خلاصه داستان : «شهر کوچک» که از دیدگاه دو کودک و در چهار بخش موازی با فصل‌ها روایت می‌شود، روابط بین اعضای یک خانواده شهری کوچک را توصیف می‌کند. خواهر و برادر هر دو شاهد پیچیدگی های دنیای بزرگسالان و همچنین رازهای زندگی و طبیعت هستند.

Told from the perspective of two children, and in four parts which run parallel to seasons, The Small Town describes the relationships between members of a small-town family. Both brother and sister witness the complexities of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of life and nature.

خلاصه داستان : مظفر برای فیلمی که قرار است فیلمبرداری کند به خانه ای می رود که پدر و مادرش در آن زندگی می کنند. او در فکر بازی بستگانش در فیلمی که قرار است بسازد، است. اما...

This is a movie within a movie, about a director, Muzaffer, who goes back to his hometown to make a film using a cast of local people (based on the director Ceylan's first feature, Kasaba). While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about simple health problems, his father is in a legal fight against the government for his land, his cousin leaves his job to help Muzaffer who promises to find him work in Istanbul, and his little cousin Ali tries to carry an egg in his pocket for forty days so that he'll get the watch of his dreams. In the meantime, they form the cast for Muzaffer's movie as well.

خلاصه داستان : انسان به دلایل ساده‌تر شاد و برای دلایل ساده‌تر بدبخت ساخته شده است، همان‌طور که به دلایل ساده‌تر به دنیا می‌آید و برای دلایل ساده‌تر می‌میرد... عیسی و بهار دو چهره‌ی تنها هستند که در حال و هوای همیشه در حال تغییر درون خود کشیده شده‌اند. به دنبال شادی هستند که دیگر به آنها تعلق...

Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.