istos film is a joint venture of the trilingual (Turkish, Greek, English) istos publishing that was founded in 2012 in Istanbul, aiming to produce pioneering publications and young, innovative, daring, art-house, short or feature length fiction or documentary films (since 2014). As a collective coming together from various backgrounds, we work in close collaboration with our talents.

istos film has co-produced ELLBOGEN / ELBOW / DİRSEK (as co-producer, dir. Aslı Özarslan, prod. Jamila Wenske; premiered in Berlinale Generation 2024); produced OTHERWISE IN ISTANBUL (dir. Didem Pekün, premiered in Istanbul FF 2024), ZUHAL (dir. Nazlı E. Durlu, premiered in Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021) and ELA AND HILMI AND ALI (dir. Ziya Demirel, premiered Istanbul FF, 2022), PHASES OF MATTER (dir. Deniz Tortum, premiered in IFFR 2020), YUVA (dir. Emre Yeksan, premiered in Venice FF Biennale College Cinema 2018), THE GULF (dir. Emre Yeksan, premiered in Venice FF Int. Critics’ Week 2017), the short film SALI (dir. by Ziya Demirel, premiered in Cannes FF Official Selection 2015). istos film is a member of the EFA, ACE, EAVE networks.

2026 100 THOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS
dir. Nazlı Elif Durlu, in financing

2026 ŞERİFE TAVŞAN
as co-producer, dir. Tareq Daoud, prod. Elena Tatti, Box Prod. Switzerland; in post-production

2025 THE GREATEST FUNERAL HITS
dir. Ziya Demirel, premiere Tokyo Film Festival 2025

2024 ELLBOGEN / ELBOW
as co-producer, dir. Aslı Özarslan, prod. Jamila Wenske; pr. 2024 Berlinale Generation

2024 OTHERWISE IN ISTANBUL
dir. Didem Pekün, Istanbul FF

2022 ELA AND HILMI WITH ALI
dir. Ziya Demirel, Istanbul FF FIPRESCI Award, Best Script, Best Actress, Best Actors Mention; Adana FF Best Film, Best Script, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Prod. Design

2021 ZUHAL
dir. Nazlı Elif Durlu, Tallin Black Nights FF

2020 PHASES OF MATTER
dir. Deniz Tortum, wp IFFR 2020 Bright Future

2019 YUVA
dir. Emre Yeksan, wp Venice Biennale College Cinema 2019

2017 KÖRFEZ / THE GULF
dir. Emre Yeksan, wp Venice FF Critics’ Week 2017

2015 SALI / TUESDAY
dir. Ziya Demirel, wp Cannes FF Official Selection 2015