Okul Tıraşı
Brother’s Keeper

Nurullah Alaca, Samet Yıldız
Okul Tıraşı | Brother’s Keeper by Ferit Karahan
TUR, ROU 2021, Panorama
© Diren Düzgün / Asteros Film

Cansu Fırıncı, Samet Yıldız, Ekin Koç, Mahir İpek, Melih Selçuk
Okul Tıraşı | Brother’s Keeper by Ferit Karahan
TUR, ROU 2021, Panorama
© Türksoy Gölebeyi / Asteros Film

Samet Yıldız
Okul Tıraşı | Brother’s Keeper by Ferit Karahan
TUR, ROU 2021, Panorama
© Türksoy Gölebeyi / Asteros Film
Ferit Karahan’s finely spun drama illuminates a microcosm marked by poverty and fear. Surrounded by snow and frost, the emotional coldness which prevails between teachers and pupils in this authoritarian educational institution become almost physically tangible.
With
- Samet Yıldız (Yusuf)
- Ekin Koç (Selim)
- Mahir İpek (Principal)
- Melih Selçuk (Kenan)
- Cansu Fırıncı (Hamza)
- Nurullah Alaca (Memo)
Crew
Director | Ferit Karahan |
Screenplay | Ferit Karahan, Gülistan Acet |
Cinematography | Türksoy Gölebeyi |
Editing | Sercan Sezgin, Hayedeh Safiyari, Ferit Karahan |
Sound Design | Srdjan Kurpjel |
Sound | Kenan Güleşçe |
Production Design | Tolunay Türköz |
Costumes | Fevziye Asli Kömür |
Make-Up | Fulya Demirci |
Assistant Director | Sunay Terzioğlu |
Casting | Gözde Elmas, Asiye Kocaman |
Production Managers | Hakkı Serkan Çapa, Ozan Kaya |
Producer | Kanat Doğramacı |
Executive Producers | Tolga Günay, Ayhan Tepegöz, Craciun Alexandru Tudor |
Co-Producer | Craciun Alexandru Tudor |
Co-Production | Flama Booking Piatra Neamț |
World Sales
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In the open-air cinema
The team with the FIPRESCI prize in the Panorama section.
Okul Tıraşı · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Freiluftkino Kreuzberg · Jun 13, 2021

Ferit Karahan
The film's director.
Okul Tıraşı · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Freiluftkino Kreuzberg · Jun 13, 2021

Kanat Doğramacı
The producer on the stage.
Okul Tıraşı · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Freiluftkino Kreuzberg · Jun 13, 2021

Gülistan Acet
She wrote the script together with the director.
Okul Tıraşı · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Freiluftkino Kreuzberg · Jun 13, 2021
Ferit Karahan
Okul Tıraşı | Brother’s Keeper
Panorama · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 17, 2021
Ferit Karahan

Born in Muş, Turkey in 1983, he first worked as an assistant director before beginning to make his own short films. His debut feature, The Fall from Heaven, won Best Film at the Antalya Film Festival and Best First Film at the Ankara International Film Festival. Okul Tıraşı is his second feature film.
Filmography
2010 Berîya Tofanê (Before the Flood); short film 2011 Xewna Yûsiv (Yusiv’s Dream); short film 2013 Cennetten Kovulmak (The Fall from Heaven) 2021 Okul Tıraşı (Brother’s Keeper)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021