Films on Kurdistan/ISIS/Kurdish Female Fighters
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- DirectorDavid DargStarsHanna BohmanFear Us Women follows Hanna Bohman, a Canadian civilian who has spent the last three years in Syria as a volunteer soldier battling ISIS. As a member of the YPJ, an all-female Kurdish army, Hanna gives an inside look at the brave women fighting for liberation in one of the world's most dangerous countries.
- DirectorKarzan KardoziStarsShndar Noradin AliAhmed Noradin AliNoradin Khalaf AliStories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on Kurdistan. The story is told through the eyes of a young boy named Shndar, who has Thalassemia disease. He searches for immediate treatment while living as a refugee, leaving his home due to ethnic and religious hatred. The film depicts daily life within and outside of the refugee camp. A character study that explores themes of life, death, war, peace, and tolerance.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsSoran EbrahimAvaz LatifSaddam Hossein FeysalNear the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsNazmi KirikNewroz BazMizgin KapazanMehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten.
- DirectorJinda BaranHalil UysalDersim ZeravanrStarsJinda BaranBeritan CûdiÖmer HarranIt was shot on top of the mountains of Kurdistan, and the actors of this film are the real guerrillas themselves. This is a true story of an Egyptian woman named Beritan-Gulnaz Qeretas who joined the ranks of the Kurdistan freedom movement guerrillas.
- DirectorKazim ÖzStarsNik XhelilajGüler ÖktenLevent ÖzdilekZer is a young man's journey into his roots, an exploration of a song originated in a village removed from history.
- DirectorKazim ÖzStarsCahit GökHavin Funda SaçMehmet Selim AkgulA true-to-life epic of Kurdish students excitedly anticipating social revolution.