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I Want to Live
Sorani Kurdish دەمەوێت بژیم
Directed byKarzan Kardozi
Written byKarzan Kardozi
Produced byKarzan Kardozi
StarringShndar Noradin Ali
Ahmed Noradin Ali
Noradin Khalaf Ali
Nariman Abdullah
Distributed byKardozi Production
Release date
  • 3 January 2015 (2015-01-03)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryKurdistan Region - Iraq
LanguageKurdish

I Want to Live (Sorani Kurdish: دەمەوێت بژیم) is a 2015 Kurdish[1] documentary film directed by Karzan Kardozi. The film focuses on Shndar, a young Kurdish boy with thalassemia disease living in a refugee camp[2] with his family in Kurdistan Region of Iraq as he recall his life during Syrian Civil War and ISIS attack on Kurdistan.[3][4]

Plot

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Stories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on Kurdistan. The story is told through the eyes of a young boy named Shndar, who has Thalassemia disease. He searches for immediate treatment while living as a refugee, leaving his home due to ethnic and religious hatred. The film depicts daily life within and outside of the refugee camp. A character study that explores themes of life, death, war, peace, and tolerance. [5]

Cast

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  • Shndar Noradin Ali as Shndar
  • Ahmed Noradin Ali as Ahmed
  • Noradin Khalaf as Shndar's Father
  • Taha Mohamad as Avin's Father
  • Nariman Abdullah as Shndar's Mother

References

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  1. ^ "5 Heart-Wrenching Documentaries about Syria (04 April 2017) Paste Magazine". Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ Herd, David (2016). Refugee Tales. Comma Press. p. 78. ISBN 9781910974230.
  3. ^ Haylock, Bridget (2020). Traumatic Imprints: Performance, Art, Literature and Theoretical Practice. Brill. p. 265. ISBN 9781848880856.
  4. ^ "I Want to Live(2015)". Culture Unplugged. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  5. ^ Kardozi, Karzan (2015). I Want To Live. The Moving Silent.
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