Headlines of Press in UK
Premier on the 29  of August 2008

''Exquisite rites of passage story... this calls to mind the work of Kiarostami, Malick and Davies, and is certainly worthy to stand comparison. A genuine discovery'
- Trevor Johnston, TIME OUT

'Puts him the front rank of Turkish directors... a surprisingly hip portrait of a rural hillside village… I urge you to see it'
- Nick James, SIGHT & SOUND

'Strikingly beautiful…hypnotic…radiantly poetic'
- Damien Love, UNCUT

'Luminously beautiful... Times and Winds feels utterly unlike anything else that’s come out of Iran or even Turkey for that matter, and marks the confident arrival of an entirely new and welcome voice'
- Leslie Felperin, SIGHT & SOUND

'Beautiful'
- Sam Wigley, TOTAL FILM

'A toughly touching insight into the agony of becoming human'
- David Parkinson, EMPIRE

'One of the discoveries of the year, an exquisite affirmation of film as art... breathtakingly fresh...'
- Hannah McGill, SIGHT & SOUND

'Belongs to the same school of primal humanism as the movies of Ray and Kiarostami'
- Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

'Powerful dramas... magisterial... finely tuned and well shot...'
- Dan Fainaru, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

'Turkish stunner... a hypnotic portrait of village life... a considerable achievement...'
- Derek Elley, VARIETY

'A contemplative coming-of-age story... a beautiful film'
- Anton Bitel, FILMFOUR.COM