Where Is Gilgamesh?
2024 Iraq, Kurdistan Region film
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Where Is Gilgamesh? (Sorani Kurdish: گێلگامێش لە کوێیە؟) is a 2024 Kurdish[1] heist noir crime film noir based on the Epic of Gilgamesh,[2][3] directed by Karzan Kardozi.
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| Sorani Kurdish | گێلگامێش لە کوێیە؟ |
| Directed by | Karzan Kardozi |
| Written by | Karzan Kardozi |
| Produced by | Karzan Kardozi |
| Starring | Barzan Yunis Goran Dlshad Ragash Kizhan Taha Mohamad |
| Cinematography | Lana Diyar |
| Distributed by | Kardozi Production |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Iraq, Kurdistan Region |
| Language | Kurdish |
Plot
Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh is stolen from a museum by a group of smugglers. Govan, a museum security guard, attempts to recover the stolen artifact and prevent its illicit sale at an auction in City of London. In the process, he becomes entangled with a secretive society that adheres to ancient Mesopotamian beliefs dating back to the early Sumerian period.[4]
Cast
Production
The film was shot with a small crew of seven people with a budget of $9000, funded and produced by the director himself. The 29-day shoot took place entirely in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region. Many scenes were filmed inside the Sulaymaniyah Museum. The newly discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh, housed at the Museum, makes an appearance in the film.[5]
Karzan Kardozi
Karzan Kardozi (Sorani Kurdish: کارزان کاردۆزی); born 2 May 1983)[6][7][8] is a Kurdish American film director,[9] writer[10] and producer,[9] best known for Where Is Gilgamesh?.
Kardozi was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, and left with his family in 1999 due to war and conflict.[11] They settled in the United States, in Nashville, Tennessee, where Kardozi studied film directing. In 2010, Karzan graduated from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film with a BA in Film Directing and Cinematography, and in 2014 received Master in Film Production with Distinction from University of Central Lancashire. [12]
In 2015, Karzan went back to Kurdistan to make the documentary film I Want to Live,[13] about the lives of Kurdish refugees from Syria. The film was shot on a budget of $400. In 2023, Karzan made Where is Gilgamesh? as his first feature film.[14]
Early work
- A Walking Shadow (2007)
- A Day in the Country (2008)
- Greed Eats the Soul (2009)
- The Arcturian (2013)
- A Viewer on a Movie Projector (2014)
- Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause (2014)
- I Want To Live (2015)
Publications
- Kardozi, Karzan (2018). Yılmaz Güney (900 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2019). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 1: Lumière, Georges Méliès, Louis Feuillade (1076 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2019). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 2: D.W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin (1100 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2020). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 3: Buster Keaton, Robert Flaherty, Carl Dreyer (1250 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2020). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 4: Eric von Stroheim, Fritz Lang (1400 pages, Xazalnus)[15]
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 5: Abel Gance, Jean Epstein (900 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 6: F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst (998 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 7: Ernst Lubitsch, Josef von Sternberg (1130 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 8: Kenji Mizoguchi (988 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 9: Akira Kurosawa (1178 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 10: Yasujiro Ozu (1148 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State (Comma Press, 2023)[16][17]
Gallery
Front Side of the newly discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. It dates back to the old Babylonian period, 2003–1595 BCE and is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.
Reverse side of Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
