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Yellow Letters
Plot
Derya (Özgü Namal) and Aziz (Tansu Biçer) are a theater couple in Turkey. They've just opened a play, and for a moment things look good. Soon after, they both lose their jobs. The reason is political: the couple becomes a target of the state, and the pressure comes fast.
Without work, their life starts to shrink. The income goes, and with it the home and the routine they had built. The pressure from outside seeps into the marriage, and each of them handles it differently. Their daughter, Ezgi (Leyla Smyrna Cabas), watches all of it up close.
Yellow Letters (German title Gelbe Briefe) is the new film from İlker Çatak, director of the Oscar-nominated The Teachers' Lounge. He wrote it with Ayda Çatak and Enis Köstepen. The story is set in Ankara and Istanbul, but it was shot in Hamburg and Berlin, which stand in for the two Turkish cities.
Official trailer
Awards and nominees
- Berlin Film Festival 2026 · Golden Bear
Beat: At the Sea, Dao, Dust, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Etwas ganz Besonderes, À voix basse, Josephine, Wiener Blues – The Loneliest Man in Town, Moscas, Meine Frau weint, A New Dawn, Yön Lapsi, Nina Roza, Queen at Sea, Rose, Rosebush Pruning, Soumsoum, la nuit des astres, Kurtuluş, We Are All Strangers, Wolfram, Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)
Trivia
- One scene was shot in the Berliner Ensemble's main auditorium with about 250 extras.
- Besides the Golden Bear, it won the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas prize at the Berlinale.
- At the 2026 German Film Awards it won Best Original Score for Marvin Miller and picked up eight more nominations.
Cast
- Derya TufanÖzgü Namal
- Aziz TufanTansu Biçer
- Ezgi TufanLeyla Smyrna Cabas
- Güngör Tufanİpek Bilgin
- SalihAydın Işık
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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