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Sipan feels uncomfortable because of the situation in Iraq, because of the ongoing war between Kurdish forces and ISIS. All he wants to do is watch the latest news on TV. Everybody else prefers a different program.
Director's Biography
Sarkaut Mostefa is a Kurdish filmmaker born in Iraq in 1986. He started out as an art director and assistant director. So far, he has directed one music video, “New Year” (2015), and three shorts: “Remote Control” (2014/18), “Two Faced” (2015/18) and “Fruitless” (2017). The latter had its world premiere at Duhok International Film Festival. Sarkaut fled from Iraq to Austria, where he now lives, and studies at the University of Arts Linz (MORE Initiative).
Local Artists 2018
Sarkaut Mostefa
Iraq / Austria 2014/2018
color
6 minutes
Kurdish OV with English subtitles
Austrian Premiere
Premierenstatus / Premiere StatusAustrian Premiere
Kombi-Programm (72 min)
DU RU / Two Faced
XIRIŞ / Fruitless
THE FIRST GENERATION - ZWISCHEN ÖSTERREICH UND KAMBODSCHA / The First Generation - Memoirs of Cambodia
