Nachbarn

Neighbours
Nachbarn
Voisins
Vicini

Switzerland / France, January 2021
FILM, Fiction, 124 min.

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directed by: Mano Khalil
Written by: Mano Khalil
Status: In distribution
Website: www.framefilm.ch

For Youths Politics

A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radically changed in the course of an absurd nationalism. Humorous yet serious, the film tells of a childhood that also finds its light moments between dictatorship and dark drama.

credits

World Premiere: January 2021
Original Version: Arabic, Kurdish, Hebrew (slovak/arabic/greek/ancient (to 1453)/italian/kurdish/french/english/german subtitles), couleur, DCP, 124 min.
ISAN: 0000-0004-D26A-0000-5-0000-0000-M
Production: Frame Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer: Mano Khalil
directed by: Mano Khalil
Written by: Mano Khalil
Cinematography: Stéphane Kuthy
Editing: Thomas Bachmann
Location Sound Mix: Mourad Keller
Sound Design: Thomas Bachmann
Re-Recording Mix: Dominik Rätz
Music: Mario Batkovic
Animation: Jérémie Dupraz, Babis Venetopoulos
Production Design: Sara B. Weingart, Taha Khalil
Lighting Design: Elias Fernandez Salomon
Costumes: Linda Harper, Gulsan Ozer
Make up: Julia Nietlispach

Cast

Nasima Aldaher as Shamsa
Serhed Khalil as Sero
Jay Abdo as Nahum
Derya Uygurlar as Hannah
Tuna Dwek as Rosa
Jalal Altawil as Lehrer
Ismail Zagros as Aram
Bengin Ali as Ali
A. Zirek as Hamo
Jiyan Armanc as Raoshan

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights: Frame Film GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Canada: Menemsha Films Distribution
Release date: 01.12.2021
Germany: barnsteiner-film Distribution
Release date: 13.10.2022
Israel: Go2films Distribution
Release date: tba
Norway: Manymore Films Distribution
Release date: 27.10.2023
Slovakia: Association of the Slovak film clubs ASFK Distribution
Release date: 11.05.2023
Sweden: Manymore Films Distribution
Release date: tba
Switzerland: Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: 14.10.2021
United Arab Emirates: MAD Solutions Distribution
Release date: 01.12.2021
United States: Menemsha Films Distribution
Release date: 01.12.2021

Awards

(a selection)

Mons, Festival International du Film de Mons, Prix du Regard Citoyen 2022 (Winner)
Mons, Festival International du Film de Mons, Grand Prix du Festival 2022 (Winner)
Freistadt, Der Neue Heimatfilm, Audience Award for best movie 2022 (Winner)
Freistadt, Der Neue Heimatfilm, Jury special Award for best fiction movie 2022 (Winner)
Bellinzona, Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona, Premio Utopia 2021 (Winner)
Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Hauptpreis für den Langspielfilm 2021 (Winner)

Festivals