Azat Films

Azat Films is a line production company in Istanbul that works only with foreign productions filming in Türkiye. It handles the local side of feature films, TV series and commercials, from locations and casting to permits, budgets and schedules.

The company draws on the country's range of settings, from beaches and bazaars to dense cities and ancient ruins, and keeps a location library for early references.

What Azat Films does

• Production planning: cost-conscious budgets and shooting schedules.
• Location scouting: recces of public places and private property across the country to match a script.
• Crew and casting: assembling in-house talent and freelancers, with partners across Europe.
• Studio and equipment: a five-floor partner studio with ready sets and set designers, plus cameras, lights and a CineBot BOLT motion control rig.
• Permits and clearances: securing government permits for filming.

Clients

International filmmakers producing features, TV series and commercials in Türkiye and nearby countries.

Key facts

• Based in: Istanbul
• Focus: Foreign productions only