"I Flew You Stayed" by Mizgin Müjde Arslan
Original title: "Ez Firiyam Tu Mayî Li Cî"
Mizgin Müjde Arslan
Documentary, 2012
80 min.
Kurdish and Turkish, with English subtitles
Synopsis
In 2009 director Mizgin Müjde Arslan set out to search for her father, whom she never knew. He participated in the Kurdish guerrilla movement shortly after she was born. What kind of man was he? she wonders. The film documents her journey, which took her from her childhood home in Mardin to Makhmour Refugee Camp.
Awards
2014 International Mirella Galetti Award, Italy
2013 Turkish Federation Film Critics, Documentary of the Year
2013 International Amed Film Festival, Best Documentary of the Year.
2013 Filmamed, Audience Choice Award
2013 Vangolu Film Festival, Jury Special Award
2013 Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition, Mention Award
Comments
“Mizgin Müjde Arslan is a brave first person filmmaker. . . . A sensitively crafted film, with touching encounters with family and strangers alike, I Flew, You Stayed reveals the personal consequences of the long and protracted Kurdish struggle in Turkey.” Alisa Lebow, Brunel University School of Arts
“A recondite and silent lamentation that is poignant on the same plane.” Yavuz Turgul, film director
“An extremely frank, veritable and effective film.” Nilgün Öneş, screenwriter
Additional information
Production: Asi Film
Producers: Hüseyin Karabey, Mizgin Müjde Arslan
Camera: Özay Şahin
Editors: Baptiste Gacoin, Masum Elmas, Mizgin Müjde Arslan
Contact: mujdearslan2003@yahoo.com