Berfin is a young female guerrilla who has had to grow fast within Kurdistan war. As she tries to adapt to her new life at mountains peaks, she dives deep in her inner world seeking answers for her past. House raids, non-return leavings, the dead in the village square, the endless whispering of the elders and a mother who left her behind … Between her losses and the war in her country, Berfin takes the roads to pursue both her memories and her mother. A story of quest, war and longing; love, loss and struggle of a female guerrilla fighter of Kurdistan.
Original Title: Berfin
International Title: Berfin
Director: Özlem Arzeba
Original Language: Kurdish
Production Country and Year: South Kurdistan, 2019
Duration: 73’
Gender: Fiction
Production: Rojava Film Commune, Demkat Film Production, Med Film, Maxmur Film Commune
The Director
Özlem Arzeba was born in 1980 in Êlih (Batman, North Kurdistan). Since 1997 she has been working as an actress and screenwriter. As well as in theater, she was also interested in literature and cinema. The director published a book of poetry called Elîh, the Home of Allah and made her acting debut in 2003, in the film Dema Jin Hezbike. In 2015 she shot her own film Wenê.
