Festival program in progress
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the
Boston Turkish Film & Music Festival
Director Fatih Akın
Featuring Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke,
Lisa Hagmeister, Diane Kruger
93 min. / 2025
Director Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Featuring Tarhan Karagöz, Nalan Kuruçim,
Jale Arıkan, Ercan Kesal
93 min. / 2025
NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
Director Ömer Ferhat Özmen
Featuring Müfit Kayacan, Aram Dildar, Cem Uslu,
Devin Özgür Çınar, Elif Gezgin
Short / 15 min. / 2024
BEST SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD
BTF 20th Documentary & Short Film Competition
Director Mahsum Taşkın
Featuring Yavuz Akkuzu, Savaş Işık, Yusuf Taşkın
Short / 19 min. / 2024
BEST SHORT FILM
BTF 20th Documentary & Short Film Competition
Director Emine Yıldırım
Featuring Ezgi Çelik, Barış Gönenen, Selen Uçer, Gizem Bilgen, Lale Mansur, Deniz Türkali
112 min. / 2025
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Director Aysun Bademsoy
Doc. / 60 min. / 1997
DIRECTOR PRESENT
Sunday, March 29, 2026
12:30pm
Goethe-Institut Boston
Co-presented with the Goethe-Institut Boston
Director Tayfun Belet
Doc. / 62 min. / 2024
BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD
BTF 20th Documentary & Short Film Competition
Director Aybüke Avcı
Doc. / 68 min. / 2024
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BTF 20th Documentary & Short Film Competition
Moderated by Film Critic Peter Keough
Sunday, March 29, 2026
4:30pm
Goethe-Institut Boston
All films are with English subtitles unless otherwise specified.
Film program co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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