Hope

Mohammad Shaikhow - Syria

Synopsis

Hevi and Walat are a Kurdish refugee couple in their 30s. They meet a human trafficker who they hope will help them cross an undefined border in the middle of an endless winter wasteland of spotless, hostile whiteness. The man suggests that he will help beautiful Hevi across, but that Walat must make his own way.

Film details

Genre : Short films
Duration : 20 minutes
Year of production : 2018
Country : Syria
Casting : Wesen Ismail - Korkmaz Arslan - Aziz Capkurt
Screenwriter : Mohammad Shaikhow
Cinematography : Samuel Brien / Luca Russo
Editor : Adrien Pagotto
Director : Mohammad Shaikhow
Production company : Mohammad SHAIKHOW






He is a Kurdish-Syrian screenwriter, director and film-maker who has been based in Paris. In 2016 he took an MA in Directing from ENSAV and is currently doing a Ph.D. in Cinema.