A film of refuge and rediscovery, Mandoo finds Sheelan tracing the footsteps of her uncle who fled to Iraq during the Iranian Revolution. She eventually finds him, but he has suffered a stroke and lost the capacity of speech. After discovering her uncle wishes to return to Iranian Kurdistan where he’ll be able to live his final days in his homeland, Sheelan decides to make the journey too – but the road to Iran is long and full of twists and turns.
The previously advertised post-screening Q&A has been cancelled. Unfortunately, the film’s producer Shakhawan Idris was unable to obtain a UK visa. We apologise for any disappointment this may cause.
Plus Short Film/ I Want to See in Colour (U)
Dir Awat Osman/ UK 2010/6 mins
Fatima is a young Muslim woman who is forced to wear the Niqab (Veil). Her beauty hides under the black Veil and she sees the world through this filter in a different colour. Not having the freedom to express her feelings to the boy she loves and being suffocated by wearing the Veil, Fatima decides to change her life by removing the Veil to see life in all its color.