The Guerilla Son (2011)
Zanyar Adami looks down at Bagdad from an airplane heading to Sweden. His mother is still down there at the airport. His father isn’t even there to wave goodbye. At the time, Zanyar is only five years old. 23 years later Zanyar, soon to be a father, sits in his kitchen in a suburb of Stockholm. His father, Taher, sits in front of him. Any day now, Zanyar will become a father himself and he knows that he can’t wait anymore. He has to confront his father with the question he has been afraid to ask all his life: How could Taher leave him in the midst of a war and then send him to Sweden all by himself?
Directors: Zanyar Adami, David Herdies.
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Zanyar Adami as Himself |
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Taher Adami as Himself |
| Crew | David Herdies | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Jonathan Knape | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Laleh Pourkarim | Music |
| Production | David Herdies | Producer |
| Directing | Zanyar Adami | Director |
| Editing | Bernhard Winkler | Editor |
| Writing | David Herdies | Writer |
| Crew | Jörgen Lindskog | Cinematography |
| Crew | Igor Isaksson | Title Graphics |
| Sound | Richard Ekre Suzzi | Music |
| Crew | Loa Bie | Cinematography |
| Editing | Erlend Kristoffersen | Editor |
| Writing | Zanyar Adami | Writer |
| Directing | David Herdies | Director |
| Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |