S H W A N DLER QARADAKI
  • BIOGRAPHY
  • FILM & VIDEO
    • Sharp As A Knife
    • The Tattooed Sun
    • TO MY CHILDREN
    • SALT KISS (Part I)
    • SALT KISS (Part II)
    • SALT KISS (Part III)
    • Russian Rulette
    • NAZDAR
    • Norwegian Code
    • ZORBAS DANCE IN SNIPETORPSTREET 27
  • Mixed Media
    • Fragrant Deception
    • Halo of Shame Ph.d
    • A Trip With My Father In The Town
    • The Golden Wish
    • QARADAKI AS PRIME MINISTER
    • Diaries From A Distance
    • Heaven before a battle
    • Unknown Numbers
    • Be Patient
    • Property Painting - in collaboration with Fredrik Værslev
    • You talking to me? OK, I'm going to paint your thinks
    • Absolutt Veto in collaboration with Johannes Høie
    • Between Faces
    • You die so slowly you think you’re alive
    • Mixed Media
  • TEXT
    • The Tattooed Sun, by Oda Bhar 2020
    • EN AURA AV FORNEDRELSE, av Arve Rød 2021
    • Experience and effect, by Synnøve Merie Vik 2018
    • QARADAKI AS PRIME MINISTER, by Kate Pendry 2016
    • The Golden Wish, by Line Ulekleiv 2020
    • Abrupt movements on the map, by Tommy Olsson 2013
    • The World Through A Prism
    • KURDISTAN UNDER THE SIGN OF THE FUTURE, BY MARKO STAMENKOVIC
    • You talking to me? OK, I'm going to paint your thinks 2013
    • TRACE OF A FRIENDSHIP by Kate Pendry
    • A letter from Adnan Hassanpour
  • Book
    • The Christmas Star​
    • Distance, in collaboration with Mette Karlsvik
  • Commissions
    • The Story of Light And Darknes
    • Emergency hospital in Oslo
    • Between Faces
    • Vika Indiogo
    • Skien krisesenter
    • Grip Dagen
    • Internasjonalt Hus - Stavanger
  • Contact
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​TO MY CHILDREN


www.tomychildren.no

To My Children (2015)
Short film (color, sound), 21 min.
 
Both brutal and beautifully poetic, this award-winning short film tells a story about escaping war and starting a new life in Norway. Kurdish-Iraqi artist Shwan Dler Qaradaki arrived in Norway as a refugee in 1999 after two years traveling through the Middle East and Europe. As a first-hand witness to the atrocities of war, the artist portrays human hardship and experience in a tangible, striking way. Through combining watercolor images and voice-over narrative Qaradaki tells some of his personal stories. He invites us to see beyond the incomprehensible mass of people and events, to the lived reality of individuals. To my Children is a strong letter in film format to children and future grandchildren about the fear for the future, but also about hope and desire.
More: https://www.mesen.no/to-my-children-by-shwan-dler-qaradaki
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​Director and scriptwriter: Shwan Dler Qaradaki
​Watercolor and ink drawings: Shwan Dler Qaradaki
Producer: Vibeke Christensen, Kulturbyrået Mesén
Film editor and dramaturge: Inge-Lise Langfeldt
Translator and script consultant: Kate Pendry
Voice-over: Benjamin Lønne Røsler
Music and composer: Nils Økland band music is arranged/developed in cooperation with the band Sigbjørn Apeland, Håkon Mørch Stene, Mats Eilertsen, Rolf–Erik Nystrøm and Nils Økland
Music on Saz instrument: Fouad Karim Sound design: Sigrun Merete Mongstad
Trailer edit: Simon M. Valentine
Voiceover recording: Teknopilot’s studio Recording technique and sound editing: Siri Schippers Skaar
Foley: Jean McGrath and Caoimhe Doyle, Ardmore
​Sound Mix: Lydhodene Mixer: Frode Løes Hvatum
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  • BIOGRAPHY
  • FILM & VIDEO
    • Sharp As A Knife
    • The Tattooed Sun
    • TO MY CHILDREN
    • SALT KISS (Part I)
    • SALT KISS (Part II)
    • SALT KISS (Part III)
    • Russian Rulette
    • NAZDAR
    • Norwegian Code
    • ZORBAS DANCE IN SNIPETORPSTREET 27
  • Mixed Media
    • Fragrant Deception
    • Halo of Shame Ph.d
    • A Trip With My Father In The Town
    • The Golden Wish
    • QARADAKI AS PRIME MINISTER
    • Diaries From A Distance
    • Heaven before a battle
    • Unknown Numbers
    • Be Patient
    • Property Painting - in collaboration with Fredrik Værslev
    • You talking to me? OK, I'm going to paint your thinks
    • Absolutt Veto in collaboration with Johannes Høie
    • Between Faces
    • You die so slowly you think you’re alive
    • Mixed Media
  • TEXT
    • The Tattooed Sun, by Oda Bhar 2020
    • EN AURA AV FORNEDRELSE, av Arve Rød 2021
    • Experience and effect, by Synnøve Merie Vik 2018
    • QARADAKI AS PRIME MINISTER, by Kate Pendry 2016
    • The Golden Wish, by Line Ulekleiv 2020
    • Abrupt movements on the map, by Tommy Olsson 2013
    • The World Through A Prism
    • KURDISTAN UNDER THE SIGN OF THE FUTURE, BY MARKO STAMENKOVIC
    • You talking to me? OK, I'm going to paint your thinks 2013
    • TRACE OF A FRIENDSHIP by Kate Pendry
    • A letter from Adnan Hassanpour
  • Book
    • The Christmas Star​
    • Distance, in collaboration with Mette Karlsvik
  • Commissions
    • The Story of Light And Darknes
    • Emergency hospital in Oslo
    • Between Faces
    • Vika Indiogo
    • Skien krisesenter
    • Grip Dagen
    • Internasjonalt Hus - Stavanger
  • Contact