Rauf

Turkey

Synopsis

RAUF is the story of searching under the shade of a war and tough nature conditions , at the age of 11, Rauf finds himself in a big platonic love, in an effort to delight the girl whom he love in a world which loses the colour even in the daylight. Pink is the hue of our story, loves that are dreamed to be experienced, sleeps that are waken up with tranquality, fraternity and amity. Therefore, Rauf seeks ‘pink’ everywhere.

Director's Statement

RAUF is the story of searching under the shade of a war and tough nature conditions: At the age of 11, Rauf finds himself in a big platonic love, in an effort to delight the girl whom he loves in a world which loses colour even in daylight. Pink is the hue of our story, loves that are dreamed to be experienced, sleeps that are woken up with tranquillity, fraternity and amity. Therefore, Rauf seeks ‘pink’ everywhere.

Those pink flowers are the symbol of a standing against the world which fades to black progressively, rebellion of wishes that don’t eventuate and the light which is behind all the lives that are inchoate.

Director's Biography

BARIŞ KAYA
Barış, who graduated from the Cinema & Television Department of Eskişehir University, worked for the production companies PTT and Creavidi. He directed lots of TV adverts. Some of them were deemed worthy of a Crystal Apple Award. After this award, he worked as the second director on the feature film NEFES and as producer for AYHAN HANIM.

SONER CANER
After he received training in plastic technologies, Soner has worked for set conception and practice, art directing and plastic make-up since 2001. In 2003, he undertook the make-ups of 'Sultans of the Dance", the most important dance organization in Turkey; the art director of the films MESSENGER, directed by Çağan Irmak, BREATH and AYHAN HANIM, directed by Levent Semerci and lots of TV series. He took the best art director award at the Golden Boll FF for BREATH. His first scenario COLOUR OF THE SHADOW received support by the Ministry of Culture. His second scenario is HARAP.
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Cast & Crew

Directed by: Bariş Kaya, Soner Caner

Written by: Soner Caner

Produced by: Kazım U ğur Kızılaslan

Cinematography: Vedat Özdemir

Editing: Ahmet Boyacıoglu

Production Design: Burak Ozan

Costume Design: Nigar Tınmazsoy

Make-Up & Hair: Ilknur Delibaş

Original Score: Ayşe Önder

Sound Design: Gökhan Alat

Cast: Alen Gürsoy (Rauf), Şeyda Sözüer (Zana), Yavuz Gürbüz (Ahmet Usta)

Nominations and Awards

  • European Young Audience Award 2016
  • Feature Film Selection 2016