Verrücktes Blut - Crazy Blood
fiction | short film | 2023
Produced by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and Filmuniversität Babelsberg | Distributed by Interfilm Distribution
Berlin-Kreuzberg. Kenan's big day has arrived. The nine-year-old half-orphan is to be circumcised, following the old Muslim tradition. But before that, there is a party! During the party, which Kenan's father organizes more for his own father than for his son, Kenan and Ibrahim are confronted with rituals of the old homeland and the question: What does it actually mean to be a man?
STARRING: Lemi Ogul Tan Ungan, Ugur Tasbilek, Aykut Kayacik, Cem Sultan Ungan
SCREENWRITERS: Can Tanyol and Bahar Bektas
DIRECTOR: Can Tanyol
Awards
2023 | 57th Hof International Film Festival, Germany (Kurzfilmpreis der Jury | Jury Short Film Award)
Festivals
Official Selection 53th Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2024, Germany
Official Selection 57th Hof International Film Festival 2023, Germany
Official Competition 39th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2023, Germany
Official Selection Catalog and DVD of German Short Film Association 2023, Germany
LAUDATORY SPEECH & JURY STATEMENT - HOF - JURY SHORT FILM AWARD 2023
Can men be afraid? Is fear a weakness or perhaps a strong moment? What is masculinity? How do we free ourselves from social structures that seem irrevocable and cut us off from our real needs? Kenan has the courage to express his fear and in doing so becomes an inspiration for his father. The boy refuses to accept the pressure of expectations and runs away. When Ibrahim runs through the streets of Kreuzberg in search of his son, he also finds himself in the end. "Crazy Blood" by Can Tanyol is a tender, intelligent film about being a man and becoming a man.