istos film is a joint venture of the trilingual (Turkish, Greek, English) istos publishing that was founded in 2012 in Istanbul, aiming to produce pioneering publications and young, innovative, daring, art-house, short or feature length fiction or documentary films (since 2014). As a collective coming together from various backgrounds, we work in close collaboration with our talents.
From their site
Images from Istos Film’s own website.
Who works there
- Best ScriptBest Actress, Best Actors Mention; Adana FF
Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.
Contact & details
How their work is rated
4 rated titles, weighted by votes
13 wins from 22 nominations across all awards
- Mostly
- drama, short, documentary
- Active
- 2018–2025
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
- Best known for
- The Gulf
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 8 of 12 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.
Credits12
9 films
The Greatest Funeral Hits
2025 · Film
Produced
Elbow
2024 · Film
Produced
Otherwise in Istanbul
2024 · Film
Produced
Zuhal
2022 · Film
Produced
Ela and Hilmi with Ali
2022 · Film
Produced
Phases of Matter
2020 · Film
Produced
Joy, Et Cetera
2019 · Film
Produced
Home
2018 · Film
Produced
Floodplain
2018 · Film
Produced
- 2025
Made in EU
2025
Produced
- 2024
Ellbogen
2024
Produced
- 2017
The Gulf
2017
Produced
12 titles across 9 years, averaging 1.3 a year. The last five years hold at 1.4 a year. 2 of those 9 years carry no credit on file.
Who they work with
- Deniz Tortum2
- Drama4 of 7
- Short2 of 7
Names appearing on two or more of Istos Film’s produced titles, across the 7 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.
Works with4 companies
Companies that appear alongside Istos Film on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.
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