On the Way to School () is a 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and ÃÂzgür DoÃÂan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary.
The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey.
Film production began in September 2007 and was completed in June 2008.
The film opened in 22 screens across Turkey on at number five in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $60,387.
The film debuted number five in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $399,581.
The film was photographed mostly in Demirci village which is in à Âanlñurfa, Turkey.