Thursday 28 March 2024
1:46 PM |

The Dark Wind

The young Yezidi love couple Reko and Pero gets separated when the Islamic State attacks their village in the Shingal region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The terrorists murder many villagers and sell the beautiful Pero on a slave market. But Reko searches for his fiancée and finds her in Syria. They find shelter in a refugee camp but Pero is deeply traumatized and the future of their love is uncertain.

Language
  • Kurdish
Runtime
89
Production Year
2016
Film Type
Feature
Production Countries
  • Qatar
  • Germany
  • Iraq
Casts
Rekish Shahbaz, Dimen Zandi, Maryam Boobani, Adil Abdulrahman
Production Company
mîtosfilm

Crew List

Screenwriter
Hussein Hassan
Screenwriter
Mehmet Aktas
DOP / Camera
Turaj Aslani
Editor
Ebrahim Saeedi
Music
Mustafa Biber
Producer
Mehmet Aktas

Festivals / Awards

Busan International Film Festival
Duhok International Film Festival
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Grand Newcomer Award
2016: Asia Pacific, APSA UNESCO Cultural Diversity Award
Dubai International Film Festival, Best Muhr Fiction Feature
Stockholm International Film Festival Sweden
Dhaka International Film Festival, FIPRESCI AWARD
Vesoul International Film Festival, Audience Award

Director/s

Hussein Hassan
Hussein Hassan
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