The New World tells the story of a transformation, a change that comes with migration. The film begins with separation and hope, in front of a house standing among abandoned and dilapidated houses in a typical Anatolian village. As one more family departs from the village for the city, the old father and the mourning mother behold the scene from afar. Unaware of the goings-on, the son of the family with Down syndrome, enjoys the trip. This journey of migration, accompanied by bird calls and the sound of the pouring water pouring, reflects the details of the marooned, innocent, and small world of the country amidst the abandoned houses and the green nature. “The New World cinematically portrays the urban poverty originally rooted from the rural-urban migrations, which began in the 1950s and still continues, alongside with somehow disabled consciences caused by the innocence lost.” – Caner Erzincan