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
Category
Fiction
Country
South Kurdistan (Başûr)
Dialogue
Arabic, Kurdish ( Sorani / 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.
