beginning of her 20's, imputes the fear, which her husband has made on her, to a scarecrow after her husband's death. Although being alone, she still tries to leave the feeling as if he is still in the middle of her life as a scarecrow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2011-06-26
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A Long Story
Overview: A long story that started and ended at the station.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2012-10-12
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The Contact
Overview: Ali returns to the town he left many years ago after the death of his son İsa, and when he returns, he finds nothing. He comes face to face with the belongings left behind by the son he does not know. A wallet, a photo and his son's pocket phone. Ali tries to get to know his son by talking to people registered in his mobile phone's contact list.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-10-10
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Trick
Overview: A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-10-04
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Ayla: The Daughter of War
Overview: In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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Taksim Hold'em
Overview: On a Saturday night in Istanbul, despite the pleas of his fiancée, cynical Alper refuses to join the anti-government protests happening on his doorstep. He just wants to stay home for his weekly dose of poker, played with his regular crew of high-school friends. Alper's game is threatened as his friends set off on a series of passionate, and at times ill-thought-out, squabbles on whether they should join the demonstrations or not.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Sibel
Overview: 25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2019-01-04
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I Am You
Overview: The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old man on the way and they band together. Having to flee because of war and terror, Masoud tries to reach his goal with a hopeful but painful journey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-09-02
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The Cut
Overview: Mrs. Reyhan makes preparations for the reporter woman who wants to interview with her. Reporter women wants to search for the incidents Mrs. Reyhan went through in the past. Mrs. Reyhan goes to kitchen to bring something to drink for the reporter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2019-03-18
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Bornova Bornova
Overview: A story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days in front of a grocery store waiting for a chance to do something with their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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Right Where I Left You
Overview: Right Where I Left You tells the story of a woman’s long and difficult journey after her brother’s suicide. Nihan sets off with her brother, her brother-in-law and her brother’s coworker to their village where the funeral will take place. While trying to hide the fact that her brother’s death was not suicide from the village imam, Nihan also confronts her brother-in-law Salim. On this journey, Nihan must confront the contradictions between her own view of life and the norms imposed by religion and society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-10-09
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Strange, Abandoned, Deranged
Overview: Turkey's first “eco” hotel, Naturland Eco Park and Resort, opened in 1991 and operated until 2014. A hybrid of documentary, black satirical comedy and circus-style performance, the film builds on fictional voice-overs that depict the experiences of hotel guests and staff and the gradual decay of the once-pompous and now dilapidated abandoned complex, which was closed due to overwhelming debts and left virtually untouched.
Genres: Documentary Mystery
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-10-26
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