A Silent Traveler

Debuting Iraq-born, Netherlands-based writer/director Ibrahim Selman starts out on docu ground, with a voiceover explaining his objectives and the film’s stand-in location, and recalling Kurdistan before the advent of war. He then shifts into narrative mode, with glimpses of life in a mountain village caught in the conflict between Iraqi military authorities and peshmergas (guerrilla freedom fighters).

Director: Ibrahim Selman

Cast: Bangin Abdulkadir, Said Ali, Umet Ali, Abdulkadir Yousif, Halima Sadik, Walid Hadji

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