Yellow Letters

Sarı Zarflar (Yellow Letters), directed by İlker Çatak, the director of The Teachers' Lounge, is a Turkish-German-French co-production filmed entirely in Turkish; the screenplay was co-written by Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak, and Enis Köstepen, starring Özgü Namal and Tansu Biçer. The film won the Golden Bear, the top prize, at the 76th Berlin Film Festival. It follows a couple of Ankara based theater artists whose lives fall apart overnight after their new play's premiere, forcing them to move with their 13 year old daughter to Istanbul. The film opened in Turkey on March 27, 2026. Who it's for: anyone curious about a Turkish drama, winner of the Berlinale's top prize, about a theater couple's life collapsing overnight under authoritarian pressure. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a light, optimistic family drama, since the film centers on the tension between an artist's ideals and the need to survive.