Movies: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the...

In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages....

A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992....

Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire....

Seven girls, a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock, a cycle of lessons on discipline, desire and demise-infinitely....

This 2015 documentary by Amine Mestari delves deep into Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film MUSTANG, featuring extensive interviews with the director and cast, as well as exploring the film in the context of the politically volatile situation in Turkey....

Set in 1990s Europe, the story follows a young married couple, Gina and Duncan, on what Duncan claims is their honeymoon but after Gina suffers a mysterious accident, the story begins to toggle between past and present — and husband and wife — to unc...

For its 12th edition, the Révélations project called on Deniz Gamze Ergüven whose camera in Mustang, her first film awarded the César in 2016 and nominated for the Oscars the same year, was able to highlight the freedom and audacity of an indocile yo...

A woman disappears after a tumultuous evening with her father and boyfriend at a family party....