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 the testimony of the survivors, who also act in the film.
The protagonist is Zilan, a young woman who returns to her hometown of Diyarbakir looking for the memory of her dead brother, to find herself involved in a violent fight against the police and the army. The film explores universal concepts such as hope, friendship, sacrifice and loss in the struggle for freedom of a group of young people.
The director
Ersin Çelik was born in 1984 in Malatya, Turkey. In 2006 he graduated from the Samsun OMU Department of Physical Sciences Teaching. He chose journalism instead of teaching and worked as a reporter and regional news manager at the Dicle News Agency until 2010. He attended film workshops at the Cigerxwin Cultural Center in Diyarbakır. In 2010-2013 he worked as an editor, cameraman and coordinator at Sim Production. He was prosecuted and arrested many times in Turkey for his work as a journalist. After 2013, he continued to work as a journalist, write books and make films in Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan.
Original Title: Ji Bo Azadiye
International Title: The End will be Spectacular
Director: Ersin Çelik
Duration: 112’
Original Language: Kurdish
Gender: Fiction
Production Country and Year: Northern and Eastern Syria Federation-Rojava, 2020
Production: Rojava Film Commune
Associate Producers: Alba Sotorra, Harde Samir
Director of Photography: Cemil Kızıldağ
Cast: Arjîn Baysal, Delîl Pîran, Cîhan Seve, Arif Demîr, Sevda Kina
Editing: Sose Avakian, Xavi Carrasco
Music: Mehmud Berazi
