ALLIHOPA: THE DALKURD STORY
Drama, Sport and Documentary | Running Time: 93 minutes
2023 / Kurdish, Swedish and English
Country: Iraq, Sweden, United States of America (USA) and Canada
Directed by: Kordo Doski
Arab Premiere
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Kordo Doski is a Kurdish-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and actor whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and community. Through his storytelling and advocacy work, Doski seeks to promote empathy and understanding across cultures and borders, highlighting the shared experiences and struggles of all humanity
SHOWTIME
Sun 03 Dec | 7:30 PM - 9:08 PM
VOX Cinema 4 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema 4 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
Wed 06 Dec | 3:25 PM - 5:03 PM
VOX Cinema 3 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema 3 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
ProducerKordo Doski, Lina Hanson, Jose Moreno Brooks, David Oyelowo, Bailey Dahlgren, Paul Canterna, Ary Dosky
CastRawez Lawan, Peshraw Azizi, Rewan Amin, Amir Azrafshan, Adil Kizil, Andreas Brännström, Ramazan Kizil
ScriptwriterKordo Doski, Jose Moreno Brooks
The unprecedented success of Dalkurd, a football team originally set up to give young Kurdish refugees in a working-class Swedish town something to do, is an uplifting story of triumphant underdogs that also highlights the situation of the Kurds, the largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland. Despite local indifference, the team rose rapidly through the divisions to the point where we meet them, about to play a nail-biting match that could catapult them into the top tier of Swedish soccer. Along the way, we hear the players’ harrowing personal stories and grow to understand the complex character of the club, where football is crucial but the Kurdish struggle for independence is the name of the game.