Laboratory No. 2 | تاقیگەی ژمارە 2

EDRIS ABDI and AWARE OMER

Rojhelat and Başûr, 2022

Sorani, with English subtitles

Documentary

16 minutes

Lab no. 2 still

Synopsis:

An old man has worked in an autopsy department for many years.  Upon his retirement, he makes a crucial decision.

Directors’ biographies:

Aware Omer was born in 1986 in Silêmanî and graduated from the department of filmmaking of Silêmanî University. He has worked in the field of lighting for 24 years He has participated in more than 20 short films. He has worked as a cinematographer for four documentaries, one of which he wrote, directed, and co-produced (Laboratory No. 2). He has participated in several domestic and international festivals and won several awards. As a cinematographer, he was invited to the 30th Camera Image Festival in Poland, which is considered one of the best cinematographic festivals.

Edris Abdi was born in 1984 in Marivan, in Rojhelat. He studied filmmaking and film editing at the Tehran University of Applied Sciences and Technology. He has sound-recorded and sound-designed more than 40 short and feature films. As a writer and director, he has produced the films The Sperm, Thirst Flight, and Laboratory No. 2. He has published more than twenty articles about cinema on websites and in newspapers. 

Awards:

Winner of 5th Silêmanî International Film Festival (KRG, 2021)

Winner of Best Short International Documentary at the 11th FILUMS International Film Festival (Pakistan, 2022)

Winner of Best Director for Short Documentary at the 11th FILUMS International Film Festival (Pakistan 2022)

Winner of Best Short Documentary of the 11th International Tour Film Festival (Italy 2022)

Winner of Jury Award  for International Short Documentary, 17th Shorts Mexico, Mexico International Short Film Festival (2022)

Winner of the 16th London Super Shorts Film Festival (UK, 2022)

Winner of the 1st Kalamata International Short Documentary Film Festival (Greece, 2023)

Link to the trailer:

Watch the trailer for the film here.

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