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War feature shot in the Kurdistan of Syria, in the middle of the armed conflict. The film tells the real story of resistance of a group of young people who faced the army to defend their neighbourhood and it is written based on the diaries of those who died and…

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…

The story of a blacksmith whose life changed after the 2014 Islamic State attack on his city, Kobane. The blacksmith wanders the streets and alleys of his city and picks up the remnants of weapons and missiles and turns them into objects and artistic structures in an attempt to create…

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…

Meme and Gule are two kids from a village near Kobane. They are very close and play together all day. One day their families have a fight and forbid them to play together. The two kids try different solutions to make peace between their families.Original Title: Meme u Gule International…

We follow the journey of a writer who comes to Rojava to write her new book. During her research she learns about the revolution, self-sacrifice and love in a place where war takes everything.Original Title: Rûpelên Sor International Title: Red Pages Director: Dersim Zerevan Duration: 90’ Original Language: Kurdish Gender:…

In January 2018, Serêkaniyê-based director and photographer Azed Evdikê is in Afrin a few days before the Turkish attack on the city. He came with a caravan of artists to prepare a week of cultural activities that were supposed to celebrate the coexistence in peace of the many nations, languages…

In the 21st century, there was a people who lived among four states. It was a people living with no identity, no country, no language. Yet Kurds always resisted to the various occupiers. The world got to know the Rojava Revolution. And Rojava also got to know its historical identity…

A librarian trying to create a culture of reading in a society away from books.Original Title: Pirtûkxane International Title: Library Director: Zilan Hemo Original Language: Kurdish Duration: 12’24’’ Production Country and Year: Northern and Eastern Syria Federation-Rojava, 2020 Production: Rojava Film Commune The Director Zilan Hemo was born in Kobanê on…

After the war in Kobane families come back to their destroyed city and houses. Children of this families are looking for their old belongings in the debris in order to put their old life together again.  Original Title: Piştî şer International Title: After the war Director: Zilan Hemo Original Language:…