My Name is Mohammed

German Premiere

Screenings: Monday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 21, 21:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: U.K, Netherlands, Iraq, Jordan
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction

Director: Sinan Najm Abdullah, Yahya T Hassan, Baan S Shibab, Rania Okla Yacoub Haddad
Producer: Mohamed Al-Daradji, Isabelle Stead

Synopsis: A young refugee boy from Iraq living in Jordan is forced to clean shoes in order to support his widowed mother and little sister.
Inhalt: Ein aus dem Irak stammender Flüchtlingsjunge, der nun in Jordanien lebt,ist gezwungen Schuhe zu putzen, um für seine verwitwete Mutter und seine kleine Schwester den täglichen Lebensunterhalt zu finanzieren.

Awards: Best Short Film, Aleph 2009 (Gold) Beirut International Film Festival; Jury Award at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival 2009

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