The Deminer

Synopsis

In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Fakhir, a father of eight, is serving in the Iraqi army. All around him, he sees innocent civilians getting injured by landmines, so he determines to disarm them with his own hands, using just a pocketknife and some wire cutters. He clears thousands of roadside bombs, mines and car bombs, knowing that every time he cuts a wire it could cost him his life—which he seems to find less important than the lives of others. In 2014, by this time having lost a leg, he starts working for the Kurdish Peshmerga, disarming boobytraps left behind by Daesh in and around Mosul. An enthusiastic home video maker, Fakhir collects hundreds of hours of footage of his day-to-day work.

Trailer

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Cast

Crew

Camera

• Shinwar Kamal Director of Photography
• Firas Bakrmani Director of Photography
• Erik Vallsten Director of Photography

Directing

• Hogir Hirori Director
• Shinwar Kamal Co-Director

Editing

• Hogir Hirori Editor

Production

• Hogir Hirori Producer
• Antonio Russo Merenda Producer

Sound

• Mohammed Zaki Music

Writing

• Hogir Hirori Writer