Land of the Heroes

Original Title: Land of the Heroes

17' | 2011 (Completed)

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Director:	Sahim Omar Kalifa
Producer:	Kobe Van Steenberghe, Hendrik Verthé
Writer:	Sahim Omar Kalifa

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10-year-old Dileer and his sister want to watch cartoons on television but encounter difficulties.

synopsis

Iraq, 1988. In a land devastated by war, Dileer (10) and his sister want to watch cartoons on television, but that proves to be more difficult than either of them expected.
Irak, 1988. Dans un pays dévasté par la guerre, Dileer (10 ans) et sa soeur veulent regarder les dessins animés à la télévision, mais cela semble plus difficile que prévu.

Credits

Director
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Producer
Kobe Van Steenberghe, Hendrik Verthé
Writer
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Cast
Ahmed Nisret, Sama Sami, Raad Said, Noor Sami, Naima Abdo, Faryal Bozan, Ali Zebari, Adla Bapir
Editing
Joren Desmidt
Photography
Robrecht Heyvaert, Kobe Van Steenberghe
Music
Hannes De Maeyer

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Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2011
Production status
Completed
Original title
Land of the Heroes
Original language
Kurdic, Arabic

Technical specs

Running time
17'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

A Team Productions

Correctiedreef 5-7
1800 Vilvoorde
Belgium

hendrik@ateamproductions.be

www.ateamproductions.be

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Sales

Magnet Film

Rheinsberger Str. 38
DE-10435 Berlijn
Germany

T +49 (0)163 80 10 753
info@magnetfilm.de

www.magnetfilm.de

Festivals & awards

Festivals

- Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto - Gulf Film Festival Dubai - Festroia International Film Festival Sétubal - Hamburg International Short Film Festival - Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival Santiago De Compostela - International Short Film Festival Leuven - Cinepublic Short Film Festival Gent - Brussels Short Film Festival Courtmétrage - InDPanda International Short Film Festival Hong Kong - IFI Film Festival Dublin - Kavalan International Short Film Festival Taiwan - Manchester Kurdish Film Festival - Leiden International Short Film Festival - Prend ça Court Montréal 'Best of' Selection - I've Seen Films International Film Festival Milan - Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren - Film Festival Della Lessinia Bosco Chiesanuova - Film Festival Oostende - Festival Int. de Cinema Les Percéides, Perce - Off Courts Int. Film Festival Trouville - Kurdish Film Festival Frankfurt am Main - Nederlands Film Festival Utrecht - Bagdad International Film Festival - Images en Vues Short Film Festival Magdalen Islands - Festival Le Printemps du Cinéma Arabe, Paris - Cinemagic International Film Festival Belfast - Calamartes Film Festival Antwerpen - Arab Shorts Cairo Film Festival - London Kurdish Film Festival - Seoul International Youth Film Festival - International Film Festival Gent - International Film Festival Regiofun Katowice Poland - International Film Festival Ankara - Kurdish Film Festival Berlin - Latin Arab International Film Festival Buenos Aires. - Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival Curta Cinema - Moscow Short Film Festival - Travelling Film Festival Rennes - IFVA Asian New Force Awards Hong Kong - Latin Arab International Film Festival Buenos Aires - Istanbul International Film Festival - Festival du Court Métrage Maghribo-Asiatique Tissa, Morocco - Zoom Zblizenia Film Festival Jelenia Gora - International Film Festival Izmir - Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen - Tampere Film Festival and many more. Over 100 selections worldwide at the moment.

Awards

- Jury Award Best Short Film Generation International Film Festival Berlin - Jury Award Best Film Busan International Short Film Festival South-Korea - Award Best Cinematography Busan International Short Film Festival South-Korea - Award Best Film San Gio Short Film Festival Verona - Special jury award Human image films competition Baghdad International Film Festival - 16ORO - Winner of Golden Short Sedicicorto Film Festival Italy - Zavattini Award at the Reggio Film Festival in Emilia, Italy - Third prize in the Yilmaz Guney Short Film Competition at the 7th edition of the London Kurdish Film Festival - Muhr Arab Short Second Prize at the 8th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival - Honourable mention at the 29th edition of the young audience festival Ale Kino - Poland - Golden movie award at the 17th Honk Kong independent short film festival - Rio Tinto Alcan award at the International Short Film Festival Saguenay -Canada - Jury Award- Best Short Fillm - Kingbonn international film festival - China - Jury Award - Best International Short Film - Film Leben Festival in Ilmenau - Germany - Best Short film award - Amed International Film Festival - turkey - Best Direction award - LAW International Short Film Festival - Erbil - Best Editing award - LAW International Short Film Festival - Erbil - Silver award Best Short Film - Duhok International Film Festival - Duhok - Silver public award - Hangzhou International film festival - China - Silver jury award - Hangzhou International film festival - China