Organised in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Arts and Social Affairs of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality and the DTSO Diyarbakır EU Information Centre, the 4th European Film Days will bring 16 outstanding films from across Europe to audiences in Diyarbakır. The festival will take place at Çand Amed Culture and Congress Centre from 21 to 25 October 2026.

With contributions from the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye, the embassies of EU Member States, cultural institutes and EU Information Centres across Türkiye, the festival will take place simultaneously in Diyarbakır, Antalya, İzmir, Samsun and Trabzon this year.

Europe's cultural diversity comes to the big screen

The programme features films from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Greece and Sweden, showcasing Europe's cultural diversity through cinema.

Covering a wide range of genres, from comedy and drama to documentaries and animation, the programme explores universal themes including family and human relationships, identity and change, music and creativity, and social issues.

Festival opens on 21 October

Over five days, the festival will offer audiences the chance to enjoy a diverse selection of European cinema free of charge. The opening event will take place at 6 pm on Wednesday, 21 October, at Çand Amed Culture and Congress Centre.

Throughout the festival, audiences will have the opportunity to watch a selection of films presented as some of the most recent and compelling works in European cinema, all free of charge.

“Different stories, shared emotions”

Mehmet Nezir Güneş, Coordinator of the DTSO Diyarbakır EU Information Centre, highlighted cinema's role in fostering dialogue between cultures. Expressing his pleasure at bringing the diverse voices and perspectives of European cinema to audiences in Diyarbakır, Güneş said:

“Diyarbakır is once again coming together with the arts. We will bring the stories, worlds and emotions of filmmakers from different European countries to audiences here in Diyarbakır. Under the theme ‘Different stories, shared emotions’, we look forward to welcoming all cinema lovers to the festival.”

16 films featured in the festival programme

The screenings will take place at Çand Amed Culture and Congress Centre from 21 to 25 October 2026. The following 16 films will be shown:

Glimmers, Heads or Fails, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, My Voice, Gloria!, Loss of Balance, A Boat in the Garden, Flow, Peacock, Tasty, Athens Midnight Radio, Kidnapped!, Nice People, Breathing Underwater, Life & Love and Four Mothers.