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My Name is Anik

Synopsis

Bircan has decided to learn Kurdish, her once-forbidden mother-tongue, with all the words her grandmother has forgotten and all the stories that have remained unspoken.
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Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 30 sec
Format
DCP, HD
Director
Bircan Birol
Producer
Tomás Sheridan
Executive Producer
Noe Mendelle, Flore Cosquer, Leslie Finlay
Editor
Kieran Gosney
Director of Photography
Francesca Tosarelli
Sound
Ali Murray
Composer
Celo Boluz

Genre

Human Rights Scottish Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Scottish Documentary Institute

74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh EH3 9DF
Scotland, UK

Sales Company

Scottish Documentary Institute

74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh EH3 9DF
Scotland, UK

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