30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

Italian premiere

Rauf does not like school. The young boy prefers hanging around the shop of an elderly artisan from the town and learning the art of carpentry. Because of the continual guerrilla warfare in the Turkish mountains, his work consists mainly of making caskets. His life of playing games with his companions is disrupted by a burst of Platonic love for a girl much older than he, who he attempts, obsessively, to win over. In a world dominated by the black of death and the white of snow, erupts the energy of pink, the colour of love. A story of youth and rebellion, against the backdrop of the drama of war and the salvation that comes from friendship.

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  Barış Kaya

  After earning a degree from Anadolu University in Eskişehir, Turkey, Barış Kaya collaborated with various film production houses as an advertising-spot director. Rauf, co-directed with Soner Caner, was selected for screening by numerous international film festivals including the Berlinale and the Istanbul Festival, where it was awarded the special Jury Prize.
  

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  Soner Caner

  Caner works in the areas of production design, special effects, makeup, and artistic direction. He received the award for Best Art Director for his filmNefes di Levent Semerci at the Altin Koza Film Festival.  Rauf, co-directed with Barış Kaya, was selected for screening by numerous international film festivals including the Berlinale and the Istanbul Festival, where it was awarded the special Jury Prize.