Brother’s Keeper Okul Tirasi

Synopsis

At a remote boarding school for Kurdish boys in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia, close friends Yusuf and Memo make the best of difficult conditions: freezing temperatures, unappetizing meals, callous instructors. When Memo falls ill, Yusuf desperately tries to get the attention of the adults around him, but frustratingly, he’s met with apathy and complacency at every turn. With naturalistic performances from his young stars and evocative cinematography, filmmaker Ferit Karahan presents a revealing child’s eye view of the damaging dysfunction of a dispassionate bureaucratic system. Winner of the Fipresci prize in the Panorama competition of the Berlin Film Festival.