THE BEEKEEPER / MANO KHALIL
In the mid-1990s, Ibrahim Gezer, a Kurd, was living happily in Turkey with his family, making a good living producing honey with his 500 bee colony.
Then came the Turkish-Kurdish war and he lost everything.On the run for seven years, he arrived in Switzerland as a refugee.
This moving documentary tracks the story of how this gentle soul, nearing retirement age, was able to rebuild his life—with nothing more than his faith in humanity and his love of bees.
Director: Mano Khalil
Awards:
Winner Prix Soleure 2013
Winner of DOK.fest 2013
Best Kurdish Doc. Movie, 2013, Duhok Int. Film Festival
Lessinia d'Argento 2013 XIX Film Festival della Lessinia
Audience Award 2013 The Neue Heimat film Freistadt
Film Showing: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8 PM
RT: 107 mins
Language(s): In German and Kurdish with English subtitles
Official website: The Beekeeper
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In the mid-1990s, Ibrahim Gezer, a Kurd, was living happily in Turkey with his family, making a good living producing honey with his 500 bee colony.
Then came the Turkish-Kurdish war and he lost everything.On the run for seven years, he arrived in Switzerland as a refugee.
This moving documentary tracks the story of how this gentle soul, nearing retirement age, was able to rebuild his life—with nothing more than his faith in humanity and his love of bees.
Director: Mano Khalil
Awards:
Winner Prix Soleure 2013
Winner of DOK.fest 2013
Best Kurdish Doc. Movie, 2013, Duhok Int. Film Festival
Lessinia d'Argento 2013 XIX Film Festival della Lessinia
Audience Award 2013 The Neue Heimat film Freistadt
Film Showing: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8 PM
RT: 107 mins
Language(s): In German and Kurdish with English subtitles
Official website: The Beekeeper
Read more:
In the mid-1990s, Ibrahim Gezer, a Kurd, was living happily in Turkey with his family, making a good living producing honey with his 500 bee colony.
Then came the Turkish-Kurdish war and he lost everything.On the run for seven years, he arrived in Switzerland as a refugee.
This moving documentary tracks the story of how this gentle soul, nearing retirement age, was able to rebuild his life—with nothing more than his faith in humanity and his love of bees.
Director: Mano Khalil
Awards:
Winner Prix Soleure 2013
Winner of DOK.fest 2013
Best Kurdish Doc. Movie, 2013, Duhok Int. Film Festival
Lessinia d'Argento 2013 XIX Film Festival della Lessinia
Audience Award 2013 The Neue Heimat film Freistadt
Film Showing: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8 PM
RT: 107 mins
Language(s): In German and Kurdish with English subtitles
Official website: The Beekeeper
Read more: