Almost a million for two films

2019 · Producer · ÖK Yapım · Directed by Mahmut Kaptan

Muhteşem Üçlü

Muhteşem Üçlü is his first feature production, made with his own company, ÖK Yapım. Mahmut Kaptan directs, İhsan Aydın writes the screenplay, and in May 2019 filming begins in Midyat, in the province of Mardin.

A week before the shoot, the lead actors travel to Midyat to pick up the local way of speaking, and many of the smaller roles are played by people from the town.

Three days before the planned release on October 11, 2019, the premiere is called off. The new date in April 2020 falls into the first lockdown, and almost 150,000 euros of his own money are gone. Later, the film airs on Turkish television.

Starring Kemal Uçar, Deniz Gürzumar, Burak Alkaş, Aybike Turan, Bengi İdil Uras, Kemal Zeydan

2022 · Producer · Rock Films · Directed by Ezel Akay

Osman Sekiz

At the end of 2019 he takes Kemal Uçar's screenplay to Ezel Akay. By February 2020 the leads are cast. Then the pandemic halts the start of filming, and in August 2020 there are even talks with Mike Tyson about a cameo.

Filming begins in March 2021 in an old mansion in Kadıköy that he has turned into a studio, with Tim Seyfi, Begüm Birgören and Kemal Uçar in the lead roles.

On March 24, 2022, the film opens in Germany, and on April 1 in Turkey. He loses 800,000 euros of his own money along the way, and to this day none of it has come back.

Starring Tim Seyfi, Begüm Birgören, Kemal Uçar, Ezel Akay

2020 · Co-producer · Short film · Directed by Mustafa Gürbüz

Meryem Ana

A short film by Mustafa Gürbüz about the last Christian woman in a village and the quarrel among her Muslim neighbors over her burial. Shot in Mardin, nine minutes long.

Ömer Kaya is a co-producer. The film plays at festivals in many countries and wins more than 30 international awards.

2020 · Producer · ÖK Yapım · Directed by Mustafa Gürbüz

Kırmızı Kar

Red Snow

A feature film project by Mustafa Gürbüz, meant to be produced by ÖK Yapım. In November 2020 the shoot is planned for the fall of 2021, in the Austrian Alps, in Germany and in Poland.

The pandemic stops the project.