
Can Evrenol
Directing
Biography
Born and raised in Istanbul, Evrenol studied Film Studies and Art History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Upon graduating, he has independently written, directed and produced short horror films, which won him several international awards, as well as being officially selected to more than 40 international genre film festivals around the world. His feature debut film Baskin (2015), based on his 2013 short film of the same title, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section, and awarded the Best Director at Austin Fantasticfest's New Wave Awards.
Known For

The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.
The Protector

Eylül lives with her grandmother and earns her living by escort. All she wants is to save enough money, move to Wales and create a new life there. One night she is summoned to a bachelor party of a group...
Naked

A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
Baskin

A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
The Field Guide to Evil

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Orta! Kafa! Aşk!

When Zehra and İbrahim, a couple adjusting to new parenthood, argue over a coffee table, it seems like a harmless domestic spat. Wanting to assert himself for once, İbrahim insists on buying it. But when he’s left alone to assemble it, he makes a single irreversible mistake — and begins spiraling into a pit of lies, panic, and performative calm as he tries to hide the truth from the people he loves the most.
The Turkish Coffee Table

When her sister is murdered by a group of politically connected rich kids, Sayara, a quiet gym cleaner from Turkmenistan, begins to follow in her father's footsteps, seeking a path of revenge.
Saýara

Yılmaz is the dealer and close friends of famous filmmakers and actors. With the increasing drug operations in Istanbul, Yılmaz is getting paranoid about not being loved by them anymore. This paranoia makes him take bigger risks day by day and he will be destroyed by the desire for being loved.
The List of Those Who Love Me

Housewife is centered on Holly whose mother murdered her sister and father when she was seven. 20 years later and slowly losing her grip on the difference between reality and nightmares, she runs into a celebrity psychic who claims that he is destined to help her.
Housewife

Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.
Drawers

Police summoned to an apartment building make a horrifying discovery.
Baskın

A coming-of-age story about Perihan, a girl born without a mouth, who is befriended by a gang of three boys also missing body parts, while on the run from the authorities.
Girl with No Mouth

Director's first non-genre feature film is a strictly +18, erotic, punk and emotional love letter to French New Wave which sets in the dog days of summer.
Beril_XXX

A family celebrating Eid al-Adha is terrorized by an assailant who has a very different idea of sacrifice.
Festival of the Sacrifice
Synopsis TBA. A folk horror film that takes place in Istanbul.
The Blind Djinn of Infidelity
Can Evrenol NYFA 2006
The Date

One man + Two women
Love + Math

An evil grandmother torments her granddaughter.
My Grandmother

A girl cries.
Emily

PSA about turning off your phone in the theater.