Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's the sixth time Turkey has selected a Ceylan film to represent the country at the Academy Awards, though none have advanced to ...

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan specializes in slow-burn narratives set against poetically desolate landscapes, but his movies always have a clear direction. From the melancholic romance of ...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is still working on Yorgun Güneş, his new movie. It was already known that Ceylan is writing his first summer movie and that the lead parts will be played by Pınar Deniz, Altan ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran's government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of support for the ...

When is time not on the side of any Cannes film premiere? Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s About Dry Grasses, which had its world premiere Friday night, follows the middle-class melancholy of a Turkish rural ...

The Turkish drama won the best actress honor for star Merve Dizdar at this year's Cannes Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Sideshow and Janus Films have picked up U.S. rights to ...

The latest discursive saga from the 2014 Palme d'Or winner ('Winter Sleep') revolves around schoolteachers in a remote rural region. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Of course, that’s not ...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film “Kış Uykusu” (Winter Sleep), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24 and was released in Turkish movie theaters on June 13, drew over 237,000 ...