在这部寻找波斯豹纪录片片中,这是一部自然主题的乌托邦式的纪录片电影。本片中的护林人在伊拉克北部库尔德人山区已经找了25年波斯豹,之所以要找,是因为如果能找到这种珍惜动物,林区就能被宣布为国家公园,而敌人就不能再轰炸,库尔德人也就能获得珍贵的和平。本片寻豹不仅是主题,更上升为一种政治隐喻,表达作品批判性和人文关怀,作品制作精良,娓娓道来的叙事中透着淡淡的忧伤。结构处理上,一条是守林人寻找波斯豹,一条是他在山里遇到的各种人,形成历史和当下、战争与和平的隐喻。荣获2019年阿姆斯特丹国际纪录片电影节最佳荷兰纪录片奖。
For 25 long years Sidik has been searching for a snow leopard in the war-scarred mountains of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. Once there were many leopards here. If they return, Sidik believes his people and his homeland will survive. If he can capture one of the magical creatures on film the region will be declared a national park. And the bombs will never fall again. Sidik still hasn't found his leopard. But he refuses to give up hope. As he travels through the Kurdish mountains, he meets, animals, rivers, plants, and people. Their memories and stories mesh with his own - Acclaimed director Reber Dosky's poetic film tells a story of hope, pride and the possibility of healing in a rarely-seen land of astonishing beauty.