Kick Off

Produced in 2009

Film Information

Festival Edition 2010 - Edition 10

Section Competition

Director Shawkat Amin Korki

Country Iraq, Japan

Duration 81 mins

Language Kurdish-Arabic (English subtitles)

Category Feature Competition 2010

Producer Shawkat Amin Korki, Govar Anwar, Rojan Hamajza

Screenplay Shawkat Amin Korki

Cast Shwan Aftan

Genre Drama

Synopsis

About 300 refugee families are living in a half destroyed football stadium. Among them, is Asu who lives with his mother and his brother. He is secretly in love with his beautiful neighbor girl, Hilin. To cheer up his depressed brother and approach to Hilin, Asu arranges a football game for Kurdish and Arabic boys, with the help of a TV station. The game is recorded by the cameraman of this TV station. For the first time in long, Kurdish and Arabic boys are becoming friends, until a tragic incident devastates them.

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Kick Off