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Neighbours

    All titles (6)
    Feature Film | 2019-2021 | Drama | Switzerland

    Main data

    Shooting data

    Filming regionsIraq

    Project data

    Film financing
    Length of movie2h 5min
    Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)
    Distribution formatProRes

    Brief synopsis

    In a Syrian border village in the early 1980s, little Sero experiences his first year at school. He plays cheeky pranks with his classmates, dreams of a television so that he can finally watch cartoons, and at the same time has to experience how the adults around him are increasingly crushed by nationalist despotism and violence. A new teacher has arrived to turn the Kurdish children into tight pan-Arab comrades. He bans the Kurdish language with his baton, orders the worship of Assad and preaches hatred of the Jews, the Zionist arch-enemies. The lessons confuse Sero, as his longtime neighbors are an endearing Jewish family. With a fine sense of humor and satire, director Mano Khalil paints a picture of a childhood that also finds light moments under the Assad dictatorship. The film is inspired by his personal childhood experiences and spans the touching narrative to the Syrian tragedy of the present.

    (Frenetic Films)

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Serhed KhalilSero [L]
    Jalal Al TawilTeacher [L]
    Jay AbdoNahum [L]
    Heval NaifSalim [L]
    Zirek Ahmet ZirekHamo [L]
    Tuna DwekRosa [L]
    Mazin Alnatourn.a. [L]
    Necirvan Sirac RasulIbrahim [SR]
    Ismail ZagrosAram [SR]
    Jiyan ArmancRaoshan [SR]
    Ivan AndersonSawda [SR]
    Hain Adel BajoNura [SR]
    Nasimeh DaherShamsa [SR]
    Bangen AliUncle Ali [SR]
    Derya UygurlarHannah [SR]
    Camil ZikriMizaru [SR]
    Abdusalam Suleiman AbedIwazaru [SR]
    Salah RekaniKikazaru [SR]
    Majid Muhamad Weysin.a. [SR]
    Sherzad AbdullaSero 47 [BP]
    Ceto AbdulmaulaImam [BP]
    Alaa KalashPolice Officer [BP]
    Mufaq Rushdien.a. [BP]
    Necirvan HassanSecret Service [BP]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    AccountantRené Gehri
    1st ADMartin Beyerle
    1st ADFabian Roos
    3rd ADSozdar Barazi
    Fx animatorJérémie Dupraz
    Fx animatorGeorge Venetopoulos
    Fx animatorBabis Venetopoulos
    ColoristChristoph Walther [1]
    Vfx traineeJérémie Dupraz
    Director of photographyStéphane Kuthy
    2nd unit dopMuhamed Jano
    1st assistant cameraDominik Roge
    2nd assistant cameraManuel Wüthrich
    Camera traineeManuel Wüthrich
    Data Wrangler
    Data Wrangler
    Casting assistantAhmed Mishakhti
    Casting assistantSozdar Barazi
    Casting assistantSherzad Abdulla
    Casting assistantHasan Khalil
    Costume designerGülşan Özer
    Costume designerLinda Harper
    Costume design traineeNiwar Sobhi
    DirectorMano Khalil
    1st AD (local system)Martin Beyerle
    Script continuityElpiana Lyra
    EditorThomas Bachmann [1]
    Assistant editorRebecca Siegfried
    AVID
    AVID
    Key gripSophie Poncin
    GafferElías Fernández Salomón
    Best boy electricFrancisco Herrera
    Lighting assistantMuhamed Kamal
    Lighting assistantDiyary Shawkat
    Makeup artist / hair stylistJulia Nietlispach
    Assistant makeup artistMonqith M.bjad
    ComposerMario Batkovic
    MusicianIvan Nestic
    MusicianAndreas Kunz [2]
    ProducerMano Khalil
    Production designerSara B. Weingart
    Art department assistantSherzad Said Abdullah
    Standby propsNatalina Zainal
    Standby propsTaha Khalil
    Property assistantNashwan Muhammed
    Set builderFarhan Ismaiyl
    Production managerFränze Aerni
    Production coordinatorSherzad Abdulla
    Assistant production managerMichèle Nussbaum
    2nd assistant production managerNizar Dawali
    Set manager/ floor managerOsame Anwer
    Production driverShikak Ali
    Production driverSalar Mudir
    Production driverShamal Ahmad
    Production driverBayar Said
    Set runnerXelat Ormani
    ScreenwriterMano Khalil
    Script consultantSandra Ehlermann
    Script translatorHeidi Uetz
    Subtitle translationNathalie Baertschi
    Production sound mixerMourad Keller
    Boom operatorOliver Rogers
    Sound re-recording mixerDominik Rätz
    Sound designerMarcel Fink
    Music re-recording mixerBeryll Frances Ryder
    Music re-recording mixerNicola Jannuzzo
    Foley artistJoerg Klinkenberg
    Commissioning editorTamara Mattle

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Frame Film [ch]

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Barnsteiner-Film
    Germany (theatrical)
    Germany (theatrical)
    Frenetic Films [ch]

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Sound (Postproduction)Rotor Film GmbH

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Mano Khalil2022Filmkunstfest MV [de]
    Leo - Award for the best children's and youth film
    Leo - Award for the best children's and youth filmWinner
    Mano Khalil2021Solothurner Filmtage [ch]
    Prix de Soleure
    Prix de SoleureNominated
    Mano Khalil2021Int. Filmfest Emden Norderney [de]
    Score Bernhard Wicki Prize - 2nd place
    Score Bernhard Wicki Prize - 2nd placeWinner
    Mano Khalil2021Int. Filmfest Emden Norderney [de]
    DGB film prize
    DGB film prizeNominated

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2021PolandCamerimage Festival
    Directors’ Debuts Competition
    Directors’ Debuts Competition
    2021SwitzerlandSolothurn Film Festival
    Nominated Prix Du Soleure
    Nominated Prix Du Soleure
    2021GermanyBrunswick Int. Festival
    2021GermanyHof Int. Film Festival
    2021SwitzerlandLocarno Film Festival
    Panorama Suisse
    Panorama Suisse
    2021ChinaShanghai International Film Festival
    Main (International) Competition
    Main (International) Competition

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 13/10/2022
    Theatre releaseSwitzerlandThursday, 14/10/2021