Rojava, short fiction

Director: Mahmoud Chakmaki

Running time: 10 minutes

Country of origin: Rojava (West) Kurdistan

Country of filming: Rojava (West) Kurdistan

Language: Kurmanci

Synopsis

English:
After the Turkish invasion of Afrin in March 2018, Kurds flee to a camp in the Aleppo countryside, where they live in difficult conditions. An old man is looking for the key to his house, expecting to return.

Kurmanci:
Piştî dagirkirina Tirkiyeyê ya li ser Efrîn di Adara 2018an de, Kurd direvin kampekê li gundewarê Helebê, li wir di şert û mercên dijwar de dijîn. Zilamekî pîr li mifteya mala xwe digere û li hevîye ye ku vegere mala xwe.

سۆرانی
دوای داگیرکاریی تورکیا بۆ سەر عەفرین لە ئاداری ٢٠١٨دا، کوردەکان ئاوارەی کەمپێک لە گوندەوارەکانی حەلەب بوون، کە لە دۆخێکی سەختدا ژیان بەسەر دەبەن. پیرەمێردێک بەدوای کلیلەکەی ماڵەکەیدا دەگەڕێت، بەو هیوایەی بگەڕێتەوە

Directors: Mihyedîn Erselan, Mehmûd Çeqmaqî

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