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Directed by Haider Rashid

2021

Thriller

72 min

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Iraq Italy Kuwait

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English Arabic Bulgarian English Arabic Bulgarian

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Synopsis

Kamal has fled Iraq to try to enter "Fortress Europe". At the Turkish-Bulgarian border, local mercenaries are ruthlessly hunting down migrants. Alone in the forest, Kamal has three days to escape.

International Releases

Sold territories Uk & Ireland - BULLDOG FILM DISTRIBUTION Europe- HBO Europe Italy - I WONDER PICTURES

Press Reviews

“Makes its point with urgency and compassion” Screen International “A film testimonial which keeps the audience on the edge of their seats” Cineuropa

Festivals

2022

  • Festival Cinéma d’Alès - Itinérances
  • N.I.C.E. New Italian Cinema Events
  • Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen
  • Ligue de l'Enseignement - Fol Moselle
  • Arabian Nights Film Festival (Danish Film Institute)
  • Fundación por la Justicia
  • Localbühne Freistadt
  • Comunidad Filmin SL
  • Kommunales Kino Konstanz e. V.
  • Europe on Screen
  • Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
  • Cinéma Katorza
  • Associação Il Sorpasso
  • Univerciné - Festival cinéma Italien de Nantes
  • Zentrum für arabische Filmkunst und Kultur e.V.
  • Art Fest Ltd.
  • Sofia Menar Film Festival | •
  • International Film Festival of Kerala | •

2021

  • Quinzaine des Cinéastes | •
  • Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg | •
  • Cinemamed | •
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival | •
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About the Director

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Haider Rashid

HAIDER RASHID was born in 1985 of mixed Iraqi and Italian origins. He has directed features TANGLED UP IN BLUE (2010), SILENCE: ALL ROADS LEAD TO MUSIC (2011), IT'S ABOUT TO RAIN (2013) and STREET OPERA (2015), the short film THE DEEP (2013) and NO BORDERS (2016), Italy’s first VR film. His films have won awards at Venice Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival and the Nastri d’Argento award ceremony.

Filmography

Tangled Up In Blue (2009)

  • I've seen Films International Film Festival - Best Feature Film Award

Street Opera (2015)

No Borders (2016)

  • La Biennale di Venezia - MigrArti Prize

Cast & Crew

Cast:
Adam Ali (Kamal), Svetlana Yantcheva (Svetlana), Pietro Ciciriello (Gorsky), Gassid Mohammed (Gassid), Mohamed Zouaoui (Trafficker), Erfan Rashid (Erfan)
Script:
Haider Rashid, Sonia Giannetto
Cinematographer:
Jacopo Maria Caramella
Editor:
Haider Rashid, Sonia Giannetto
Sound design & mix:
Giandomenico Petillo, Gabriele Fasano
VXF:
Daniel Bernabei, Luca Prestini
Producer:
Haider Rashid
Production Company:
Radical Plans
Co-production Company:
Beyond Dreams (Koweït), Fair Play (Italie)

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