Der Imker
The Beekeeper
Apiculteur
L'apicoltore
Switzerland / France, January 2013
FILM,
Documentary,
107 min.
- directed by
- Mano Khalil
- Written by
- Mano Khalil
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.derimker.ch
The moving story of a beekeeper’s fate. He lost everything in the turmoil of the Turkish-Kurdish war: his wife and children, his homeland and, with the loss of over 500 colonies of bees, also his livelihood. The only thing remaining is his love of bees and his unwavering trust in individual human beings, regardless of origin. Following a long odyssey fraught with deprivation, the beekeeper finds his way back to his passion in Switzerland.
Il film racconta la toccante vicenda di un allevatore di api. Il caos del conflitto turco-curdo gli ha preso tutto: la moglie e i figli, la patria e i più di 500 popoli di api con i quali si guadagnava da vivere. Gli sono rimasti solo l'amore per l'apicoltura e un'incrollabile fiducia negli esseri umani. Dopo una lunga ed estenuante odissea, l'uomo arriva in Svizzera, dove grazie alle api riscopre il gusto della vita.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2013
- Original Version
- Kurdish, Swiss-German, German (arabic/italian/french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 107 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-50B0-0000-4-0000-0000-P
- Production
- Frame Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE G.E.I.E.
- Producer
- Mano Khalil
- directed by
- Mano Khalil
- Written by
- Mano Khalil
- Cinematography
- Mano Khalil, Steff Bossert
- Editing
- Thomas Bachmann
- Sound Editing
- Thomas Bachmann
- Sound Design
- Rolf Büttikofer
- Re-Recording Mix
- Rolf Büttikofer
- Music
- Mario Batkovic
- Location Sound Mix
- Weli Cici
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Frame Film GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
BraveHearts International GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 30.01.2014 - Switzerland
-
Frenetic Films
Distribution
Release date: 06.06.2013
Awards
(a selection)
- Bozner Filmtage, Preis der Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse für Besten Dokumentarfilm 2014 (Winner)
- Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Second Prize 2014 (Winner)
- Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix de Soleure 2013 (Winner)
- Duhok International Film Festival, Best Kurdish Documentary Film 2013 (Winner)
- Der Neue Heimatfilm, Publikumspreis 2013 (Winner)
- Munich, DOK.fest München, VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Preis 2013 (Winner)
- Film Festival della Lessinia, Lessinia d’Argento 2013 (Winner)
- Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2014 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Melbourne VIC 3001, Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
07.05.2015 - 21.05.2015 -
Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary
30.10.2014 - 02.11.2014 -
Film Festival della Lessinia
23.08.2014 - 31.08.2014 -
11th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot
06.07.2014 - 13.07.2014 -
28. Bozner Filmtage Bolzano Cinema
09.04.2014 - 13.04.2014 -
Thessaloniki, 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
14.03.2014 - 23.03.2014 -
Dubai International Film Festival
06.12.2013 - 14.12.2013 -
2nd Duhok International Film Festival
09.10.2013 - 16.10.2013 -
19th Festival della Lessinia
24.08.2013 - 01.09.2013 -
Freistadt Festival # 26 Der neue Heimatfilm
21.08.2013 - 25.08.2013
-
Locarno, 66° Festival del film Locarno
07.08.2013 - 17.08.2013 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 7. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
24.07.2013 - 04.08.2013 -
Munich, 28. DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
08.05.2013 - 15.05.2013 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2013 - 31.01.2013