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World Premiere, Wide Angle: Documentary Competition, 2025

Singing Wings

노래하는 황새 깃털

Director Hemen KHALEDI

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Competitive sectionBIFF Mecenat Award, Asia

Family/ChildComedy/SatireEnvironment/Nature

Khadijeh, an elderly Kurdish woman from Iran, has two pressing tasks - one, to care for a stork whose wings were injured by high-voltage wires and left behind; and two, to dissuade her daughter from emigrating to the UK. In her mind, there is no contradiction between helping the wounded bird migrate and preventing her own daughter from migrating. It’s just that they cannot be achieved by willpower alone. And of the two, changing her daughter’s mind is far more difficult. Singing Wings follows Khadijeh’s busy life, set against the picturesque Kurdistan, a stork habitat. The elderly woman’s innate sense of humor and cheerful optimism that will draw smiles from audiences are the driving force and heart of this film. Khaledi, a native of this region, chooses not to dwell on the Kurdish people’s hardships, but instead to bring their pure spirit and simple way of life to the screen in the best possible light. It is a fable that unfolds in a world of fairytales.

Programme note by KANG Sowon

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Screenings3

Sun, 09/21

09:3011:08

CGV Centum City 4

272Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Mon, 09/22

13:0014:38

CGV Centum City 3

351Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Wed, 09/24

20:0021:13

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 2

521KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Hemen KHALEDI
Country/Region: Iran, Georgia, Belgium
Year: 2025
Length: 73min
Section: Wide Angle: Documentary Competition
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Premiere: World Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Competitive section
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb TMDB Douban

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Hemen KHALEDI

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Director: Hemen KHALEDI
Producer: Inna TEDZHOEVA
Cinematography: Vorya ABDYANI
Editing: Loghman SOKHANVAR
Music: Satar ORAKI
Production company: GG Projects LLC
World sales: CAT&Docs

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