 Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, who made his feature directorial debut, following his award-winning 2001 short "The Funeral" (), with this film, is according to "Hürriyet Daily News" reviewer Emrah Güler, "a revered name for film enthusiasts in Turkey.He’s the founder of the Ankara Cinema Association; organizer of the traveling film festival, the Festival on Wheels; representative of Turkey in Eurimages; a crucial name in Turkey’s Golden Boll Film Festival; and the unfaltering jury member and name covering various international film festivals for daily Radikal.