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Category:
Society & Human Interest

Keywords:
Politics, human adventure, Europe


Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR ALTERDOC

Coproducer(s)/co-financing:
FRANCE 3 CORSE "Via Stella"

Length:  1x55

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: English: subtitle

Nationality: France

Year: 2012

Rights: world

Support(s):  HD Cam , SD – Digital 16/9

SORAN, THE ILLEGAL TOURIST

Director(s): Fulvia ALBERTI – Writer(s): Fulvia ALBERTI, Soran QURBANI   Contact Contact   Download Print page

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Soran is a Kurdish refugee from Iran. Fulvia is a Franco-Italian filmmaker who met this rather gifted young man in Iraqi Kurdistan. When he tells her that he wants to make his way to the UK, she gets him a camera…
Thus began a 9 months’ clandestine obstacle course from Erbil to Liverpool via a Greek prison cell for illegal foreigners, all recorded on camera. Each time Soran found himself in a tight spot, Fulvia came to his rescue.
This is their four-handed film: the adventurous crossing of "Fortress Europe" by a Kurdish refugee with a sense of humour and a guardian angel at his side. Soran achieved his goal: turning his life into a movie.

Festivals and Awards:
* 2014: official selection "A NOUS DE VOIR Cinéma & science" festival (Oullins, France)
* 2013: selected in the "Autrement vu" section of the 20th edition of FIGRA, March 2013
* 2013: selected at the "Rencontres cinéma" at Manosque, France (February 2013)

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