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Wikipedia article




'Bawke' is a 2005 short film directed by Hisham Zaman and produced in Norway.

Plot



Two Kurdish refugees from Iraq, a father and son, approach their goal after being on the run for a long time.[http://www.nfi.no/english/_nyheter/vis.html?id=1617 Bawke took it all at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad] , Norwegian Film Institute, July 2005. After arrival, both father and son are apprehended by the police and taken into a refugee camp. About to be deported and in order for his son to have any chance of staying, the father decides to leave his son behind in the new country. The son desperately tries to catch up with him, but when a policeman ask if he knows the kid, his answer is no.[http://pov.imv.au.dk/Issue_21/section_1/artc3A.html On Bawke],

Nikolaj B. Feifer


Awards



# Best Short Film (rets kortfilm), Amanda Awards, Norway, 2005.

# Prix UIP Grimstad (European Short Film), Norwegian Short Film Festival, 2005.

# BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence, Aspen Shortsfest, Colorado, 2005.

# Youth Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2006.

# Youth Award, San Sebastin Human Rights Film Festival, 2006.

# Best Live-Action Short, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2006.

See also



* Cinema of Norway

References




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