Whisper With The Wind
By Shahram Alidi
Country: Iraq
Language: Farsi
Casting: Omar Chawshin, Maryam Boubani, Kakher Mohammad Barzani, Valid Marouf Jarou, Moharam Hossein Ghader, Bistoun Ali Ghader
Production year: 2009
Runtime: 01h17
Production company: Taw Film, Kurdistan regional Government – Ministry of Culture
Mam Baldar, the winged uncle, is a postman like no other who, for many years, has travelled among the mountainous villages of Iraqi Kurdistan recording and delivering people’s messages. One day, a partisan commander asks him to make a recording of his newborn child’s first cry. Mam sets off to find the commander’s village and, once there, is informed that all the children in the area, as well as the commander’s pregnant wife, have been evacuated to a far-off valley. Mam at once heads out for the valley.
Cannes 2009 – Critics’ Week – ACID/CCAS award, OFAJ/TV5 Monde award, Regards Jeunes award
Mubai IFF 2009 – Youngh critic award
Amazonas 2009 – Special jury award
Bratislava 2009 – Young jury award
