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Serah is an African woman who came to Turkey from Uganda to work. After trying many jobs, she decide to work as a natır(Turkish bath worker). She has against her being a foreigner, a single mother, and a black woman in a culture so different from her own. Will she be able to purify her soul which has been polluted by society's prejudices?

  • Volkan Durmuş
    Director
  • Volkan Durmuş
    Writer
  • Doğacan Aktaş
    Producer
  • Achanit Serahmirelees
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Yada Yağmurları
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Completion Date:
    March 3, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Türkiye
  • Country of Filming:
    Türkiye
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Antalya Film Ekibi
  • 30. Altın Koza Uluslararası Film Festival
    Adana
    Turkey
    Finalist
  • 24. İzmir Kısa Film Festivali
    İzmir
    Turkey
  • 13. Uluslararası Suç ve Ceza Film Festivali
  • 18.Uluslararası İşçi Filmleri Festivali
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    May 1, 2023
    Selection
  • 13. Sinepark Kısa Film Festivali
    İstanbul
    Best Documentary
  • 7.Afsad Uluslararası Film Festivali
  • 11. Uluslararası İpekyolu Film Festivali
  • 4.Sinekültür Kısa Film Festivali
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    May 22, 2023
    Finalist
  • 5. Uluslararası Erzincan Kısa Film Festivali
  • 4.Fotofilm Uluslararası Film Festivali
  • İstanbul International Spring Film Festival
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    March 15, 2023
    Best Short Documentary National
  • Hollywood Academy Film Awards
    Los Angeles
    Best Short Documentary Award
  • 4.Fotofilm International Film Festival

    Finalist
  • Kalamata Monthly International Short Documentary Festival

    Greece
    April 5, 2023
    Selection
  • Race to Justice
    Los Angeles
    February 9, 2023
    Selection
  • Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival
    İstanbul
    March 15, 2023
    Finalist
Director Biography - Volkan Durmuş

Volkan Durmuş was born in 1988, in Tire, İzmir. He studied in Tire Kutsan Anatolian Highschool. Meanwhile he grew an interest in music and photography. The awards that he won from the photography competitions throughout his highschool education inspired him to stick at photography. He studied Chemistry and graduated from Isparta Süleyman Demirel University. At the same time he studied Radio and Television programming in Anadolu University.

Volkan Durmuş İzmir'in Tire ilçesinde doğdu.Lise döneminde Müzik ve Fotoğrafçılık ile ilgilenmeye başladı. Üniversiteyi Isparta Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesinde Kimya bölümü okuyarak tamamladı.   Aynı zamanda  Anadolu Üniversitesi  Radyo ve Televizyon Programcılığı bölümünde okuyor.  İlk bağımsız kısa filmi ‘15’  ile yurtiçi ve yurtdışındaki festivallerde gösterimler ve ödüller aldı. ‘Karanlıkta’ kısa kurmaca ve ‘Yada Yağmurları’ belgesel filmleri ile yolculuğuna devam ediyor. 

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