Kutluğ Ataman

Kutluğ Ataman Trailers

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Kutluğ Ataman is a Turkish filmmaker and contemporary artist. He lives in Istanbul and London. Ataman's works primarily document the lives of marginalized individuals, examining the ways in which people create and rewrite their identities through self-expression, blurring the line between reality and fiction. His films have been described as combining documentary-style filmmaking with the intimacy of the home-movie genre.

Most Popular Kutluğ Ataman Trailers

Total trailers found: 11

The Lamb Trailer (2014)

19 October 2014

In a small village, young Mert is about to get traditionally circumcised, but the family does not have the money to follow up with the circumcision celebration.

Never My Soul! Trailer (2001)

10 July 2001

"Never My Soul" is a phrase taken from the cliché sentence the good-Turkish-girl character would say to her rapist in classic Turkish movies – "You can have my body but never my soul!" The film has at its center a transsexual who is pretending to be Turkan Soray, the real-life super diva of the Turkish Cinema, and her real life is similar to the melodramatic plot of a Turkan Soray movie.

Kutlug Ataman Trailer (2011)

01 September 2011

This film documents Kutlug Ataman's artistic production in a retrospective approach and elucidates his works with his own words and with commentaries by curators, art institution directors, art historians and critics who are familiar with his production through close collaboration, to witness the construction of an impressive artistic production spanning 15 years.

reBUILDING PALANGA Trailer (2024)

22 May 2024

An artist-filmmaker is engaged in the ambitious project of creating an architecture and art farm on his ancestral lands in Eastern Turkey.

Lola and Billy the Kid Trailer (1999)

21 February 1999

Lola is part of “The Migrant Workers”, a Turkish drag queen troupe who perform to great acclaim. Lola’s gay little brother Murat, on the other hand, is just beginning his search for an identity.

Dark Waters Trailer (1994)

02 April 1994

An American in Istanbul gets entangled in the affairs of a melancholic aristocrat and her son Haldun, leading him slowly into a dangerous web through many secret layers of the city.

Oh, Moon! Trailer (1988)

05 October 1988

Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a crumbling island mansion with her strict aunts and ailing grandfather, yearning for her absent mother.

Hilal, Feza and Other Planets Trailer (2022)

20 November 2022

After Turkey’s february 1997 military intervention, Hilal and Fatma left their town to study at university in Istanbul.

2 Girls Trailer (2003)

14 August 2003

Escaping from their dysfunctional families, Behiye and Handan become best friends. Their euphoria will soon be replaced by regrets and eventual betrayal as class differences resurface.

Women Who Wear Wigs Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Shows four different women who use wigs to hide and transform their repressed identities in Türkiye in the 1990s.

Journey to the Moon Trailer (2009)

19 June 2009

Set in a remote village in the Erizincan province in Eastern Turkey, it’s the tale of four villagers’ quest to travel to the moon during a period in the late 1950s when Turkey’s villages were being encouraged to modernise.