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Traveling Eyes is a documentary on the exposure of the city of Afrin to the attacks by the Turkish state and the Syrian armed factions in 2018, which led to the occupation of the city and the displacement of its original residents.The film monitors the events during the attack and during the displacement, exposes the crimes, shows the resistance, through the traveling eyes of a photographer.

 

Original Title: Çavên Rêwî
International Title: Traveling Eyes
Director: Masoud Krad
Illustration: Shirwan Qasim
Original Language: Kurdish
Gender: Documentary
Production Country and Year: Northern and Eastern Syrian Federation-Rojava, 2018
Duration: 23’41
Production: KRAD Film- Shirwan Qasim
Director of Photography: Masoud Krad
Editing: Shirwan Qasim
Music: Gani Mirzo

The Director

Masoud Krad was born in the city of Afrin in 1982. He worked as lighting and photography director, editor, and director. He has directed many clips and films. He learned the art of photography when he was a child from his father, the owner of Krad Film Company for Artistic Production. He is a member of the Rojava Film Commune in Afrin.

He was a member of the organising committee of Afrin International Film Festival in 2015 and of the organising committee of the Lilun International Film Festival in 2020.

He directed the film Aras in 2019.