“Taut. Directed with great control. Story is strong and the actors are all superb. I have no doubt that Serhat Caradee will go on to make more outstanding films.” Bruce Beresford, Academy Award Winning Director.

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“Cedar Boys is the best first feature by an Australian writer/director that I have seen since I saw the premiere of Fred Schepisis’s Devil’s Playground.  And my taste in subject matter favours CB”  Steve Knapman, Producer (East-West 101, White Collar Blue, Wildside)

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“…represents a strong debut by script-helmer Serhat Caradee.” Richard Kuipers, Variety

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“Writer-Director Serhat Caradee’s upstanding feature debut…” Ben McEachen, EMPIRE

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“It’s a formidable debut.” Andrew Urban, UrbanCinefile

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“A dazzling directorial debut…” Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald

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“…an impressive authenticity to every aspect of the film.” David Stratton, The Australian

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“…a breath of fresh air on the Australian movie landscape.” Dov Kornits, FILMINK

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“The great strength of Caradee’s film is the way it flows so beautifully on all levels.” Bernard Hemingway, Cinephilia

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“…an explosive here-I-am burst upon the Australian film circuit…” Cinetology, crikey.com

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“…this is an impressive debut film and real slice of Sydney sub culture.” streetcorner.com

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“…it’s a tough, compelling film that displays Caradee’s formidable talents as a writer and director.” Guy Davis, Moviehole

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“An exciting debut by this Australian director.” Shariq Madani, WearetheMovies.com

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Recent Nominations and Awards:

‘Audience Award’ (fiction section) 56th 2009 Sydney International Film Festival.

Australian Directors Guild (ADG) 2009 Best Direction in Feature Film, Nomination.

Australian Writers Guild (AWG) 2009 ‘Feature Film Original’ Nomination.

Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2009 ‘Best Original Screenplay’ Nomination.

2009 ‘IF Award’ (Inside Film Magazine, Australia) ‘Best Feature Film’ Nomination.

Serhat Caradee

DIRECTING

Serhat graduated from the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) in 2000 with a Graduate Diploma – Directing, co-winning the 2000 Australian Directors Guild (ADG – formally ASDA)* award for directing with classmate Cate Shortland. His short films have screened at over 45 local and international film festivals. Whilst his AFTRS short film ‘Bound’ has won numerous awards and prizes, including Best Film: Fiction Under 15mins at the 2001 Sydney International Film Festival, Dendy Awards, the Audience Award at the New York University (NYU) International Student Film Festival, was eligible for nomination for the 2002 Academy Awards (Oscars) in the short film category, and 2 of his short films have been included in the annual Nescafe Short Film Awards in 1998 and 2000. Serhat was runner up of the European Union Film Award, with acceptance into the Berlinale Talent Campus, part of the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival. He is working on many projects all in various stages of development, including writing his second feature, while developing a third, and is attached to 2 other feature films written by prominent Australian writer Stephen Sewell. His much anticipated feature film  ‘Cedar Boys’ was released to critical acclaim in 2009. The film received finance and support from Screen Australia, Screen NSW and Mushroom Pictures. It was also developed with the assistance of the Screen Australia’s – IndiVision Project Lab, one of 8 selected projects.

ACTING

An extensive background in acting, theatre and drama dating back to the early 90′s, training under disciples of Stella Adler and Brian Syron, including Annie Swann, Guy Leslie and Jeremy & Liz Chance. Also some of Australia’s foremost acting teachers, Tom Richards, John Bonney, Barry Donnelly, Tim Elston, Don Mamouney, Aarne Neeme, Dean Carey, Kevin Jackson, Chrissie Koltai, Tanya Gerstle, Adrian Barnes, James Hagen, Tony Barclay, Dr Bill Levis, Joe Meek (from NYC), Robert Bella (U.S.) Patrick Tucker (U.K.) George Whaley and Rob Marchand (Mike Leigh Method). His acting credits include TV series Water Rates, House Gang, Black Jack (tele-movie) and East-West 101 (Series 2) SBS TV, 8 commercials, many short films and 3 independent features. Theatre credits are also numerous, including performances in 2 productions of Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Fireraisers, Pentecost, Hello Out There, The Man Who Came To Dinner and for Shakespeare By The Sea: King Lear and The Taming Of The Shrew.

Serhat is part of the Natioanl Institue of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Part-time teaching staff.

WRITING

Feature Films:

‘Cedar Boys’ 2009 –

2009 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards – Short listed ‘Film Script Award’.

2009 Nominated for an Australian Writers Guild – ‘AWGIE’ for best Feature Film Original.

2006 Nominated for an Australian Writers Guild – ‘AWGIE’ for best un-produced screenplay.

2006 National Literary Awards – Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) ‘Highly Commended Screenplay’.

‘The Lion Sleeps’ 2010 (co-writing): What happens when you spend the ages of 16 – 28 in prison? What do you hang on to? What do you forget? What is more important, the relationships before you went in or while you where inside?

‘My Country’ 2011 (In-Development – co-writing with Sam Meikle (Bound) treatment document ready): A political thriller with international ramifications, set in Sydney and the Middle East.

‘Scourge’ 2012 (In-Development): Crystal Meth or ‘ICE’ is the scourge, follow it’s journey thru the eyes of a young dealer who faces the consequences of his deeds…

Short Films:

‘Late’ (aka ‘Dead on Time’) – 1998

‘Just Talking’ - 1998

‘Double Click’ – 2000

‘Uncovered’ (un-produced): A Middle Eastern and Asian undercover police officers surveillance of a corrupt criminal lawyer in a city bar has some unusual surprises and challenges when they are confronted in the toilets.

‘One More Time’ (un-produced): A gambler decides to end his life with a lethal cocktail of tablets in a hotel room. Then a surreal dream sequence sends him into a white void and divine intervention brings him back, or is he back? Did he ever leave?

His production company is called Uncovered Films. Serhat is also member of:

- Australian Directors Guild (ADG)

- Australian Writers Guild (AWG)

- Australian Film Institute (AFI)

- Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA)