Mano Khalil

Mano Khalil (* 1964 in Qamishli , Syria ) is a Syrian-Kurdish cameraman , director and producer .

From 1981 to 1986 he studied law and history in Damascus and from 1987 to 1994 directing at FAMU in Czechoslovakia . He then worked as a freelancer for Czech and Slovak television. He has lived in Switzerland since 1996. In 2012 he founded Frame Film GmbH.

Filmography

• 1988 Oh world! , 16 mm, 11 min., Short film
• 1989 My pain , My hope, 16 mm, 15 min., Short film
• 1990 Embassy , 16 mm, 22 min., Short film
• 1991 Oh father , 35 mm, 21 min., Short film
• 1992 My God , 16 mm, 20 min., Documentary and fiction, Czech television
• 1992 Where god sleeps! , 16 mm, 30 min.
• 1995 Kino eye , 16 mm, 20 min., Slovak television.
• 1998 Triumph of Iron , Beta SP, 31 min.
• 2004 Colorful dreams
• 2005 Al-Anfal "In the name of Allah, Baath and Saddam" , documentary, Swiss television
• 2007 David the Tolhildan , 54 min.
• 2009 My dungeon, my house , documentary, 33 min.
• 2010 Our Garden of Eden , documentary
• 2013 The Beekeeper , documentary
• 2016 The Swallow , feature film, 102 min.
• 2018 Hafis & Mara , documentary, 88 min.

Awards

• Prize of the city of Freistadt. The New Heimatfilm 2018
• The swallow. Kurdistan Int. Film festival award for the best film 2017
• The swallow. Bern Film Prize, nomination 2016
• The swallow. Duhok Int. Film festival award of the city of Duhok for the best Kurdish film 2016
• The swallow. Microcosmos Prize Lessinia Int. Film Festival 2016
• The swallow. Euroregio Jury Prize Bozen Int. film festival 2016
• The beekeeper : second award Bozcaada International Film festival 2014
• The beekeeper : Film Award Bozen Film Tage 2014
• The beekeeper : Film Prize Duhok International film festival 2013
• The Beekeeper : Audience Award Der Neue Heimatfilm , Freistadt, Austria 2013
• The Beekeeper : Silver Prize Lessinia Film Festival Italy 2013
• The beekeeper : Munich film award doc. German-Munchen Documentary Film Festival 2013
• The beekeeper : Prix du Seleure 2013 (Solothurn Film Prize 2013)
• Our Garden of Eden : Civis Media Prize 2012
• Alanfal, fragments of life and death : Special Jury Prize Gulf Film Festival Dubai 2011
• Our Garden of Eden : Nomination, Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2011
• Our Garden of Eden : Bern Film Prize 2010
• Colorful dreams : Music Film Prize of the Canton of Bern 2003 - composer Simon Hostettler
• Gala award for script development from the Swiss Association of Authors (SSA) 2001
• Triumph of Iron : UBS Recognition Award at the Solothurn Film Festival 1999
• Where God Sleeps : 1st Prize at the Independent International Film Festival in Augsburg Germany 1993
• Where God Sleeps : Mercedes-Benz Scholarship for 1993

Web links

• Mano Khalil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Mano Khalils Frame Film GmbH
• The Barka couple and their garden
• Focus on the Garden of Eden
• Interview Mano Khalil at the Berlinale 2011
• Website of Mano Khalil (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mano Khalil . Frame Film GmbH, accessed on August 27, 2018
2. ↑ About frame film . Frame Film GmbH, accessed on August 27, 2018
3. ↑ http://www.bernfilm.ch/1992-wo-gott-schlaeft-11.phtml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ http://www.bernfilm.ch/2000-triumph-of-iron.phtml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ http://www.bernfilm.ch/2005-bunte-traeume.phtml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ http://www.bernfilm.ch/2005-alanfal-im-namen-von-allah-baath-und-saddam.phtml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ http://www.bernfilm.ch/2006-david-der-tolhildan.phtml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ http://www.derbund.ch/zeitungen/bernseite/Das-Ehepaar-Barka-und-ein-Garten/story/24936351
10. ↑ http://www.derbund.ch/kultur/diverses/Im-Paradies-wird-gegrillt/story/16916240
11. ↑ http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=5923
12. ↑ http://www.framefilm.ch/index.php?id=79
13. ↑ http://www.buero-dlb.ch/de/archiv/film-video-audiovisuelles-design-und-museumsgestaltung/mano-khalil-der-imker-gewinnt-die-lessinia-dargento-fuer-die-beste -direction-at-the-lessinia-film-festival
14. ↑ http://unternehmen.srf.ch/Nachrichten/Archiv/2013/05/16/Unternehmen/Medienmitteilungen-2013/Mano-Khalils-Der-Imker-gewinnt-die-Auszeichnung-Viktor-DOK.deutsch-2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ http://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/solothurner-filmtage-2013/preisverleihung-an-den-solothurner-filmtagen-im-zeichen-der-biene
16. ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/information_publications/news/-/id_news/4623/teaser/1
17. ↑ http://www.gulffilmfest.com/index.php/en/movie_details/al-anfal-fragments-of-life-and-death/10160/2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ http://www.garten.ch/unser-garten-eden/berner-filmpreis-fuer-garten-eden