Red Heart (Dli Sur)
Arab Feature Competition
Halkawt Mustafa / Feature Narrative / Iraq, Kurdistan / 2011 / 78 min / Color / HDCAM
In Kurdish / English, Arabic subtitles
Interests: Drama, Romance, Social Issues
MENA Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised
Screenings
Synopsis
After the death of her mother, 19-year-old Shirin discovers her father’s plans to trade her in exchange for a new wife. Unable to accept this, she escapes to the big city with her secret boyfriend. When he is arrested, she must face the dangers and challenges of her new life alone.
About the Director
Twenty-six-year-old Halkawt Mustafa was born in Kurdistan in the north of Iraq. He and his family moved to Norway in the year 2000, and he is now a Norwegian citizen. “Red Heart” is his debut feature film and is a Norwegian/Iraqi (Kurdish) co-production, with Filmhuset in Norway as the main producer.
Credits
- Director
- Halkawt Mustafa
- Screenwriter
- Halkawt Mustafa, Jabar Jamal Garib
- Producer
- Egil Odegard, Anders Graham, Halkawt Mustafa
- Editor
- Inge-Lise Langfeldt
- Music
- Oistein Boassen
- Cinematographer
- Kjell Vassdal
- Sales Company
- Wide
- Distributor
- Europafilm AS
- Cast
- Shahen Jamal, Soran Ibrahim, Ali Ahmed