The selection of Burning Days by Emin Alper for the main section of the 75th Cannes film festival is overshadowed the devastating news that dear producer friend Çiğdem Mater was sentenced to 18 years of prison in the Gezi trial together with six co-defendants. The main axis of accusations against Çiğdem was trying to raise […]

Mnk Boy’s pre-production has started, heading for a shoot in Istanbul this summer. Circe’s young audience film by Mete Gümürhan (Young Wrestlers) is co-produced with Nadir Öperli of Liman Film, Dries Phlypo of A Private View and Maarten Swart of Kaap Holland Film. Stephan Polman, Nadide Argun and Ben Bouwmeester will serve as DP, production […]

Good Bad Girl van Mete Gümürhan, over de jonge en ambitieuze rechercheur Alize (Jade Olieberg) die in conflict raakt met haar superieuren, zal in première gaan op het Nederlands Film Festival. Andere rollen in deze telefilm i.s.m. de NTR zijn voor o.a. Belinda van der Stoep, Martijn Lakemeier, Steef de Bot en Yannick Jozefzoon. De film […]

Here’s some news about Circe’s projects after a period of pandemic silence. The shooting of youngsters film Mnk Boy by Mete Gümürhan had to be postponed; same counts for the animation short Beyond the Purple Mountains by BAFTA winner Nina Gantz. We hope to be able to resume these productions resp. next year and this […]

After a decade of mutual courtships Stienette Bosklopper finally has joined ACE! Happy to join this fantastic club of European quality producers and eager to move on in the world of international TV series.

Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters is released in the Netherlands from November 9. The film is shown in 16 cinema’s across the country.  

Michal Hogenauers A Certain Kind of Silence is op 10 november in première gegaan op het Noordelijk Film Festival in aanwezigheid van de hoofdrolspelers Monic Hendrickx, Roeland Fernhout en de 12-jarige Jacob Jutte. Monic Hendrickx ontving op het festival ook de tiende Award for Special Contribution to Northern Cinema. A Certain Kind of Silence ging […]

Berlinale Competition A Tale of Three Sisters has scooped the main awards at Istanbul film fest. Three Sisters won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (‘Ensemble’), Best Music and the FIPRESCI award. Emin Alper’s film will be released in the Netherlands this Autumn by Cherry Pickers.

Peter Hoogendoorn and his project Three Days of Fish have been selected for the Torino Script Lab 2019.  

After a glorious premiere on Monday 11th at the Berlinale Palast, Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters has been well received by the international press and leads the Screen Daily jury grid that ranks all competition titles. Coproducer Circe congratulates the director and leading producer Nadir Öperli of Liman films as well as the other […]