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1988

Hezhwan Zendi

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South Kurdistan (Başûr)

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2023

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80 min

Synopsis

In the winter of the year 1988 in the most intense era of the Iran – Iraq war, the Kurdish rebel fighters (Peshmarga) engaged in their activities against the Baath’s party in the border town of Halabja. This multiple storyline film tells the true stories of families in Halabja, such as Omari Khawar and the story of the peshmerga’s, in the months leading up to 16 March 1988, the day Halabja was bombed with chemical weapons. including that of Omari Khawar and of a revolutionary Peshmarga who falls in love with a school teacher during one of his activities inside the town.

Credits

Directors

Hezhwan Zendi

Producers

Reman Shawkat

extra info

Original Titel

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Year

2023

Duration

80 min

Genre

Fiction

Country

South Kurdistan (Başûr)

Dialogue

Arabic, Kurdish (Central Kurdish), Persian

Subtitles

English

AKFF Edition

AKFF 2025

Extra

On Sunday 11 May a Q+A will take place after te screening with actor Shamal Aba Rash moderated by Maila Ahmad.

Screenings

1988, 1988

Tickets & times

Friday 9 May

20:15 –

22:05

De Krakeling

Sunday 11 May

12:15 –

13:35

Ketelhuis Zaal 2

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