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 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.

Ersin Çelik was born in 1984 in Malatya, Turkey. In 2006, he graduated from Samsun OMU Physical Sciences Teaching Department. He chose journalism instead of teaching and worked as a reporter and regional news manager at Dicle News Agency until 2010. He attended the Cinema Workshops at the Cigerxwin Cultural Center in Diyarbakır. In 2010-2013 he worked as an editor, cameraman and program coordinator at Sim Production. He was prosecuted and arrested many times in Turkey because of his journalist work. After 2013, he continued to work as a journalist, write books and shoot films in Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan. Up to now, in addition to his book “Cudi’s Part in My Hand” (Documentary Biography), which he prepared while working as a journalist in Şırnak-Cizre, his 3 volume book, The Age of New Revolutions-Rojava Revolution (Interview-Impression-Documentary) was published.

Cast ARJÎN BAYSAL – DELÎL PÎRAN – CÎHAN SEVE – ARIF DEMÎR – SEVDA KINA

Screenwriter ERSIN ÇELIK – AYSUN GENÇ

Producer DIYAR HESSO – ERSIN ÇELIK

Co-producer ALBA SOTORRA

Production Manager DOĞAN ÇETIN – MAZDEK ARARAT

Director of Photography CEMIL KIZILDAĞ

Music MEHMÛD BERAZÎ

Editors SOSE VARTANIAN – XAVI CARRASCO

Production Design EVA JIN – DILO HESSO

Casting JÎNDA ASMEN – ŞÊRO HINDÊ

Feature fiction
Lenght: 105’ – 135’ (2 versions)
Coproduction Syria, Spain, Irak
Production Companies: Film Komina a Rojava, Alba Sotorra SL, Demkat Films
Director Ersin Çelik