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SUNDAY, APRIL 20 , 5:00 PM; ST. ANTHONY Director: HISHAM ZAMAN LATE ADDITION. SCREENING INSTEAD OF EDVARD GREIG Director Hisham Zaman tells the story of Renas, a well-adjusted Kurdish refugee who lives in a godforsaken part of northern Norway, with warmth and humor. Renas has everything he wants, except a wife. He marries a woman from his home country whom he has never met. |
The marriage has a difficult start when his bride arrives in Norway, and neither her husband nor the country appears the way she had imagined. And is it possible for Renas to love a woman he has only seen in a photo? Raouf Sarag received the 2007 National Film Award “The Amanda” for Best Actor. In Norwegian and Kurdish with English subtitles. 52 min. Bawke (Father) Directed by Hisham Zaman, 2005. Winner of the Best Narrative Short at the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, this moving story of a father and his young son, illegal immigrants to Norway, traces their odyssey through the maze of difficulties they face in hopes that the son can have a better life than his father. In Norwegian and Kurdish with English subtitles. 15 min. NORWAY; 2007 & 2005 • 67MINUTES • DIRECTOR: HISHAM ZAMAN 
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