Movies by Sanem Öge

Seaburners
Denise, a botanist, is working in the swamps in a part of Turkey, planting and researching local flora. In her evenings she sometimes meets with her lover Hamit, a simple man at first glance. But he is making his living with human trafficking which he keeps a secret from Denise. When Hamit learns that Denise is being sent back to her home country soon, one final trafficking job takes a dark outcome.

Present Tense
Planning to take any job she can get in order to save enough money and leave Turkey for the U.S., Mina is hired at an Istanbul café as a fortune teller who reads the dregs in coffee cups. She discovers she has the ability to offer comfort and insight to the customers who are just as lost in the wilderness as she is.

Titanium
A promising young figure skater in 1990s Turkey has to overcome the self-doubt that is jeopardizing her performance.

Across the Sea
Damla reluctantly returns to her Turkish summer town with her American husband. Her bitter past is soon to be unveiled.