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| Winterland |
| Original title |
Vinterland |
| Type |
Shorts |
| Genre |
Drama, Comedy |
| Director |
Hisham Zaman |
| Short summary |
With warmth and a humorous view, the director depicts the story of Renas, a well-adjusted Kurdish refugee who lives in a godforsaken spot in Northern Norway. He has everything he wants, but he sorely misses a woman. |
| Summary |
Hisham Zaman received an exceptional amount of attention both nationally and internationally for his sensitive and intelligent presentation of the personal dilemmas appearing in people on the run, in the prize-winning short film Bawke.
In Winterland he continues in the same direction. With warmth and a humorous view, he depicts the story of Renas, a well-adjusted Kurdish refugee who lives in a godforsaken spot in Northern Norway. He has everything he wants, but he misses a woman. He marries a woman from his home country whom he has never seen, after having arranged a wedding in Iraq with a kind of substitute bridegroom. But the marriage has a difficult start when Fermesk arrives in Norway. Neither her husband nor the country appear the way she had imagined. And is it possible for Renas to love a woman he has only seen in a photo?
Winterland is a love story, but like Bawke it treats current political themes from a human point of view. Like Hisham Zaman says: “I make films about human beings, not about politics.” And that's exactly why his films reach so many people.
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| Cast |
Raouf Sarag, Shler Rahnoma, Kawa Gilli, Alibag Salimi
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| Screenplay |
Kjell Ola Dahl, Hisham Zaman |
| D.O.P |
Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen |
| Editor |
Trygve Hagen |
| Composer |
Øistein Boassen |
| Sound |
Carl Svensson - Soundfactory |
| Costume designer |
Nina Erdahl |
| Scenography |
Runar Johnsen |
| Producer |
Turid Øversveen |
| Line producer |
Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen |
| Production company |
Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 AS | St.Olavsgt. 21C | N-0165 Oslo
Tel: + 47 22942494 | Fax: +47 22942499
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| Country of origin |
Norway |
| Release date (national) |
2007-01 |
| Release date (international) |
2007-01 |
| Technical information |
| Format |
35mm |
| Screen ratio |
1:1,85 |
| Colour |
Colour |
| Sound System |
Dolby SRD |
| Length in min's |
52 |
| Length in meters |
1420 |
| No. of reels |
3 |
| International sales |
NFI |
| Distributor (Norway only) |
Arthaus |
| Festival participation |
2007 Tromsø International Film Festival
2007 Exile Film Festival, Gothenburg
2007 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
2007 Arab Film Festival - San Francisco
2007 Arab Film Festival - Los Angeles
2007 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2007 Kolkata Int'l Filmfestival
2007 Festival International Du Film De Montagne D'Autrans, France
2007 London Kurdish Film Festival
2008 Scandinavian Film Festival, Los Angeles
2008 Febiofest - Prague Int'l Film Festival
2008 St. Paul Film Festival, Minneapolis, USA
2008 Trento Mountain Film Festival, Italy
2008 FestTroja, Portugal
2008 Manchester Kurdish Film Festival, UK
2009 East End Film Festival, London, UK
2009 New York Kurdish Film Festival
2010 Istanbul International Film Festival
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| Prizes received |
2007: National Film Award Amanda for Best Male Actor to Raouf Sarag
2007 Festival International Du Film De Montagne D'Autrans, France: Grand Prix José Giovanni
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| URL |
http://www.fourandahalf.no |
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Director biography:
 Hisham Zaman (born 1975), graduated from The National Norwegian Filmschool at Lillehammer in 2004. Zaman has made several awardwinning shorts during and after his studies at Lillehammer, most notably Bawke (2005) which has received more than 20 national and international awards.
Filmography:
2009: Europa
2007: Winterland
2005: Bawke
2004: The Roof (diploma film)
2003: The Bridge
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