Title of film : Zagros
Director Name : Sahim Omar Kalifa
Cast & crew :
Producer : Dries Phlypo,Jean Claude Van Rijckeghem
Editor : Dorith Vinken
Cast :
Synopsis : The young shepherd, Zagros, is completely happy in the mountains of Turkish Kurdistan. His wife, Havin, who stays behind with their nine-year-old daughter when he sets off with his flock, feels a lot less at home. Some people in the village think she is too outspoken... and who knows what such a modern, independent woman might get up to. When a carpet seller from her hometown starts boasting that he has had a relationship with her, Havin is harshly called to order by Zagros' family. Havin flees the village and leaves the country, with the aid of a sister who is with the rebels and has a cousin in Belgium. Furious at his relatives, Zagros decides to follow her. But once he arrives in Brussels, little remains of his certainties; what does remain is the pressure that his family exerts on him. This powerful drama skillfully carries us along in the narrow-mindedness that gradually takes hold of Zagros.
Director Bio : Born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1980, Sahim Omar Kalifa is a Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker based in Belgium, where he first settled in 2001. He has a master’s degree in filmmaking from the Sint-Lukas Film School in Brussels. Kalifa has won numerous international awards for his short films, which include a 2012 version of Baghdad Messi that was shortlisted for the 87th Academy awards.
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