Where Kurdistan is, is one of the important questions of this century. Dawood came to Rotterdam from Afghanistan. He compensates for his loss of identity by listening to Damboora music. The Kurdish Berxwedane plays the music of his lost country in the streets. Although music usually brings people together, here it leads to misunderstandings between the uprooted.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Afghanistan, Netherlands
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 22'
- Medium/Format
- DCP