Rojek | ڕۆژێک
ZAYNÊ AKYOL
Canada, 2022
Filmed in Rojava (West Kurdistan)
Arabic, French, Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles
Feature Documentary | Belgefîlma Dirêj
126 minutes | 126 xulek
Synopsis:
Rojek traces the rise and fall of Islamic State through the personal stories of now-incarcerated members, as well as their wives detained in prison-camps. The jihadists testify to their fundamentalist beliefs and their dream of re-establishing a caliphate. The film sheds light on the phenomenon of indoctrination and offers the rarely seen point of view of the members of IS themselves. The intimate conversations are intertwined with sequences depicting current, postwar Syrian Kurdistan.
Rojek şopandina rabûn û ketina Dewleta Îslamî dike ji çêrokên kesên ku niha di zîndanê de, herwiha ji hevjînên wan yên di campa girtî de. Ji şahidên jîhadî heya koka baweriya wan û hêviya wan ê vegerandina xelîfetê. Film girîngiyê dide bûyera telqînê û kêmdîmenên ji nêrînên endamên Da’îşê, vedibêje. Ev axaftin bi rêzbûn kişandina nû çêdibe. Postwar Syrian Kurdistan
فیلمی ڕۆژێک باس لە دروستبوون و ڕوخانی داعش دەکات لە ڕێی چیرۆکی تایبەتی و تێڕوانینی ئەو تیرۆرستە دەستبەسەرکراوانە و خێزانەکانیان لە کەمپ و زیندانەکاندا. جیهادیستەکان دان بە بیروباوەڕەکانیان دەنێن و باسی خەونی دووبارە دامەزراندنەوەی دەوڵەتی ئیسلامی دەکەن. ئەم فیلمە دیاردەی مێشک شۆردنەوە دەخاتە ڕوو و خاڵێکی تێڕوانینی دەگمەن نیشان دەدات کە ئەویش تێڕوانینی ئەندامانی داعش خۆیانن. ئەم گفت و گۆیانە هاوتەریب بە بارودۆخی ئێستای کوردستانی ڕۆژئاوا نیشان دەدات.
NYKFF8 Screening
Saturday, October 12 @7:30pm-9:30pm
at Village East by Angelika, 181-189 2nd Avenue
The director will participate in a Q&A
immediately after the screening.
Director’s biography:
Zaynê Akyol, born in Turkey of Kurdish origins, migrated to Canada with her family at the age of four. She graduated from the École des médias at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She received an award for Most Promising Documentarist from the René-Malo Chair in association with the National Film Board of Canada. She completed a master’s degree in documentary cinema. Her first feature documentary was Gulîstan, Land of Roses (2016), which depicts Kurdish women fighting Islamic State. It won the prestigious Doc Alliance Award at the Locarno Film Festival.
Zeynê Akol, li herêmên Kurdistana Turkiyê ji dayîkbûye. Hîn ew çar salî bû tevlî malbata xwe koçberî Keneda bû. Ew ji “École des médias at the université du Quaébec á Montréal” derçû. Wê xelata Belgefilmkiriya Herî Hêvîdar (Most Promising Ducumentarist) ji René-Malo Chair bi hevpariya Meclîsa Filma Cîhanî yê Keneda wergirtiye.Nasnameya Mastêr derbarê sînemeya Belgefilmî de bir. Belgefilma dirêj yê yekem ji wê re bi navê Gulîstan bû (Land of Roses, 2016), yê ku şerê jinên Kurd li hember Dewleylta Îslamî dide weşandin. Xelata pirêstîjî (Doc Alliance Award) di Festîvala Filmê Locarno wergirt.
زاینێ ئایکۆڵ، لە وڵاتی تورکیا لەدایک بووە بە ڕەچەلەک کوردە، لە تەمەنی ٤ ساڵی لەگەڵ خێزانەکەی کۆچی کردووە بۆ کەنەدا. دەرچووی سکوڵی میدیاییە لە زانکۆی کوبێکی مۆنتریاڵ لە کەنەدا. زاینێ خەڵاتی بەتواناترین دۆکیومێنتاریستی لە لایەن لیژنەی ڕێنێ مالۆ کە پەیوەستن بە ئەنجومەنی فیلمی نەتەوەیی کەنەدی. زاینێ ماستەری تەواو کردووە لە بواری سینەمای دۆکیومێنتاری. یەکەم فیلمی دۆکیومێنتاری درێژی زاینێ بریتیبوو لە فیلمی گوڵستان (٢٠١٦)، کە باس لەو ئافرەتە کوردە شەرڤانانە دەکات کە ڕووبەڕووی داعش بونەوە. ئەم فیلمە بوو بە خاوەنی خەڵاتی بەنرخی دۆک ئەڵایەنس لە فیستیڤاڵی فیلمی لۆکارنۆ.
Awards for Rojek:
Canada’s choice for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Oscars and Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Connecting Cultures Film Award, Doc.Boston Documentary Film Festival, Arlington, United States (2024)
Director’s Award (Documentary Film), Québec Directors’ Association, Montreal, Canada (2023)
Special Jury Award (Festival Choice Competition), EBS International Documentary Festival, Seoul, South Korea (2023)
Jury Award for Best Topics Documentary, Docville International Documentary Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium (2023)
Main Award (Be Honest! Category), Budapest International Documentary Festival, Budapest, Hungary (2023)
Jury’s Grand Prize of the French Film Critics’ Union, International Political Film Festival of Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France (2023)
Mention of Honor (International Features Competition), International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires (FIDBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022)
Artistic Expression Award (Official Competition), MedFilm Festival, Rome, Italy (2022)
Best Film Testimony (Special Mention), Ji.Hlava IDFF, Jihlava, Czech Republic (2022)
Second Prize (Time of History Category), Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain (2022)
Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis Award, La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, La Roche-sur-Yon, France (2022)
Best Cinematography, MIRAGE Art of the Real Festival, awarded by Sir Roger Deakins and James Ellis Deakins, Oslo, Norway (2022)
New Voices Award, Gimli International Film Festival, Manitoba, Canada (2022)
Jury Special Mention (Regional Panorama), Golden Apricot, Yerevan, Armenia (2022)
DGC Special Jury Prize (Canadian Documentary), Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada (2022)
Like Gulîstan, Rojek had an extended theatrical release, playing for many weeks in Canada. It was the official submission of Canada for Best International Feature Film of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
Director’s filmography:
Gulîstan, Land of Roses (2016)
Rojek (2022)
