Arrangementer
Dansk-Irakiske Kulturdage d. 23 – 30 november 2005

Zaman - lørdag 26/11 kl. 15.00
Vester Vov Vov



ZAMAN - the man from the Reeds
2003
Instrueret af Amer ALWAN
Produceret af Sattar ALWAN and Didier COUEDIC
ARTE FRANCE / ISHTAR Films Productions (IRAK)

Om filmen (på engelsk):
For almost thirty years of dictatorship, nothing could be done in Iraq on the economical, cultural and political field without the agreement of the Baas party. We might as well say that the cinema was almost non-existent.
After this long absence of the Iraki cinema on the international scene, Amer Alwan has succeeded in shooting this first feature film. In spite of all the omni- present censorship during the shooting, it was a real adventure which ended up only a few days before the war started.
This film has been shot in January 2003, in a marshy region located in the south of Iraq, between the Tigris and the Euphrates.
This film has been shot in digital video, export of film negative to Iraq being forbidden.
At the close of the shooting, 5 video tapes were confiscated by the iraqi’s former regime and disappeared forever during the events which have followed. Edited after all, this film stays a witness of this chapter of history.