Araf – Somewhere In-Between
Araf – Somewhere In-Between

Araf – Somewhere In-Between

Director Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Production year 2012

Length 124min.

Country Araf – Somewhere In-Between

SYNOPSIS

Near a lonely highway pretty Zehra and handsome Olgun spend most of their youth working in a service station cafeteria with monotonous work shifts, broken up only by sparks of naive expectations of a brighter future. The once important industrial area is now a faceless place of economic waste and unemployment. This has caused most of the area's occupants to escape to the big cities. But Zehra, Olgun and their friends still remain, caught somewhere in between the past and an uncertain future, with dreams and hopes. An older truck driver named Mahur fascinates Zehra, though this turns into a tragic first love. Olgun, still a young man, will experience a bittersweet rite of passage, leading to both suffering and awakening. But as Zehra and Olgun say goodbye to their childhood innocence, love and hope will help them to move forward.

Awards

Black Pearl Award | Abu Dhabi IFF, UAE, 2018

Best Actress | Tokyo IFF, Japan, 2012

Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics Award | Sofia IFF, Bulgaria, 2013

Amakourou prize | Mooov FF, Belgium, 2013

Winner of Hook of the Festival | Split Mediterranean IFF, Croatia, 2013

CAST & CREW

Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Director

Producer(s)

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Script

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Director of Photography

Michael Hammon

Production designer

Osman Özcan

Music by

Marc Marder

Sound

Bruno Tarrière

Edit

Mathilde Muyard, Svetolik Mica Zajc, Naim Kanat

Cast

Özcan Deniz, Neslihan Atagül, Barıs Hacıhan, Ilgaz Kocatürk, Nihal Yalçın

Production company(ies)

Ustaoglu Film (Turkey), CDP 25, The Match Factory

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Born, 1960, Çaykara, Turkey. After making several award-winning shorts, Yesim Ustaoglu made her feature film debut in 1994 with The Trace. She received international recognition for her film, Journey to the Sun. In competition at the Berlin IFF in 1999, it received the Blue Angel Award (Best European Film) and the Peace Prize and other prizes at Istanbul IFF. Her third film, Waiting for the Clouds, was awarded NHK Sundance - International Filmmaker's Award.


Filmography

To Catch a Moment (1984, short), Magnafantagna (1989, short), Duet (1990, short), Hotel (1992, short), The Trace (1994), Journey to the Sun (1999), Waiting for the Clouds (2003), Life on Their Shoulders (2004), Pandora’s Box (2008), Araf – Somewhere in-Between (2012).

FILMS 2013