The Deminer
Sweden2017documentary83'Konkurs dokumentalny (2018)
This film has the power of the most exciting thriller, although it is the life and health of real people that is at stake every time. Colonel Fakhir Berwari is a Kurdish Peshmerga who clears the areas bombed by the so-called Islamic State of mines. Video materials documenting his everyday work done over a number of years show the portrayal of a fearless man armed with just a Swiss knife and pincers.
- directed by
- Hogir Hirori
Director, editor and photographer. He was born in 1980 in Duhok in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. In 1999, he moved to Sweden where he has been living and working until today. He has founded his own production company Lolav Media. His documentary "The Girl Who Saved My Life" (2016) has been screened and awarded at international festivals.
Shinwar KamalDirector and cinematographer. "The Deminer" is his co-directing debut.
- cinematography
- Shinwar Kamal, Firas Bakrmani, Erik Vallsten
- music
- Mohammed Zaki
- editing
- Hogir Hirori
- production
- Antonio Russo (Ginestra Film AB)
- Photo
