2021
85’
Renkli, colour
Turkey, Romania
At a strict and repressive boarding school miles from anywhere, young Yusuf desperately tries to get his mysteriously sick friend to the hospital. At first, he is thwarted by school bureaucracy and then, once this is overcome, by heavy snowfall. As they wait for the roads to be cleared, teachers and students jostle to exonerate themselves from the circumstances surrounding the boy’s mysterious condition, revealing ruthless vendettas and hidden secrets in the process.
After graduating from Marmara University, Ferit Karahan began his career shooting commercials and promotional films. He then spent four years working as an assistant director on various movies. His short films, Before the Flood and Yusiv’s Dream, competed at more than 50 festivals and won a number of awards. His first feature film, The Fall From Heaven, picked up Best Film at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and the Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award at the Ankara International Film Festival.