Ice Cream (Berfeşir / Dondurma)
Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014
Serhat Karaaslan / Short Narrative / Turkey / 2014 / 16 min / Colour / DCP / In Kurdish / Arabic, English subtitles / MENA Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or older.
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 Director
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