Nuri Kino - Documentary Films

Documentary Films

With Nuri Kino producer or co-producer:

• The Cry Unheard a 2001 documentary film about the Assyrian Genocide or Seyfo in Turkey during 1914-1918.

• Assyriska: A National Team Without a Nation (2005), a five-part sports documentary film chronicling the Swedish Premier League Soccer Team Assyriska. The series was co-produced and co-directed by Nuri Kino and Erik Sandberg and executive produced by Laika Film & Television AB for Sveriges Television. In April 2006, Part 3 of this documentary won the Golden Palm Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. BHFF was an obvious choice, since the five-part documentary film had previously been screened on Swedish Television, thus disqualifying it from many other festivals. (Summary: The team has no country to represent, nonetheless the Assyriska soccer team serves as a symbol of Assyrian identity. The fans tend to be a mixed bag from Assyrian suburban youth of Sweden which has a large and strong immigrant populations, to monks from Southeast Turkey and Assyrian kids in Iran. This documentary series interweaves elements of love, conflict and growth in a story about a team attempting to become number one in the Swedish Top Division.)