A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2011.
Highest-grossing films + Highest-grossing Turkish films of 2011RankTitleStudioGross 1 Eyyvah Eyvah 2 UIP US$20,505,652 2 Love Likes Coincidences UIP US$12,349,802 3 Valley of the Wolves: Palestine Özen Film US$9,749,899 4 God's Faithful Servant: Barla Özen Film US$8,797,985 5 Sümela's Password: Basic Pinema US$8,612,691 6 My Grandfather's People Warner Bros. US$6,130,561 7 Anatolian Eagles Fida Films US$5,669,800 8 And Then What? Warner Bros. US$4,260,060 9 Free Man Özen Film US$4,044,207 10 Kolpaçino: Bomba Warner Bros. US$3,764,575
Events January 21 — Haydar Demirtaş's My Father Is Making History () receives Best Documentary Audience Award from 15th Boston Turkish Culture and Art Festival. 30 — Seren Yüce's Majority () shares Grand Jury Prize at 23rd Premiers Plans European First Film Festival in Angers, France. February 11 — 61st Berlin International Film Festival holds gala in collaboration with 30th International Istanbul Film Festival to promote Turkish cinema. 16 — 10th !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival opens with gala screening of Benedek Fliegauf's Womb. 16 — Seyfi Teoman's Our Grand Despair premiers in competition at 61st Berlin International Film Festival. 17 — Semih Kaplanoğlu honored at 4th Crystal Clapperboard Short Film Competition. 19 — Hamo Beknazarian's Zare (1926) screens at 10th !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival accompanied by Kurdish harpist Tara Jaff. 24 — 43rd SİYAD Awards presented at the Türker İnanoğlu Maslak Show Center in Istanbul. March 6 — Derviş Zaim's Shadows and Faces gets special green line showing in the divided Cypriot capital. 9 — 8th Paris Turkish Film Festival opens with screening of Reha Erdem's Cosmos (). 12 — 9th Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels opens in Istanbul. 12 — Selim Güneş's White as Snow () wins Special Jury Award at Sofia Film Festival. 15 — Beirut Turkish Film Festival opens with gala at Metropolis Empire Sofil Movie Theater. 16 — 22nd Ankara International Film Festival opens with gala at Ministry of Education Assembly Hall. 17 — 16th Nuremberg Turkish-German Film Festival honors Fatih Akın at opening gala. 17 — Awards presented at conclusion of 7th Akbank Short Film Festival at Akbank Art Center in Taksim, Istanbul. 20 — 3rd Golden Okra Awards presented on final day of 9th Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels in Istanbul. 21 — 4th Yeşilçam Week starts in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. 24 — 10th Boston Turkish Film Festival opens with gala screening of Zeki Demirkubuz's Envy (). 25 — Derviş Zaim receives Award for Excellence in Turkish Cinema at 10th Boston Turkish Film Festival. 27 — Derviş Zaim's Shadows and Faces () wins Best Film at 22nd Ankara International Film Festival. 28 — 4th Yeşilçam Awards presented at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress & Exhibition Hall in Istanbul at conclusion of 4th Yeşilçam Week. April 1 — 30th International Istanbul Film Festival opens with a gala ceremony at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Hall. 5 — Restored copy of Memduh Ün's 1958 melodrama Three Friends () screens at special gala at Atlas Theater in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. 9 — 22nd Turkish Film Days in Munich opens with Yasemin Şamdereli's Almanya: Welcome to Germany to mark the 50th anniversary of the guest worker agreement. 10 — 3rd Turkish Films Week in Bosnia-Herzegovina opens with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys (Turkish: Üç Maymun). 11 — Tindersticks start Claire Denis Film Scores 1995-2010 international tour at 30th International Istanbul Film Festival. 12 — Nuri Bilge Ceylan presented with French Order of Arts and Letters. 13 — 2nd Hong Kong Turkish Films Festival opens at Elements shopping mall. 13 — 2nd Ankara Mountain Film Festival opens at Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center. 13 — 30th International Istanbul Film Festival Labor Awards presented 15 — 3rd Turkish Film Week in Pristine, Kosovo opens with Uğur Yücel's Dragon Trap (Ejder Kapanı). 16 — 30th International Istanbul Film Festival closes with awards for Seyfi Teoman's Our Grand Despair (Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz) and Tayfun Pirselimoğlu's Hair (Saç).
