"BORN TO BE SOLDIER"
(Pesarha sarbaz be Donya Miayand)
Writer & Director: Fariborz Kamkari
Director of Photography: Abedin Aliveysi
Editor : Sohrab Mirsepasi
Sound: Mohammad-Reza Delpak
Producer:Documentary & Experimental Film Center(DEFC)
2002,28 min,Color,35mm
In Iraqi Kurdistan, on the border of Iran and Iraq, a decade of civil war has molded even the most subtle relationships. In this doc-fiction piece, we see a true reflection of how young Kurdish boys growing up in a war zone are forced take on adult roles to survive—and how even cousins are turned against each other to earn a wage as soldiers-for-hire.
BIOGRAPHY:
Fariborz Kamkari, born in 1971, is from a Kurdish family and grew up in Sanandaj—Iranian Kurdistan—during the war between Iran and Iraq. After obtaining a diploma in theater at the University of Tehran, he wrote 8 screenplays for a TV series and four for feature-length films.
FILMOGRAPHY
Documentary:
- LOOK (8 MM)
- SOUND OF FRIENDS (16 MM)
- DAUGHTER OF FISH (16 MM)
- BORN TO BE SOLDIER (35 MM)
Feature:
- BLANK TAPE: A TEHRAN DIARY—
THE VIDEOTAPE FARIBORZ KAMKARI FOUND IN THE GARBAGE (2002