'Land of the Heroes' is directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa and produced by a team productions (Hendrik Verthé & Kobe Van steenberghe).
The short film was shot by myself (Light: Robrecht Heyvaert) on location in and around Zakho, Iraq. It was shot with the original sensor on a (very old) set of arriflex Schneider Kreuznach prime lenses (18mm,28mm,40mm,50mm,75mm and 2X). Grading was also done by me in apple color.
Story: Rural Iraq, 1988. Saddam’s victory propaganda monopolizes the TV. While their mother and auntie are polishing artillery, young Dileer and Zienee’s must tolerate cousin Malo, a bullying little spitfire. Under sweltering heat, both adults and children display the desensitizing effects of war. A thought-provoking and hard-hitting story from the Eastern home-front. (Source: Toronto CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival)
I uploaded a teaser (first minutes) on vimeo.
LINK: http://www.vimeo.com/17491020
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Land-o...63964617010095
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
- Honorable mention at the 29th edition of the young audience festival Ale Kino - Poland
- Honorable Mention by the Jury – Evolution Film Festival
- 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
OTHER OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
- 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
- Manchester Kurdish Film Festival
- LISFE 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
- LFF Leiden International Film Festival
- Cinemagic International Film Festival Belfast
- Calamartes Film Festival Antwerpen
- Arab Shorts Cairo Film Festival
- Seoul International Youth Film Festival
- International Film Festival Gent
- International Film Festival Regiofun Katowice
- 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
- Zoom Zblizenia Film Festival Jelenia Gora
- Arab Shorts Beirut Libanon
- International Film Festival Izmir
- FEC International Short Film Festival Cambrils-Reus
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
- Festival Du Monde Arabe Azrou-Ifrane
- French Alliance Film Festival Abu Dhabi
- Sydney Kurdish Film Festival
- VIS Independent Short Film Festival Vienna
- International Short Film Festival Maremetraggio Trieste
- Arab Shorts Los Angeles
- Tampere Film Festival
- Newport Beach Film Festival
- International Film Festival Beijing
- International Beirut Outbox Film Festival
- iShorts Film Festival Prague
- International Short Film Festival Postira
- International Lago Film Festival Revine
- Lincoln Film Festival New York
- International Film Festival Xian
- International Short Film Festival Sao Paulo
- Message to Man Int. F.F St.-Petersburg
- Film Festival Open Doek Turnhout
- Int. Jerusalem Open Nights Film Festival
- Mostra CineBH Int. F. Festival Belo Horizonte
- New Media Sichuan Fine Arts F.F. Beijing
- Arab Film Festival Berlin
- Yilmaz Guney Film Festival Istanbul
- New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival
- Chicago International Film Festival
and many more. Almost 100 selections worldwide at the moment.
Critique, questions and comments are welcome
cheers mate
