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Five short stories from five different filmmakers come together in this omnibus feature, devoted to tales set in the Turkish city of Kars. Moto Guzzi from director Ozcan Alper focuses on a young boy (Alican Tamet) and his infatuation with a girl from his class (Demet Tarim) during a snowy school field trip. Kul (aka Ashes) by Zehra Derya Koc finds a woman looking back on the days when she was first maturing from a child into an adult. A girl discovers just how different she is from the rest of her family in Ulku Oktay's Zilo. Acik yara (aka Open Wound) by Ahu Ozturk concerns a man returning home after a death in the family and discovering some unusual secrets. And the tricks memory can play are played for laughs in Kucuk bir hakikat (aka A Small Truth) by Emre Akay. Kars oykuleri (aka Tales From Kars) was produced from the winning entries in a short screenplay competition sponsored by the Ankara Cinema Association and Festival On Wheels; Kars was a stop for the Festival On Wheels' traveling program that year, and organizers chose to make the city the focus of their script writing contest.