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The moving story of a beekeeper's fate. He lost everything in the turmoil of the Turkish-Kurdish war: his wife and children, his homeland and, with the loss of over 500 colonies of bees, also his livelihood. The only thing remaining is his love of bees and his unwavering trust in individual human beings, regardless of origin. Following a long odyssey fraught with deprivation, the beekeeper finds his way back to his passion in Switzerland.
by Mano Khalil
Switzerland, 2013, Documentary, 107 min.
Title E: Irbo
Title F: Apiculteur
Title I: L'apicoltore
Directed by: Mano Khalil
Written by: Mano Khalil
World Premiere: January 2013
Original Version: Kurdish/Swiss-German/German (german/english/french/italian/arabic subtitles), colour, DCP-Harddisk, 107 min.
ISAN
Production: Frame Film GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE
Producer: Mano Khalil
Executive Producer: Mano Khalil
Cinematography: Mano Khalil, Steff Bossert
Editing: Thomas Bachmann
Location Sound Mix: Weli Cici
Sound Editing: Thomas Bachmann
Sound Design: Rolf Büttikofer
Rerecording Sound Mix: Rolf Büttikofer
Music: Mario Batkovic
World Sales / World Rights
World Rights: Frame Film GmbH
Festivals / Awards
2013 | München, 28. DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Competition | 08.05.2013 - 15.05.2013
* International Premiere
* VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Preis 2013
2013 | Solothurn, 48. Solothurner Filmtage, 24.01.2013 - 31.01.2013
* Prix de Soleure 2013
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