THE BEEKEEPER / MANO KHALIL

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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:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/mano-khalil-refugees-are-like-you-they-have-children-they-cry-they-laugh

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:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/mano-khalil-refugees-are-like-you-they-have-children-they-cry-they-laugh

ab 6. Juni 2013 im Kino! DER IMKER erzählt das berührende Schicksal eines Bienenzüchters. Die Wirren des türkisch-kurdischen Krieges haben ihm alles genommen: seine Frau und Kinder, seine Heimat und mit seinen über fünfhundert Bienenvölkern auch die Lebensgrundlage. Geblieben ist ihm nur seine Liebe zu den Bienen und das unerschütterliche Vertrauen in den einzelnen Menschen, egal welcher Herkunft.