Beraber premieres at Sarajevo

“Beraber” (“Belonging”) directed by Mete Gümürhan, will have its world premiere in the Focus section of the Sarajevo Film Festival. The first-ever Turkish-Dutch feature film will have its domestic premiere at the Netherlands’ Film Festival in September.

Wander to Wonder goes to Venice

“Wander to Wonder,” a stop-motion animation by prodigious talent Nina Gantz, has been selected for the Venice Film Festival. Circe extends gratitude to everyone (!!) who contributed to the film and prepares with Nina for a grand world premiere on the Lido!

Three Days of Fish prepping

2019 TFL Scriptlab dramady Three Days of Fish will start shooting from the end of May. Ton Kas and Guido Pollemans (with a supporting role for Belgian actress Line Pillet) play a father and son who are in a rocky relationship and only meet once a year. Peter Hoogendoorn’s sophomore will be captured by Gregg […]

Burning Days in Dutch theatres from 30 March

Burning Days had a resonating premiere at IFF Rotterdam’s  Limelight section 2023. Producer Nadir Öperli, production designer Nadide Argun van Uden and editor Özcan Vardar attended.

Beraber (Belonging) by Mete Gümürhan

Our young audience coproduction Beraber (Belonging) by Mete Gümürhan with Liman Film (TR), A Private View (BE) and in the Netherland with Kaliber Film, Kaap Holland Film and VPRO was shot in Istanbul last summer and is now in post-production.

Isabel Lamberti selected for TFL Feature Lab 2022

Sophomore feature director Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti has been selected for TFL’s Feature Lab with Que facil me has olvidado. The story about four Latam female migrant workers sharing a flat in Madrid has been developed with support of the international talent program of the Netherlands Film Fund.

Burning Days selection Un Certain Regard overshadowed by prison sentence Çiğdem Mater

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 heads for summer shoot in Istanbul

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 in première op Nederlands Film Festival

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 […]

Circe’s 2020 slew

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 […]