Ice Cream (Berfeşir / Dondurma)
Special Screening
Serhat Karaaslan / Short Narrative / Turkey / 2014 / 16 min / Colour / DCP
In Kurdish / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Comedy, Coming of age, Drama, Middle Eastern, Social Issues, Dark Comedy, Adventure, Family, Children
MENA Premiere
Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Rojhat is incorrigible at the best of times, but when the ice cream man makes a rare visit to his remote Turkish village, his naughtiness goes into overdrive. While his scolding mother tries to wash everything in sight – Rojhat included – he scampers about, desperate to find something that he can trade in for a cone of icy goodness. ‘Ice Cream’ is a charming, comic testament to the determination of youth.
About the Directors
Serhat Karaaslan was born in 1984 in Varto, Turkey and graduated from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Pharmacy. After graduating, he studied Film Directing at Kadir Has University. While working as a pharmacist, Serhat directed the short films ‘Bicycle’ (2010), ‘Musa’ (2012) and ‘Ice Cream’ (2014), which won several awards and screened in major film festivals including Locarno, Thessaloniki and Montpellier. He is currently working on his first feature-length project, ‘Passed by Censor’.
Credits
- Director
- Serhat Karaaslan
- Screenwriter
- Serhat Karaaslan
- Producer
- Serhat Karaaslan, Serkan Çakarer
- Editor
- Ali Aga
- Cinematographer
- Şükrü Özçelik
- Sales Company
- +90 Film Production
- Production Company
- +90 Film Production
- Cast
- Rojhat Deli, Ubeydullah Hakan, Ebru Ojen Şahin