Project Detail

Kurdi

Doug Aubrey

Synopsis

It's been 20 years since Peri the Kurd first walked into the town of Halabja in the aftermath of the chemical gas attack Saddam Hussein launched against the Kurdish people. 20 years since he buried his best friend and his Kalashnikov and walked west.

West and West and West and until I ended up in Glasgow, which was as west as I could get.

Filmed over 5 years, Kurdi tells the story of a man in search of himself, his people, his gun and a country that doesn't exist.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Features
Running time: 84 mins
Format: HD
Director: Doug Aubrey (A film by Peri Ibrahim)
Producer: Marie Olesen
Editor: Doug Aubrey, Bert Eeles, Brian Welsh
Screenwriter: Peri Ibrahim, Doug Aubrey
Director of Photography: Doug Aubrey
Sound: John Cobban
Composer: Tara Jaff

Genre

Scottish Asian

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Autonomi Ltd

Studio 6
333 Woodlands Road
Glasgow G3 6NG
UK

T +44 (0)141 357 7288

marie@autonomi.tv

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