Days of Fire, Love and Anarchy

2023· 76 min★ 7.4· Documentary

In 1961, the young writer Onat Kutlar goes to Paris to study philosophy. After discovering his passion for cinema at the Cinémathèque Française he decides to found a Cinematheque in Istanbul to bring the world of art cinema to Turkey. Although the Turkish Sinematek came to a tragic end in 1980, it quickly established an intellectual film culture that continues to influence Turkey today.

Cast: Mete Akalın, Cevat Çapan, Atilla Dorsay

Director: Önder Esmer