A Silent Traveler

A Silent Traveler 1993 Directed by Ibrahim Selman De zwijgende reiziger

Debuting Iraq-born, Netherlands-based writer/director Ibrahim Selman starts out on docu ground, with a voiceover explaining his objectives and the film’s stand-in location, and recalling Kurdistan before the advent of war. He then shifts into narrative mode, with glimpses of life in a mountain village caught in the conflict between Iraqi military authorities and peshmergas (guerrilla freedom fighters).

Countries Iraq , Netherlands

Production Countries Iraq , Netherlands

Language Kurdish

Spoken Languages Dutch , Kurdish

Gneres Drama , History

Production Companies Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS) , Dnu Film BV

Release Date 17 November 1993

92 mins