Released films
January to June Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes JAN 7 Eyyvah Eyvah 2 Hakan Algül Ata Demirer, Demet Akbağ & Salih Kalyon Comedy Sequel to Eyyvah Eyvah. Free Man Mehmet Tanrısever Ahmet Yenilmez, Mürşit Ağa Bağ & Orhan Aydın Drama Historical biography of Said Nursî. 14 Paper Sinan Çetin Öner Erkan, Asuman Dabak & Ayşen Gruda Comedy-drama Premiered at Antalya Film Festival. 21 Scapegoat Cenk Özakıncı Şahin K, Nuri Alço & Coşkun Göğen Comedy Kutsal Damacana: Dracoola Korhan Bozkurt Ersin Korkut, Şahin Irmak & Özge Ulusoy Comedy Part of Kutsal Damacana series. 28 Valley of the Wolves: Palestine Zübeyr Şaşmaz Necati Şaşmaz, Gürkan Uygun & Kenan Çoban Action Part of Valley of the Wolves franchise. FEB 4 Love Likes Coincidences Ömer Faruk Sorak Mehmet Günsür, Belçim Bilgin Erdoğan & Altan Erkekli Drama 11 İncir Reçeli Aytaç Ağırlar Melike Güner, Sinan Çalışkanoğlu & Mustafa Uzunyılmaz Drama 18 7 Avlu Semir Aslanyürek Evmorfia Anastasiou, Muhammed Cangören & Tansel Dogruel Comedy-drama Çalgı Çengi Selçuk Aydemir Ahmet Kural, Murat Cemcir & Erdal Tosun Comedy Signora Enrica Ali İlhan Claudia Cardinale, İsmail Hacıoğlu & Fahriye Evcen Comedy-drama Premiered at Antalya Film Festival. 25 And Then What? Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz, Deniz Çakır & Barış Falay Comedy-drama MAR 4 72. Koğuş Murat Saraçoğlu Kerem Alışık, Hülya Avşar & Yavuz Bingöl Drama Qirej (Kir) Yusuf Çetin Yusuf Çetin, Zilan Odabaşı & Yalçın Dümer Drama 11 Bir Avuç Deniz Leyla Yılmaz Berrak Tüzünataç, Engin Altan Düzyatan & Zeynep Özder Drama Kolpaçino: Bomba Şafak Sezer Şafak Sezer, Aydemir Akbaş & Kemal İnci Comedy Sequel to Kolpaçino (2010). Shadows and Faces Derviş Zaim Osman Alkaş, Hazar Ergüçlü & Popi Avraam Drama Part of a Turkish arts trilogy. Saklı Hayatlar Ahmet Haluk Ünal Ceren Hindistan, Yusuf Akgün & Laçin Ceylan Drama 18 Çınar Ağacı Handan İpekçi Nurgül Yeşilçay, Nejat İşler & Celile Toyon Drama Press Sedat Yılmaz Aram Dilbar, Engin Emre Değer & Kadim Yaşar Drama Yürügari İbram Harun Özakıncı Osman Azman, Serhat Saylan & Yelda Günay Akbulut Comedy 25 Losers' Club Tolga Örnek Nejat İşler, Yiğit Özşener & İdil Fırat Comedy-drama APR 1 Hop Dedik: Deli Dumrul Oğuz Yalçın Atıf Emir Benderlioğlu, Orhan Bıyıklı & Ceren Şekerci Comedy Merry-Go-Round İlksen Başarır Mert Fırat, Nergis Öztürk & Sema Çeyrekbaşı Drama Meş (Yürüyüş) Shiar Abdî Selamo, Abdullah Ado & Aydin Orak Drama 15 Our Grand Despair Seyfi Teoman İlker Aksum, Güneş Sayın & Taner Birsel Drama Premiered at Berlin Film Festival. 