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  • Araf (2018)
  • Video | 46 min | Documentary
Araf (2018)
Video | 46 min | Documentary
Araf is a road movie and diary of a ghostly character, Nayia, who travels between Mostar, Sarajevo and Srebrenica. The film is guided by her diary notes, which merge with the myth of Daedalus and Icarus - Icarus being the name given to the...See moreAraf is a road movie and diary of a ghostly character, Nayia, who travels between Mostar, Sarajevo and Srebrenica. The film is guided by her diary notes, which merge with the myth of Daedalus and Icarus - Icarus being the name given to the winner of a bridge diving competition in Mostar. The story of Icarus and Daedalus is symbolic of man's over-ambition and inevitable failure. But Nayia also sees the optimism of such a leap, braveness of diving into the unknown in this era of radical instability. Araf thus traces these paradoxes - that of terror and standstill, the friction between displacement and permanence. See less
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Director
Didem Pekün (as Didem Pekun)
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Updated Apr 3, 2018
Release date
Feb 2018 (Germany)
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations

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