Costume Design
THE EXAM
by Shawkat Amin Korki (KRG/QA/D 2021, 89`)
2021 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Crystal Globe Competition)
Drama
Summary
ROJIN is about to enter the university entrance exam. If she fails, her father will force her into marriage. Her older sister SHILAN is married to SARDAR who wants his wife to stay at home with their daughter. Shilan decides to put all effort into making her sister pass the exam and live a more emancipated life. However, this decision drags both sisters into new difficulties. Facing financial hardships and moral concerns, Rojin and Shilan become entangled in a huge network of Corruption that is connected through all parts of society.
THE RAIN BRIDE
by Hussein Hassan (KRG, IQ/DE 2022, 97 min.)
Summary
Dancer and young mother Lori must say goodbye to her husband, who decides to join the war against ISIS. As the war rages on the frontlines, she finds herself in a fight inmidst her own society. Constricted by patriarchal structures, Lori searches to express her feelings in dance.
Nightshade plants
Director: Max Hegewald
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Feature film (medium length)
39 minutes
2015
Manuel, who has a tendency towards autism, works as a gardener in the botanical gardens. While his pedantic mother urges him to finally meet a woman, Manuel would prefer to simply continue living in isolation in his world of plants. But the young ice-cream seller Victoria has her eye on the shy gardener. She won’t let go. In her attempt to get closer to her crush, she crosses more than one line…
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SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival 2016, Saarbrücken
Mica Film Festival 2016, Manaus Amazonas Brazil
Sunscreen Film Festival 2016, St. Petersburg Russia
