Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Inner Landscapes

Artistry

Eye Filmmuseum presents the first Dutch exhibition dedicated to celebrated Turkish filmmaker and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan. For the first time, his films are presented alongside his Turkey Cinemascope photo series (2003–2012). This unique combination underscores Ceylan’s remarkable photographic artistry and meticulous sense of mise-en-scène. Together, the works illuminate his profound exploration of universal themes, such as alienation, the quest for meaning, and the essence of life itself.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is renowned for his literary cinematic style, where he explores the human condition with compelling depth. His distinctive visual language – characterised by wide shots, long takes and minimal camera movement – invites viewers to focus on subtle details in landscapes and dialogues that reveal the inner lives of his characters and their environments. Although his films touch on the universal, they are inextricably rooted in recent Turkish history and its myriad contrasts: urban versus rural, religious versus secular, intellectual versus emotional, rich versus poor, male versus female, and individualism versus collectivism.