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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
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
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
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
