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 hope and spread a spirit of optimism through art… In the hope of creating a new life.
Original Title: Piştî Mirinê
International Title: After Death
Director: Mahmoud Chakmaki, Rawan Jomi
Illustration: Mahmoud Chakmaki, Rawan Jomi
Original Language: Kurdish
Gender: Documentary
Production Country and Year: Northern and Eastern Syrian Federation-Rojava, 2022
Duration: 10’37
Production: Mahmoud Chakmaki
Director of Photography: Mahmoud Chakmaki
Editing: Muhyiddin Arslan
Music: Sherzad Afini
The Directors
Mahmoud Chakmaki is a writer and filmmaker from Jiay Kurmanj Afrin.
He participated to the Palestinian Return Festival 2021 and Lilun International Film Festival 2020. He is the director of Lorînê Dayikê – 2019
Rawan Jomi is a Yazidi writer from Afrin. He wrote the screenplay for the short film Al Majnun, in 2016.
He co-wrote a documentary called The Mother’s Wailing – Afrin the Last Days directed by Mahmoud Jaqmaki in 2019.
He won the Ya Mal al-Sham award for poetry in 2016.
