Khadijeh, an elderly Kurdish woman from Iran, has two pressing tasks - one, to care for a stork whose wings were injured by high-voltage wires and left behind; and two, to dissuade her daughter from emigrating to the UK. In her mind, there is no contradiction between helping the wounded bird migrate and preventing her own daughter from migrating. It’s just that they cannot be achieved by willpower alone. And of the two, changing her daughter’s mind is far more difficult. Singing Wings follows Khadijeh’s busy life, set against the picturesque Kurdistan, a stork habitat. The elderly woman’s innate sense of humor and cheerful optimism that will draw smiles from audiences are the driving force and heart of this film. Khaledi, a native of this region, chooses not to dwell on the Kurdish people’s hardships, but instead to bring their pure spirit and simple way of life to the screen in the best possible light. It is a fable that unfolds in a world of fairytales. (KANG Sowon)