Name Me Lawand
| Name Me Lawand | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Lovelace |
| Starring | Lawand Hamad Amin |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | Kurdish |
Name Me Lawand is a documentary film directed by Edward Lovelace about Lawand Hamad Amin, a deaf boy who moves from Iraq to Derby, who risks deportation from the UK.[1][2][3]
The film won a Special Jury Prize from the Best International Feature Documentary award jury at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Name Me Lawand review - remarkable documentary about a deaf Kurdish boy in the UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ O'Hara, Helen (14 July 2023). "Name Me Lawand Review". Empire. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Maher, Kevin (6 July 2023). "Name Me Lawand review — moving portrait of a profoundly deaf Kurdish boy in Derbyshire". The Times. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Hot Docs Awards: Christian Einshoj’s ‘The Mountains’ Takes Top Jury Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, May 6, 2023.