Our Prescious Norwegian Air

Kristin Nicolaysen

Year of Production: 2003 Category: C-film Duration: 37 min. Sound: mono Language: Norwegian/Kurdish English/Norwegian Subtitles Contact the director

Mahmoud and Karwan are Kurds from northern Iraq. In 1999 they crossed the Norwegian border hiddden in truck containers. They both applied for asylum. We follow their daily life in a small north Norwegian village. Joy, sorrow, hopes and longing are expressed. After two and three years their applications are turned down. Knowing that returing back is to risk their lives, they appeal the rejections. The film point at paradoxes in the Norwegian politics towards asylum seekers, and may serve to give some reflections around the question of integration

Copyright: 2003 Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø
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