The Deminer
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.
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Cast
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Hogir Hirori Director · Erik Vallsten Cinematographer Shinwar Kamal Cinematographer
First release November 19, 2017 · Produced in Sweden · Languages Arabic, Kurdish
Production
Ginestra Film
Production
Lolav Media
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Kurdish
Release dates
Netherlands · November 19, 2017
Premiere · IDFA
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 7, 2018 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Denmark
March 18, 2018 · CPH:DOX
Estonia
February 1, 2019 · DocPoint Tallinn
Finland
November 19, 2018 · TV premiere
Germany
September 23, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 1, 2019 · Budapest International Documentary Festival
Israel
May 17, 2018 · DocAviv Film Festival
Japan
February 26, 2019 · TV premiere
Netherlands
January 23, 2019 · TV · NPO 2
Spain
January 6, 2019 · TV premiere
Sweden
January 30, 2018 · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 27, 2018
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