2023 film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Sinai returns from his study in the city of Canakkale to his parents' home in the small rural town of Can. He hopes to publish a book of essays and short stories. But his teacher father Idris is an addictive gambler, so much so that his mother and sister have become reluctantly accustomed to making do without food or electricity.

A story in four parts is told from the perspective of two children, showing life in school, in nature, with family and at home. All of this unfolding along with the seasons. The Small Town depicts life in the village, while also portraying the relationships between members of a small-town family, in a long centerpiece scene around a campfire with family members talking about the past, life and its disappointments. Both brother and sister witness the complexities and darkness of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of nature and wildlife.

这是土耳其新锐导演Nuri Bilge Ceylan第一部公开放映的短片。影片讲述了一对老年夫妇的生活体验，他们早年的生活出现龃龉，阔别多年后再次重逢，希望时间能修复感情的裂痕，然而这一切真的有效吗？ 全片无对白，导演试图通过影像、声音揭示自然界、人与人、人与环境的某种内在关系，全片充满了一种诗意和忧伤的氛围。短片在1995年获戛纳电影节金棕榈最佳短片提名。 努里·比格·锡兰(Nuri Bilge Ceylan)出生于1959年的伊斯坦布尔。从Bosphorus大学毕业后，锡兰在伊斯坦布尔的Mimar Sinan大学学习了两年电影制作。1995年执导短片《Koza》入围当年的戛纳电影节短片竞赛单元。他的剧情长片处女作《小城岁月》(Kasaba)在1998年的柏林电影节上获得“青年导演论坛”最佳影片奖。2000年他的第二部作品《五月碧云天》首次入围柏林电影节正式竞赛单元。2003年他执导的《远方》(Uzak)在戛纳电影节上一举夺下评审团大奖和最佳男演员两项大奖。证明了他作为艺术电影导演的地位，成为21世纪欧洲影坛炙手可热的新锐导演。

Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.

2011 film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

An aspiring filmmaker visits his parents and begins to devise a movie. Amidst creating and casting for the film, he encounters with family & friends who struggle with their own problems, dreams and life.

2008 film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

2002 film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan