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Chasing the Wind (2025)

Name: Chasing the Wind
Genre: Romance
Released: 2025-01-09
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Hande Erçel, Barış Arduç, Gözde Mutluer, Tuğrul Tülek, Şebnem Sönmez

Chasing the Wind (2025), directed by Engin Erden, starring Hande Erçel and Barış Arduç.

01/09/2025 BR Romance 1h 26m

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A focused city worker and a laid-back surfer - both heirs to the same company - find they have plenty in common when they join forces in the boardroom.

Muratcan GökçeCinematography
Engin ErdenDirector
Cengiz ÇağatayProducer
Oğuz KaplangıOriginal music

About the film

Chasing the Wind (Turkish: Rüzgara Bırak) is a 2025 Turkish romance film directed by Engin Erden and written by Ceylan Naz Baycan. Produced by Lanistar Media, and stars Hande Erçel and Barış Arduç.

Principal photography commenced in June 2024 at Istanbul and took 25 working days to complete. The film premiered worldwide on February 14, 2025 on Netflix.

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Principal photography commenced in June 2024 at Istanbul and took 25 working days to complete. The film premiered worldwide on February 14, 2025 on Netflix.

Cast

Hande Erçel as Asli Mansoy

Barış Arduç as Ege Yazici

Barış Aytaç as Yaman

Gözde Mutluer as Yasemin

Deniz Balkanli as Gamze

Olimpia Ahenk as Sirma

Serhat Nalbantoglu as Nazmi

Ahmet Saraçoglu as Arif Mansoy

Tugrul Tulek as Cenk

Kevork Türker as Korkmaz

Sebnem Sönmez as Ferzan

Production

Development

The film was developed under the working title Another Love (Turkish: Bir Başka Aşk) and produced by Lanistar Media. In June 2024, the title of the film was changed to Rüzgara Bırak.

Casting

In 2024, Barış Arduç and Hande Erçel were reportedly cast to appear marking their first collaboration.

Filming

Pre-production began in May 2024. The script reading was held on June 14, 2024. Principal photography of the film commenced in June 2024, and filming ended in July 2024. The filming took place in Istanbul and İzmir.

Music

The soundtrack for Chasing the Wind is composed by Oğuz Kaplangı and Serkan Celikoz.

Release

The film was made available to stream exclusively on Netflix on February 14, 2025.

Reception

Ygor Monroe from Caderno Pop awarded the film 3/5 stars. Abhi Singhal of The Pioneer rated the film three stars out of five.

References

External links

Chasing the Wind at IMDb

Chasing the Wind on Netflix

Text from Chasing the Wind (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Wind_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on January 9, 2025, a Thursday.
It runs 1h26 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Rüzgara Bırak".
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Netflix.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosO3 Medya, Lanistar Media
CountriesTurkey
LanguagesEnglish, Turkish
StatusReleased

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Crew

Muratcan Gökçe Cinematography
Engin Erden Director
Cengiz Çağatay Producer
Oğuz Kaplangı Original music
Serkan Çeliköz Original music
Ceylan Naz Baycan Writer

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What is Chasing the Wind about?

Chasing the Wind: A focused city worker and a laid-back surfer - both heirs to the same company - find they have plenty in common when they join forces in the boardroom.

Who directed Chasing the Wind?

Chasing the Wind was directed by Engin Erden in 2025.

Who stars in Chasing the Wind?

The cast of Chasing the Wind includes Hande Erçel, Barış Arduç, Gözde Mutluer, Tuğrul Tülek and Şebnem Sönmez.

How long is Chasing the Wind?

Chasing the Wind runs for 86 minutes, or 1h26.

Where can I watch Chasing the Wind?

Chasing the Wind is available on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. Availability changes often: the list on this page is the most recent we received.