Fiction – Page 2 – Exile Film Festival 2023

In Vitro

In Vitro - 2019

— 28 min min - Fiction

Number: 23
Show: Monday 13 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1

Director: Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind

Stars: —

Storyline

Decades after an eco-disaster engulfs the biblical city of Bethlehem, two scientists from different generations discuss memory, exile, and nostalgia in this symbolic speculative fiction.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Denmark, United Kingdom, Occupied Palestinian territory

Language: Arabic, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: —

Technical Specs

Runtime: 0 h 28 min

When the Seedlings Grow-Gava Sitil Mezin Dibin

When the Seedlings Grow-Gava Sitil Mezin Dibin - 2022

— 83 min min - Fiction

Number: 20
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Hagabion Sal 1 | Monday 13 November, 18:30, Angereds Bio

Director: Rêger Azad

Stars: —

Storyline

While selling yogurt in Kobanê, Hüseyin and his daughter Zelal are on their way to intersect with Hemudê, who is looking for his home. Their one-day journey witnesses many misfortunes and a new society after the Kobanê war.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Kobane, Germany

Language: Kurdish, Arabic, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: Rojava Film Commune

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

Kobane

Özlem Yasar - 2022

— 158 min min - Fiction

Number: 19
Show: Sunday 12 November, 16:00, Hagabion Sal 1 | Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Viktoriasalen

Director: Özlem Yasar

Stars: —

Storyline

Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, a female Kurdish fighter guides her fellow fighters in the resistance to defend their city, Kobane, from the deadly threat of ISIS. A real story of war, sacrifice, love, and hope.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Syria

Language: Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: Rojava Film Commune

Technical Specs

Runtime: 2 h 38 min

Women Talking

Women Talking - 2022

— 104 min min - Fiction

Number: 18
Show: Sunday 12 November, 19:00, Hagabion Sal 1

Director: Sarah Polley

Stars: —

Storyline

The women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Through the backstory, we see a community of women come together to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Stay and fight or leave. They will do nothing.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

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Country: USA

Language: English, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: —

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

Kebab Connection

Kebab Connection - 1998

— 100 min min - Fiction

Number: 13
Show: Tuesday 14 November, 18:30, Hagabion Sal 2

Director: Hiner Saleem

Stars: —

Storyline

Cheto, a Kurd political refugee living in Paris, has a French girlfriend named Christine. Cheto wants to get married, but not with Christine. What he´s looking for is a beautiful Kurdish virgin and patriot! Video camera in hand, his friend Misto goes to Kurdistan for the ideal candidate. Having found the lucky beauty, the marriage is arranged. But it´s not the chosen bride who shows up in Paris.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Kurdistan

Language: Kurdish, French, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: Les Film du Rivage, Les Studio Canal+, Le Bureau Les Film De Lóust Paradise

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

Jîn / Life

Jîn / Life - 2012

— 122 min min - Fiction

Number: 10
Show: Thursday 16 November, 18:30, Bio Roy

Director: Reha Erdem

Writers: Reha Erdem (screenplay)

Stars: Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek, …

Storyline

Jîn, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Turkey

Language: Turkish, Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: —

Technical Specs

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

Daughter of Iran

Daughter of Iran - 2023

— 5 min min - Fiction

Number: 8
Show: Monday 13 November, 13:00, Angereds Bio | Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Selma Lagerlöfs Center Wednesday 15 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1

Director: Massoud Memar

Stars: —

Storyline

In the stormy weather and among the sands aside the roaring sea, a woman tries to free herself from the coverings imposed on her. She has a cage on her head, which she will throw into the bin of history and….. It is a sensitive cinematography and a tribute to the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom."

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Netherlands

Language: Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: MemarFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime: 0 h 05 min

Holy Spider

Holy Spider - 2022

— 118 min min - —

Number: 7
Show: Wednesday 15 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1

Director: Ali Abbasi

Stars: —

Storyline

Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: —

Details

Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Jordan, Italy

Language: Persian, Swedish text

Company Credits

Production Companies: Profile Pictures, One Two Films

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

Trust

Trust - 2021

— 11 min min - Fiction

Number: 6
Show: Tuesday 14 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1

Director: Delara Rasouli

Stars: —

Storyline

She was a teenager when she went to a family-recommended dentist. Traumatized, she keeps the sexual abuse secret. About 1 in 10 girls under 20 have been forced to engage in sex or perform other sexual acts. Most often, abuse occurs at the hands of someone a child knows and trusts.

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: USA

Language: Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies: —

Technical Specs

Runtime: 0 h 11 min

The Fatal Day

The Fatal Day - 1991

— 10 min min - Fiction

Number: 3
Show: Saturday 11 November, 19:30, Viktoriasalen

Director: Tariq Hashim

Stars: —

Storyline

If I do not scream, You will strangle me!

Collections: EFF-23

Genres: Fiction

Details

Country: Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Companies: National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime: 0 h 10 min