Hope
Fall Grants 2017
Mohammad Shaikhow / Short Narrative / Syria, Iraq, France, Qatar / 2018 / 15 min / Original Language: Kurdish / Interests: Women, Drama, Politics, Immigration
Synopsis
Hévi and Walat, a Kurdish-Syrian refugee couple in their thirties meet a human trafficker. They try to cross an undefined border amid an endless environment of winter with spotless, but hostile, whiteness. The man offers to bring the young woman with him if Walat would take another road alone. So, Hévi ends up by herself, fragile, in front of an unstable man whose intentions are little by little unveiled.
Credits
- Director
- Mohammad Shaikhow
- Screenwriter
- Mohammad Shaikhow
- Producer
- Mohammad Shaikhow
About the Director
Mohammad Shaikhow was born in Qamishli in 1988. He is a Kurdish-Syrian film director and cinematographer based in Paris. His films have screened in numerous festivals. He is currently a PhD Candidate in the School of Cinema at the École National Supérieurs d’Audiovisuelle (ESAV). He received his MA in Directing from ESAV, and is a graduate of the Film School of Salahaddin University in Erbil.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
"Carthage FF 2018, Shorts (WP)
Amsterdam Arab FF 2019
Festival Int'l du Film Oriental de Genève 2019"