ALLIHOPA: THE DALKURD STORY

 Director: KARDO DOSKÎ

 Time: 90’

 Year of Production: 2024

 Language: KURDÎ-INGILÎZÎ-SWEDÎ

 Subtitle: TIRKÎ-KURDÎ-INGILÎZÎ

Synopsis

The unprecedented success of Dalkurd, a football team originally set up to give young Kurdish refugees in a working-class Swedish town something to do, is an uplifting story of triumphant underdogs that also highlights the situation of the Kurds, the largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland. It’s both a sports film and a political film, as the two are intertwined in the players’ lives.

Biography

Kordo Doski was born in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and grew up in Canada. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Acting Diploma from The Players Academy in Toronto. Doski’s projects include the short film Postage, for which he wrote the screenplay, played the lead role, and served as co-director, as well as a feature film titled August Thorns. In addition to screenwriting and directing, Doski also engages in acting.