Audience Award Dubai International Film Festival, United Arab Emirates
Fiction / Bekas / Sweden, Finland, Iraq / 2012 / Language: German (Dubbed version) / 93 Min.
Director: Karzan Kader
Writer: Karzan Kader
Producer: Sandra Harms
Cinematographer: Johan Holmquist
Editor: Sebastian Ringler, Michal Leszczylowski
Sound: Micke Nyström
Cast: Zamand Taha, Sarwar Fazil
Director: Karzan Kader
Writer: Karzan Kader
Producer: Sandra Harms
Cinematographer: Johan Holmquist
Editor: Sebastian Ringler, Michal Leszczylowski
Sound: Micke Nyström
Cast: Zamand Taha, Sarwar Fazil
Early 90′s, Saddam Hussein’s regime has put great pressure on the Kurdish region
of Iraq. Two homeless Kurdish boys see Superman on the city’s first cinema and decide to go to America. To get there, they need passports, money and a lot of luck. Unfortunately they have neither, but they still start their journey towards the dream of America.
BEKAS is based on Karzan Kaders short by the same name, for which he won a student academy award in 2010.
recommended for children aged 10 and above
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