Whisper with the Wind

Whisper With the Wind is a 2009 Kurdish drama film written and directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film.

Plot
In the years of military asphyxia in dictatorial regime of Saddam, in a very bad situation that everything was under the regime's control, people find any available way to keep in touch together. An old man is the post-man in a wide area of Kurdistan Iraq. His job is to deliver people's messages but not written one, but oral messages. He is an oral post-man and records and sells the messages of the folk and gets income in this way.

Cast

 * Omar Chawshin: Mam Baldar
 * Maryam Boubani: Mam Boldar's wife
 * Fakhr Mohammad Barzani: Kak Shamal
 * Valid Marouf Jarou: Radio announcer
 * Mohara, Hossein Ghadr: Radio serviceman
 * Bistoun Ali Ghadr: Deserting soldier

Crew

 * Director: Shahram Alidi
 * Screenplay: Shahram Alidi
 * Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari
 * Sound recorder: Asghar Abgoun
 * Sound mixer:Mohammad-Reza Delpak
 * Set designer: Shahram Alidi
 * Make-up: Sudabeh Khosravi
 * Producer: Kurdistan regional government, Ministry of Culture
 * Co producer: Ro Oguz
 * Producer: Taw Film, Shahram Alidi
 * French Partner: Dream Lab Films, Nasrine Medard de Chardon

Awards

 * Cannes International Film Festival- France- Critic Weeks Section- 2009- Competitor for Golden Camera- Three Prizes:
 * The Best Feature Film's ACID support
 * Prize of View of Youth
 * Prize of Young European Critics
 * Mumbai International Film Festival- Prize of Mumbai Young Critics Award- India- 2009
 * Amazon Film Festival- Special Jury Award- Brazil- 2009
 * Pessac International Historic Film Festival- Prize of Academic Jury- France- 2009
 * Student Academy Awards of Bratislava- Bratislava Film festival- Slovak- 2009