22 Çok Mu Komik? Adem Uğur Taylan Güner, Aydan Burhan & Halil İbrahim Kalaycıoğlu Comedy-drama İçimdeki Sessiz Nehir Mustafa Serkan Eröz Taies Farzan, Ali Yiğit & Asuman Şen Drama Lost Freedom Umur Hozatlı Serdar Kavak, Vedat Perçin & Öznur Kula Drama 29 Zephyr Belma Baş Şeyma Uzunlar, Vahide Gördüm & Sevinç Baş Comedy-drama MAY 6 Ağır Abi Oğuzhan Uğur Halil Taşdemir, Senem Başak & Serhat Turan Comedy Devrimden Sonra Mustafa Kenan Fırat Tanış, Levent Ülgen & Şerif Sezer Comedy Küçük Günahlar Rıza Kıraç Macit Koper, Esra Ruşan & Berke Üzrek Drama Toll Booth Tolga Karaçelik Serkan Ercan, Zafer Diper & Nur Aysan Drama 13 White as Snow Selim Güneş Hakan Korkmaz, Sinem İslamoğlu & Gürkan Piri Onurlu Drama 14 Departures Ali Yasin Akarçeşme Gamze Ceylan, Ada Alize Ertem, Temi Hason & Yavuz Hekim Drama 19 Şov Bizinıs Mustafa Uğur Yağcıoğlu Cengiz Küçükayvaz, Cem Kılıç & Zeynep Beşerler Comedy Türkan Cemal Şan Rüçhan Çalışkur, Ragıp Savaş & Tardu Flordun Drama Biography of Türkan Saylan. 20 Misafir Ozan Aksungur Halit Ergenç, Lale Mansur & Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu Drama JUN 3 Kaledeki Yalnızlık Volga Sorgu Numan Çakır, Özlem Tekin & Erkan Can Drama 10 Adalet Oyunu Mahur Özmen & Ali Özuyar Erol Keskin, Mustafa Uğurlu & Tolga Evren Drama 17 Öfkeli Çılgınlık Karamsar Çile Hatice Yakar Asiye Dinçsoy, Barış Koçak & Hatice Yalçın Drama
July to December Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes JLY 15 Bul Beni Evre Türkel Melih Ekener, Müşfik Kenter & Kenan Ece Drama SEP 9 Hair Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Ayberk Pekcan, Nazan Kesal & Rıza Akın Drama 23 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan Yılmaz Erdoğan, Taner Birsel & Ufuk Karaali Drama 30 September Cemil Ağacıkoğlu Turgay Aydın, Görkem Yeltan & Elena Polyanskaya Drama Sealed Mansion Serkant Yaşar Kutlubay Sibel Gökçe, Murat Yatman & Özlem Yücel Horror Tales from Kars Emre Akay, Özcan Alper, Zehra Derya Koç, Ülkü Oktay & Ahu Öztürk Şebnem Köstem, Deniz Çevik & Birsu Demir Drama OCT 14 Bendeyar Joel Leang Ümit Olcay, Haşim Akten & Şemsa Deniz Tolunay Action The Son Atilla Cengiz Rıza Akın, Enes Atış & Nurinisa Yıldırım Drama NOV 4 Allah's Devout Servant: Barla Orhan Öztürk Esin Fatih Gök, Enver Seyitoglu, Engin Yuksel, Sener Savas, Ugur Aslanoglu Drama, Animation 11 Anatolian Eagles Omer Vargi Engin Altan Action, Adventure, Drama
See also 2011 in Turkey
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