''Istanbul Tales'' () is a 2005 Turkish

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, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı,

Ümit Ünal Ümit Ünal (born 14 April 1965 in Tire, İzmir) is a Turkish film director, screenwriter and author. He is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish feature films including ''Teyzem (My Aunt)'' (1986), ''Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love a ...

, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay, which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales ''

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''. The film, which went on nationwide general release on 11 March 2005, won several awards including Best Film at the 24th International Istanbul Film Festival.

Awards

The film won the Best Film of the Year and Best Actress ( Yelda Reynaud) awards at the 2005

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, Special Jury Prize at the 2006

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and Jury Prize of "Artistic Expression" (Original Idea) at the 2005 MedFilm Festival in Rome.

Cast

Altan Erkekli Reşit Altan Erkekli (born 18 January 1955) is a Turkish theatre, film and television actor. Filmography Films: * 1982 ''Dolap Beyiri'' * 1989 ''Can Şenliği'' * 1991 ''Deniz Gurbetçileri'' * 1993 ''Mavi Sürgün'' * 1996 ''80. Adım'' * 2 ...

as Hilmi, the Clarinetist *

Özgü Namal Melahat Özgü Namal (born 28 December 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. Biography Her maternal family are Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). Her paternal family are Turkish immigrants from North Mace ...

as Senay, his Wife * Mehmet Günsür as Rifki, her Lover *

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performanc ...

as Erkan, the Drummer *

Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series ''Yağmur Zamanı.'' Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Ne ...

as Idil *

Çetin Tekindor Çetin Tekindor (born 16 July 1945) is a Turkish theatre, cinema, TV series actor and voice actor. Biography Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory, he made his professional acting debut ...

as Ihsan, the Mafia Boss * Vahide Gördüm as Hurrem, the Wicked Queen *

Nejat İşler Nejat İşler (; born 28 February 1972) is a Turkish actor and writer. He is best known for many hit films including Cannes Film Festivale recipients. Some of his popular series are ''Behzat Ç'', ''Gülbeyaz'', ''Bıçak Sırtı'', ''Keşanlı ...

as Ramazan, the Killer *Hilal Aslan as Dwarf #8 * Yelda Reynaud as Banu, the Transsexual * Şevket Çoruh as Recep, her Pimp *Given Kirac as Mimi, the Transvestite *

İsmail Hacıoğlu İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of Turkey national under-18 football team coach Mehmet Hacıoğlu and brother of actress Kardelen Hacıoğlu. Since the beginning his career, he is cited as one of the best a ...

as Fiko *Selen Ucer as Prostitute *Hasibe Eren as Prostitute *

Nurgül Yeşilçay Nurgül Yeşilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish actress. Biography Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir. Since her graduation, she has perfor ...

as Saliha, the Aristocrat *Selim Akgul as Musa, the Kurd *Erdem Akakce as Recai, Saliha's Brother *

İdil Üner İdil Üner (born 1 August 1971) is a German-Turkish actress. Üner studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. She received piano lessons for 17 years—starting from the age of 6—and formal opera training for two years. She joined the you ...

as Melek *

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to ...

as Rafet *Ahmet Memtaz Taylan as TV Journalist *Ece Hakim as Melek's Daughter

References

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* 2005 drama films 2005 LGBTQ-related films 2005 films Anthology films Best Picture Golden Boll Award winners Films set in Istanbul Films set in Turkey Turkish drama films Turkish LGBTQ-related films 2000s Turkish-language films {{2000s-Turkey-film-stub