Thursday 17 January 2013
Silver Linings Playbook
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Back in Erbil.
I really miss everything in festival, it was fantastic experience.
In the morning today, I start on some arts management ideas which we had plan for it in the festival, I spend my morning of researching and translating information from english to Arabic and kurdish, was very good feeling as I start thinking one more time about project I love to do it and work on it. I think the weather and the atmospheric in Erbil maks you think differently, not bad, I always like to start and do new things!
Today afternoon, I was in the old market in Erbil with my friend and then we went in Erbil football stadium, Erbil was plying against Malaysian team KELANTAN, in FAC CUP, we win 5-1 , what a great game ! and the ticket was free as well :)
I am thinking know how to make a good film festival in Erbil?
Good night :)
Sunday 16 September 2012
5th day of Duhok International film festival
Friday 14 September 2012
4th day in Duhok international film festival.
I watched short Italian film Babylon fast food, by Alessandro Valori, Documentary France, Avierge les coptes et moi, by Namir Abdel Messeeh, Short Iran, Ghorobe Halazon, by Azad Mohammadi, Feautre Spanish, Open 24h, by Carles Torras, Short Kurdish, Power , by Husain Hassan, Short Iran, Kochei poshte Khane ma, by Shilan Saadi, and Feature Kurdish, 10 Seconds,by Ako aziz.
I really liked all of them, Open 24h and 10 Seconds was my favorite, http://www.duhokiff.com/index.php/en/program-2012
I also met with all this films directors and we had a good conversation about their films and some back ground about their works and the place they came from.
I met With The Shirin film director Mr Hassan Ali and we had a long conversation regarding job opportunities in Kurdistan for me, he really gave me good advices, I also had a very deep chat with Shilan Saadi and a turkish directo Miss Asmin Bayram ( The director of Ones again peace ) about film festivals is Kurdistan of Turkey ( North Kurdistan ) and Kurdistan of Iran ( East Kurdistan ), we also exchanged ideais about how we see the future of Kurdistan, as this was my first time to discase this issues with other Kurdish people from other parts of Kurdistan! I had feeling that we need to meet and talk more and more to know each other better, this is for me, because it was the first time :)
I am planing to go back to erbil today, but I have feeling that I want to stay more, but I will see, just because my budget! it is only me who came from Erbil on my won budget, all the other are invited from the festival.
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Duhok international film festival in Kurdistan
I am in Kurdistan know, in Dohuk city, it is Duhok international film festival and I came from Erbil to join my new friends and make more contacts with Kurdish and international film makers, today is my second day in Duhok, I watched many movies, I watched Shirin film by Abas ali, Feature film, The Guerilla son, by Zanyar Adami, Documentary, Ghost, by Dahci Ma, short film and some other short films.
I really like the idea of being in Duhok and the festival, I met many people and we already start to making plans to work in film and media in Kurdistan, I met Bery Shalmashi , Ako Sirini and Zanyar Adami, they all are film makers and they came back from Europe to work in Kurdistan.
I really believe that all my trip have been organised from last year, I got a new job last year, I could make some money to be able to travel to kurdistan, I came and was a conference for job to meet some people, then they told me about Duhok film festival, then I met all this people! and now I am planing to come back to kurdistan for good! many other small details I cant remember now, but I will write them down when I remember :) I am sure you guys will understand!
I have feeling that the shoe I am wearing it this day is good size but not the 100% one so I am thinking to wear the one is smaller size to feel pain.
talk soon
Kawa :)
Tuesday 11 January 2011
We had an audition day on last Sunday for our new short film ( Baby-Lon).
The film is about 2 young girl wants to make interviews with some Iraqi people regarding the Uni project, there is also Shwan, the Iraqi actor in London who wants to prove him self as a great actor! the film is comedy and it is in English and Arabic language.
We will start shooting in the second week in January 2011, we are working on pre-production and everything is good so far, of course because of the great and very professional work from our Iraqi young people, I would like to thank them very much for been very organised and hard worker.
We are still looking for a blonde girl actor, age 20 to 25 for role of Kethy
The crew's name and position in the film:
Nadia Al-Dhahi: Producer
Jose Ruiz: DOP
D, Jafar Abd Al Hamid: Photografer and sound manger.
Ahlam Arab: Coordinator and casting manager
Kawa Rasul: Script Writer and Director
Struan Robertson: Script editor
Fady Najem: Camera assistant
Mostafa Ali: Light assistant
Karim Al shekh: sound and acting role of the Director
Ali Madani,: Actor
Chloe Farnworth: Actor
Dhifaf Auda: Actor
yassin Al - Asadi : Actor
Falah Jassem: Actor
Ganim Al-Soltan: Actor
Hasy Khusbak: Actor
Mabast Amin: Photographer assistant
And a very spacial thanks for D, Jafar Abd Al Hamid for all his help and advice.
We will update you next week about our latest :)
Many thanks to all of you and best regards
kawa
10/10/2010
Wednesday 31 March 2010
From Kurdistan to City of Dreams
لقد انتهيت يوم امس من تكملت عملية المنتاج لاول فيلم الذي قمت بتصويره قبل شهرين في العاصمة اليونانية اثينه.
انه فيلم قصير يتناول جانب من هجرة العراقين الى البلدان الاوروبية من خلال اليونان, لقد كانت اليونان و بالاخص العاصمة اثينا الدار الامنة و محطة الانطلاق لجميع الدول العالم و خاصة الدول الاوربية للمهاجرين العراقين! ان اثينا كانت ارض الاحلام.
كنت انا ايضا واحدا من المهاجرين و المتلهفين للوصول الى ارض الاحلام في عام 1996 , و بعد مغامرات قد استمرت بحدود السنة وصلت الى اليونان بطريقة غير شرعية (زورق سريع) من خلال احد جزرها الجميلة رودوس ومنها الى اثينا.
عشت في اثينا لمدة 5 اعوام وشاهدة الاف من المهاجرين الذين كانو يصلون اليها , الاغلبية منهم كانو يبقون لفتره قصيرة حتى يسافرو بعدها مستخدمين الطرق الغير شرعية و الغير امنه الى الدول الاوربية الاخرى!
لقد بقيه ارض الاحلام حلما فقط لكثيرمن الحالمين الذين غرقو او انفجرت الالغام بهم عندما كانوا يعبرون الجبال و البحور متجهين الى اليونان ! وظلت عوائلهم ينتظرون وصول بقايا اجساد ابنائهم الذي لم يرجع ابدا ! وكان ايضا ماسي لبعض الناس الذي شاهدو غرق و موت عوائلهم امام اعيونهم دون ان يسطتيعو انجادهم ! انني متاكد بان الاعلام ابرز هذه الحوادث في وقتها و اهتم بالقضية كثيرا خصوصا ان المهاجرين الموتا قد اتو من احد اغنى البلدان في العالم!
لقد حاولت في هذا الفلم القصير ان اصور جزء صغير من ذاكرتي التي لا تزال مليئة بالاحداث و المغامرات التي عشتها في اليونان و حاولت توصيل الفكره من خلال الصورة فقط و ذالك لانني في كثير من الاحوال كنت ارى الصور ولا اسمع الحوار!
I have just completed my first film, made in
It is a short movie focussing on Iraqi immigrants travelling from
I was one of the immigrants eager to get to
I have lived in
The city of dreams remained only a dream for some people, who drowned or were killed by landmines as they tried to cross seas and mountains to
I am sure the media reported these tragedies that happened that time, especially as the dead were from one of the richest countries in the world!
I have tried in this short film to portray a portion of my memory, which is still full of the events and adventures I have had in