I am Burak Çevik. In 2017, in the city where I was born and raised; Istanbul; I founded Fol Films. At first, I only wished to direct my own film; yet, fumbling my way forward, I began producing. Soon after, I found myself helping friends who were wandering through the same terrain. Over time, I realized that producing is less a duty than a chance;a n encounter with people I admire; to share work with those whose company I cherish. I believe cinema is a quest; playing in a field shaped by questions too vast to be answered. I believe there is an invisible thread between how a film is made and the work it ultimately becomes. For this reason, with every film I seek to reshape; to play; to test the practice of filmmaking anew. I am drawn not to works that solve like equations; but to those born of searching; even at the risk of never finding. These are the journeys I hope to accompany; and this, in its entirety, is the purpose of Fol Films.

Premieres

Cinéma du Réel
Competition
Berlinale
Forum Expanded
Venice Film Festival
Out of Competition
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Proxima Competition
Berlinale
Forum
Venice Film Festival
Orrizonti
FID Marseille
International Competiton
San Sebastian Film Festival
New Directors
New York Film Festival
Currents
Locarno Film Festival
Moving Ahead
Berlinale
Forum
BerlinaleForum

Filmography

2026 — An Incomplete Calendar
directed by Sanaz Sohrabi
2026 — The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants
directed by Burak Çevik
2025 — Sermon to the Void directed by Hilal Baydarov
2024 — Nothing in Its Place
directed by Burak Çevik
2023 — Forms of Forgetting
directed by Burak Çevik
2023 — Hesitation Wound
directed by Selman Nacar
2022 — A Woman Escapes
directed by Blake Williams, Burak Çevik, Sofia Bohdanowicz
2021 — Between Two Dawns
directed by Selman Nacar
2020 — While Cursed by Specters
directed by Burak Çevik
2019 — A Topography of Memory
directed by Burak Çevik
2019 — Belonging
directed by Burak Çevik
2018 — The Pillar of Salt
directed by Burak Çevik

Ongoing Projects

202X — Panna Sofia

upcoming film by Václav Kadrnka
Supported by Turkish General Directorate of Cinema Co-Production Grant

202X — That Country

debut film by Yusuf Elbaşı
Selected for Sarajevo CineLink Co-Production Market

202X — All the Tired Horses

upcoming film by Burak Çevik
Supported by Turkish General Directorate of Cinema Production Grant
TRT (Turkish TV) acquired the TV pre-sale rights by TRT 12 Punto.

info@folfilms.com