Director: Haco Cheko

Cast: Musa Pekin , Huseyin Karadag , Mehmet Aksoy , Haco Cheko , Elif Pekin

UK / 2011 / 72mins / Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Turkish with English subtitles / 15

Musa and Dingil Huseyin are friends and have lived in the UK for many years. On a cold snowy winter day, Musa’s parents arrive to persuade him to return to his home country. However Musa does not want to go as he does not want to do military service which is compulsory in Turkey. After Dingil Huseyin’s asylum application is rejected, he stays on as an illegal immigrant. He is deported to France, but finds his way back to the UK. On his friend’s advice he attempts a fake marriage but is cheated and loses the little money he has. Musa and Huseyin decide to emigrate to Canada for a fresh start. Musa, Huseyin and their friend, Haco – a compulsive story teller – meet in an old building in a
London suburb on a hot summers day. Mehmet, who has arranged fake passports, rehearses with them how to answer basic questions they will be asked at control points! Early in the morning, Musa, Huseyin and Haco leave the UK for their journey towards a new future.