Synopsis
Hêvî and Walat, a Kurdish refugee couple, join a smuggler to try to cross an unspecified border into a land of freedom. The man offers to smuggle the young woman while Walat must follow an independent path.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : CinéBéj - Association de cinéma franco-kurde
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Mohammad Shaikhow
- Screenwriters : Mohammad Shaikhow, Ephrem Koering
- Director of Photography : Samuel Brian
- Assistant Director : Antoine Paolicchi
- Editor : Adrien Pagotto
- Sound Recordist : Stéphane Defossez
- Line Producer : Mohammad Shaikhow
- Camera Operator : Samuel Brian
- Production Manager : Luka Barrier
- Sound Editor : Stéphane Defossez
- Continuity supervisor : Maruani Landa
- Sound Mixer : Gabriel Mathé
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Immigration, Politics
- Production language : Kurdish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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www.mohammadshaikhow.com/hevi
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