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Refugee Poetry (2016)
Directed by Dave Lojek
“On his route through the Alps in Tyrol, a Kurdish refugee writes a poem.”
Adventure, Documentary, War, Drama · 4m
The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Dave Lojek
- Screenplay
- Dave Lojek
- Director of Photography
- Dave Lojek
- Original Music Composer
- Xamgin
- Editor
- Dave Lojek
- Producer
- Dave Lojek
Details
- Original title
- Helbestan Penaberan
- Release date
- 2016-04-02
- Runtime
- 4m
- Genres
- Adventure, Documentary, War, Drama
- Original language
- KU
- Spoken languages
- Kurdish
- Countries
- Austria, Germany
- Production
- Apeiron Films