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Red of Life

Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia, the shared health problem among the Meditterranean shores from Gibraltar to Middle East, Persia to SouthEast Asia, is examined in an extensive documentary for the first time in Turkey. 15 year old Faruk, a thallassemia patient is being informed by the doctors, shares experiences of the patients and their families and reminds us the value of life and the importance of blood and stem cell donation.

  • Zafer Özgentürk
    Director
  • Ferzan Özyaşar
    Writer
  • ATODER
    Producer
  • Ferzan Özyaşar
    Executive Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    CanKırmızı
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    health, thallassemia, anemia
  • Runtime:
    50 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 7, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    1920x1080 FullHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 1st Blood Films Festival
    Adana
    Turkey
    May 6, 2016
    Premiere (World)
    Opening Film Screening
Director Biography - Zafer Özgentürk

Born in Adana as the 7th and youngest child of a working class family, surviving on the hard work and artisanship of his cobbler father as the sole breadwinner. Zafer Özgentürk directed sociological documentaries and short films on gender equality, music, public health and ethnocentrism. He contributes to projects about social equality as art and photography director. He aims his life experiences and research, to be a part of his films.

Köşker olan babasının hayatını ayakkabı tabanlarına vurduğu çekiç darbeleriyle kazandığı Adana’lı emekçi bir ailenin yedinci ve en küçük çocuğudur Zafer Özgentürk. Cinsiyet eşitliği, müzik, toplum sağlığı ve etnosentrizm gibi konulara odaklanan çeşitli belgesel ve kısa film çalışmalarının yönetmenliğini yapmıştır. Toplumsal eşitliğe katkı koyacağını düşündüğü çalışmalara görüntü yönetmeni olarak da destek vermektedir. Hayatı boyunca okuyarak üstünde düşündüğü her şeyi filmlerinin bir parçası haline getirmektedir.

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