''Bekas'' ( ckb, بێکەس) is a 2012 Kurdish

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film written and directed by

Karzan Kader Karzan Kader (born 8 September 1982) is an Iraqi Kurdish film actor, director, writer. He lives in Stockholm. Karzan Kader was nine years old when his family fled Kurdistan during the Iraq War in 1990. They settled in Sweden, where Kader and his ...

. The film stars Zamand Taha and Sarwar Fazil.

Plot

Set in the 1990s of

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, the story follows two shoeshiner brothers named Dana (Zamand) and Zana (Sarwar) who set off to America in order to meet

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Screenings

''Bekas'' had its inaugural screening at the

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in 2012. It was later screened at the 6th

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on December 26, 2013.

Awards and nominations

''Bekas'' won a People's Choice Award and was nominated for the Muhr Arab Award at the 2012 Dubai Film Festival.

References

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* Kurdish-language films 2010s coming-of-age comedy films 2010s road comedy-drama films Features based on short films Films about brothers Films about children Films about homelessness Films about orphans Films set in the 1990s Films set in Iraq Films set in Kurdistan Films set in deserts Iraqi comedy-drama films Iraq War films Swedish comedy-drama films Finnish comedy-drama films 2012 comedy films 2012 films 2012 drama films 2010s Swedish films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub