After premiering at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, AND THE REST WILL FOLLOW won the “Best Screenplay Award” at the Istanbul Film Festival. The film will follow its festival journey this June...

At the 44th Istanbul Film Festival held in April, the Best Screenplay award in the Golden Tulip competition went to Pelin Esmer for And The Rest Will Follow!

We are happy to announce that our new feature film “O Da Bir Sey Mi”, written and directed by Pelin Esmer and produced by Sinefilm, Rosa Film and Ay Yapim, is selected for co-production support by Eurimages...

Writer and director Pelin Esmer’s new feature film project “O DA BİR ŞEY Mİ” won production support from the General Directorate of Cinema in Turkey’s Ministry of Culture.

As part of the 8th Seattle Turkish Film Festival held between December 5-12 2020, Queen Lear is showing online throughout the festival.

From The Collector to Queen Lear, all films by Pelin Esmer are now available on Vimeo On Demand.

As part of the 24th PriMed International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary & Reportage held in Marseille, France between Nov 28 – Dec 5 2020, Queen Lear showed online on November 30 and it received...

Following the retrospective on MUBI Turkey, Pelin Esmer movies are now showing across Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia & New Zealand via MUBI.

As part of the 17th Paris Turkish Film Festival, September 17-27 2020, Queen Lear is showing at Cinéma Louxor on Sep 22 & Cinéma Le Brady on Sep 26.

As part of the Orient Express Film Days in Bern, September 2-6 2020, Queen Lear is showing at Kino Rex on Saturday, Sep 5.

Queen Lear is awarded for the Best Feature Documentary by the members of The Turkish Film Critics Association at 52nd SIYAD Awards on August 23, 2020.

As part of the Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, October 16-25 2020, Queen Lear is showing at Cinéma Vendôme on October 21.

17th Provinziale Filmfest held in Eberswalde, Germany between October 10-17 2020 showed Queen Lear at Haus Schwärzetal on October 14 and granted the Audience Award in documentary film.

15th South East European Film Festival, being run online from June 24 – August 16 2020, awarded Queen Lear for the best documentary.

As part of the 23rd Maine International Film Festival between July 7-16 2020, Queen Lear is showing at the Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre on Sunday, July 12.

Having its Spanish premiere at 28th Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival, Queen Lear will be screened online between 8-14 June 2020 for the audience in Spain.

Having its German premiere at DOK.fest München, Queen Lear will be screened online between 7-24 May 2020 for the audience in Germany.

The retrospective titled A Journey to the Heart with Pelin Esmer, which began on May 5, 2020 with the release of The Collector, continues on MUBI Turkey with all of her films.

İstanbul Modern Cinema will feature all productions in Esmer’s filmography with some special screenings and interviews between 6-16 Feb 2020.

Queen Lear will premiere at FIPADOC International Documentary Festival in Biarritz, France.

Pelin Esmer is invited to Camargo Foundation in Cassis-Marseille as one of the guest artists in residence to work on her new script in 2019.

After Adana Golden Boll FF, Queen Lear was screened at the 2’nd Ayvalık Film Festival with the attendance of Arslanköy Theatre Group.

Queen Lear made its international premier at 26’th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival and received Yılmaz Güney Film Award, Cüneyt Cebenoyan Critiques Award and Best Music Award.

Queen Lear will open in Sarajevo Film Festival!

Organized by the Flying Broom Foundation, the 22nd Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival awarded Pelin Esmer with the “Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award” at the opening ceremony for the festival....

The 14th edition of Meetings on the Bridge was held within the scope of the 38th Istanbul Film Festival. In Work In Progess Section, 30.000 TL Anadolu Efes Award, Daire Creative Key Art Design Award and...

Pelin Esmer’s new feature documentary “Queen Lear” received feature lenght documentary post-production support from the New Film Fund’s 2018 second term support. New Film Fund is a Turkey-based documentary...

Pelin Esmer’s new film Queen Lear has been selected as one of the three films featured in “Glocal In Progress,” a San Sebastian Film Festival program showcasing works in the post-production stage. Directed...