ISHAQ
SHORT FICTION
FILM DESCRIPTION
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Germany/ KRG Iraq | 20' | 2025 | short fiction
Logline:
SHAQ is the story of a grandmother trying to take her orphaned grandchild from Iraq home to Germany.
Synopsis:
Silvi lost her daughter to ISIS. She travels to an orphanage in Iraq to bring her grandson Ishaq to Germany, but he no longer recognizes her and refuses to leave. Desperate, Silvi follows a dubious plan, facing a fateful decision.
Writer/Director/Producer: Tuna Kaptan
Cast: Bettina Hoppe, Danial Kamal, Mahabad Ibrahim, Anna Sophie Schindler
DOP: Semih Yıldız
Editor: Beatrice Babin (BFS), Toro Lucian Hirsch
Music: Chiara Strickland
Sound: Hiwa Shew
Sound Design: Nils Gradlowsky
Line Producer: Serhat Keser
Costume & Make up: Yasmin Waleed
Production Design: Hashim Shaji
Co-Production: Bayerischer Rundfunk
Status: In Festival Distribution
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Release: January 2025
Technical Data: Fiction, 19:35 min, 4 K, 5.1 Dolby SRD
