Zagros

Q&A filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa

2017. 102 m. Sahim Omar Kalifa. Belgium/Netherlands. Dutch/Kurdish with subtitles. Rated NR.

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A shepherd named Zagros is stunned to learn that his family has accused his wife of infidelity and that she is leaving their simple life in Kurdistan and taking their daughter to live in Brussels. Convinced of her innocence, Zagros leaves his family behind to join them. But starting a new life in a strange city is filled with challenges. Caught between tradition and modernity, he’s baffled and outraged by the contrasts in lifestyles and by his wife’s behavior, and he starts to entertain doubts that have tragic consequences. Winner of several festival awards, this is a provocative, engaging film.

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Q&A filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa

Wednesday, Sep. 26 2018, 7:00

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Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa was born in Iraq in 1980. He moved to Belgium in 2001 to work as an interpreter and study. In 2008, he received his Master’s degree in filmmaking at Sint-Lukas Film School in Brussels. His short Land of the Heroes won the Jury Prize as Best Short at the 61st Berlinale. His two other shorts, Baghdad Messi and Bad Hunter, were both shortlisted for the Academy Awards. Sahim was chosen as Best Kurdish Film Director in Istanbul in 2014, and was invited to become a voting member of the Academy Awards in 2016. Zagros is his first feature.

This film is part of the Contemporary Arab Cinema 2018 series.