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Name Me Lawand

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Name Me Lawand
A child runs through a wheat field. Text overlays read "Name Me Lawand", with award accolades and "Refugee Week Previews 19-25 June" at the bottom.
Directed byEdward Lovelace
StarringLawand Hamad Amin
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
Running time
91 minutes
LanguageKurdish

Name Me Lawand is a documentary film directed by Edward Lovelace about Lawand Hamad Amin, a deaf boy who moves from Iraq to Derby, who risks deportation from the UK.[1][2][3]

The film won a Special Jury Prize from the Best International Feature Documentary award jury at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4]

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References

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  1. ↑ "Name Me Lawand review - remarkable documentary about a deaf Kurdish boy in the UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. ↑ O'Hara, Helen (14 July 2023). "Name Me Lawand Review". Empire. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Maher, Kevin (6 July 2023). "Name Me Lawand review — moving portrait of a profoundly deaf Kurdish boy in Derbyshire". The Times. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Hot Docs Awards: Christian Einshoj’s ‘The Mountains’ Takes Top Jury Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, May 6, 2023.