Serhat Karaaslan is born in 1984 in Varto, Turkey. He moved to Istanbul to study Pharmacy and he shots his first movie immediately after graduation. He is accepted at the master’s course to became stage director at the Kadir Has University in Istanbul and shoots two short movies,”Bicycle”and “Muse”. “Dondurma” receives over 50 awards around the world and it is presented in many festivals including the ones in Toronto, Locarno, Thessaloniki, Montpellier, Sarajevo and Istanbul. His first full-lenghth film is in 2015, “Passed by Censor” and it is selected for theCannes Cinefondation Residence and Berlinale Talent Project Market.