Welcome (Hoşgeldiniz)

Hoşgeldiniz is the Turkish title of Welcome, a 2009 French drama directed by Philippe Lioret. Produced by Nord-Ouest Films with Orange Studio and written by Olivier Adam, Serge Frydman and Emmanuel Courcol, the roughly 110-minute film mixes French, English and Kurdish dialogue.

Set among the migrants stranded in Calais while trying to reach the United Kingdom, the story follows Bilal, a young Kurd who resolves to swim across the English Channel to be reunited with the girl he loves, and Simon, the swimming instructor who ends up training him. Vincent Lindon stars as Simon, newcomers Fırat Ayverdi and Derya Ayverdi made their screen debuts in the film, and the cast also features Audrey Dana, Olivier Rabourdin and the Turkish actor Fırat Çelik.

Welcome premiered on 7 February 2009 in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Ecumenical Jury Prize and the Label Europa Cinemas award, before opening in France on 11 March 2009. It went on to receive the European Parliament's Lux Prize, the David di Donatello for best European film and the Lumière Award for best film, and drew ten César Award nominations.