Gest Film was founded in 2016 under the name Gestus Film Productions. The company’s debut project was a critically acclaimed short fiction film dedicated to director Abbas Kiarostami. Over the following years, Gest Film produced a number of award-winning short films, music videos, and documentaries.

In 2024, the company completed its first feature-length film, Unfruitful Times — an international co-production between Turkey, Italy, and North Macedonia. The film premiered at the 31st International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, where it received multiple major awards including Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

Its festival journey continued at the 35th Ankara Film Festival, where it was honored with the Mahmut Tali Öngoren Award for Best First Feature, as well as additional acting awards. At the 44th Istanbul Film Festival, the film received the FILM-YON Best Director Award. Most recently, it was awarded Best Film at the 25th Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival in 2025. The film was theatrically released in Turkey in May 2025.

Gest Film focuses on the development and production of artistically ambitious international feature films, documentaries, TV series, and short films. Based in Istanbul, the company aims to serve as a creative hub for emerging and established talent, and is committed to producing socially engaged, innovative content across diverse formats and genres.

With a dedicated and interdisciplinary team, Gest Film is currently developing new fiction features, documentary projects, and series — actively seeking bold new ideas and approaching each project with a spirit of collaboration and experimentation.