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Bawke & Winterland directed by Hisham Zaman
October 25, 2009 5:30PM
NYU CANTOR CENTER
Bawke – (Iraq/France, 2005, 15 mins)
Crafted with deft handheld camerawork, Bawke traces the harrowing story of an Iraqi Kurdish father and his young son - illegal immigrants crossing Europe – as they weave their way through a maze of life-threatening situations in their attempt to get to a safe country and secure refugee status. Bawke’s impeccable pacing adds to this haunting tale of refugee isolation and fear.
Winterland – (Iraq/Norway, 2007, 52 mins)
With great humor and stunning cinematography, Winterland tells the story of Renas, a well-adjusted Kurdish refugee who lives in a godforsaken part of northern Norway. Renas has everything he wants, except a wife... but soon his special princess, Fermesk, will be joining him from Iraq. Though the couple has never met, they have already fallen in love from looking at each other's photographs – though Fermesk is now a much bigger woman, and Renas isn't quite the handsome young man of that photo taken years ago...
Post film Q&A with director Hisham Zaman.
Filmmaker's Biography
Hisham Zaman was born in 1975 and graduated from The National Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. Zaman has made several award winning short films during and after his studies at Lillehammer, most notably Bawke in 2005, which has received more than twenty national and international awards.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Europa
2007: Winterland
2005: Bawke
2004: The Roof (diploma film)
2003: The Bridge
Credits
Bawke:
Written and directed by Hisham Zaman
Producer: Gudny Hummelvoll Anderson
Executive Producers: Håkon Øverås, Turid Øversveen, Aagot Skjeldal
Line Producer: Vigdis Roset
Original Music by Øistein Boassen
Cinematographer: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Editor: Arild Tryggestad
Casting: Celine Engebretsen
Sound: Pål Morten Hverven, Carl Svensson
Cast: Sedar Ahmad Saleh, Broa Ako Rasol, Håkon Hatlen…
Year: 2005
Duration: 15 Minutes
Winterland:
Directed by Hisham Zaman
Written by Kjell Ola Dahl, Hisham Zaman
Producers: Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen, Turid Øversveen
Cinematographer: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Editor: Trygve Hagen
Sound Department: Carl Svensson
Production Coordinator: Anna Karlsdottir
Original Music by Øistein Boassen
Casting: Kardo Waly
Set Decoration: Runar Johnsen
Cast: Raouf Saraj, Shler Rahnoma, Kawa Gilli, Alibag Salimi
Year: 2007
Duration: 52 minutes
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