Sedat Barış
Art
Biography
Born in Bingöl/Karlıova in 1977. He moved to İstanbul in 1997. He had the education of theatre and painting in İstanbul and worked in Mezopotamia Culture Center for 6 years as a member of "The theatre of new life ( Teatra jîyana nû )". In 2009 he moved to Diyarbakır and started to live there. He worked as an art director in movies and TV series. He still lives in Diyarbakır and does his artistic works here.
Known For
Back in his hometown after his university studies, Servan is witness to the burning down of his village and a series of other atrocities which eventually lead him to join the Kurdish resistance. In the ranks of the Kurdish liberation movement, he is seriously injured in clashes with the Turkish army. In order not to slow down his comrades and allow them to escape, Servan insists that he be left behind. Against all odds, he survives, enduring several days of acute pain. However, his friends cannot come back to pick him up, the area being surrounded by Turkish soldiers. As the soldiers approach, Servan decides to leave his hide away in spite of his serious injuries. He sets out to find his friends, overcoming countless obstacles in the forest, but nevertheless helped by Kurdish villagers throughout his journey. However, he is hunted down by death squads and village guards.
Blackberry Season
Rojbash is the story of a group of Kurdish actors, coming together to restage a play from 25 years ago. Their journey straddles between the play, their dreams and the reality. For Kemal who dedicated his life to Kurdish theatre, political conditions of Kurdish language today, is worse than 25 years ago. In response, he decides to call his actor friends scattered around the world, to restage their old play Rojbash. Intertwining daily life with rehearsals and lines from the play, their clamorous days begin.
Rojbash
The story of a father who has to smuggle granulated sugar home because of the embargo.