Ali, a restless romantic and Eda, a graffiti artist, embark on a quixotic adventure through Turkey’s industrial port-cities, hoping to escape the suffocating routine of their daily lives by finding the ship that Ali has only seen in his dreams.

Uniquely described as “romantic punk” by its director, this emotionally resonant lovers-on-the-run story paints a bleak picture of Istanbul’s industrial outskirts. Infectiously hopeful and idealistic, Elif Refiğ’s Ships layers visually stimulating marine imagery into a gripping tale of love.