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SULTANA

• Director: Ali Kemal Güven
• TÜRKİYE / 2026 / DCP / Colour / 116' / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Erdi Işık
• Director of Photography: Yakup Algül
• Editing: Deniz Bulut Güner
• Music: Şevki Çepa & SoundWorks
• Art Director: Güler Başar
• Cast: Tuba Büyüküstün, Derya Pınar Ak, Seray Kaya, Rojbin Erden, Taro Emir Tekin, Hakan Kurtaş, Nur Sürer, Çağlar Çorumlu, Itır Esen
• Producer: Rodi Kayım
• Co-Producer: Ahmet Katıksız, Erdi Işık, Suzan Sümeli
• Production Co.: Rodi Medya
• World Sales: Rodi Kayım

World Premiere

Sultana is a drama set in Istanbul’s one and only strip club, telling a story of women, power, rivalry and solidarity. A new Turkish story where women are not victims in a fairy tale, but warriors learning that the ‘handsome prince’ is often the real monster ––and their only salvation is each other. Meral, the long-reigning queen of Sultana, the one and only strip club of Istanbul, takes the newcomer Anna, a talented, young, Belarusian dancer, under her wing. But she, soon realizes she has created a rival powerful enough to replace her, and a ruthless power struggle erupts between the two women.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.