Rojava

An 11-year-old girl cuts her hair after the suffering of war.

This short film seeks to shed light on a horrific and inhumane tradition present in Kurdish families, particularly in Mahabad: female genital mutilation.
The carefree life of two young girls, longtime friends, is shattered when their families decide to subject them to female circumcision, with the help of a gypsy. Both girls fall victim to this tradition in their own ways. 

Kurdistan, the cradle of civilization, Mesopotamia, the land between two rivers. A melting pot of nations, languages, cultures, and resistance.

Two inmates in a prison in the middle of the desert.

Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code punishes anyone who insults Turkey, the Turkish nation, Turkish government institutions, or Turkish national heroes such as the founder of the Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, innovative, experimental groups.

The rituals associated with marriage, rooted in non-verbal agreements, represent the perception of society in general.
The wedding dress is a symbolic part of these rituals.

In this short video poem, director Azad Edvike films the school in Serekaniye, after Kurdish People's Defense units liberated the city, which had been occupied by al-Nusra Front militants and units of the Free Syrian Army between January and July 2013.

Filmmaker and photographer Azed Evdike, from Serekaniye, was in Afrin a few days before the Turkish attack on the city.

In a war-torn city, as society struggles to cope with the consequences of extreme violence, a little girl finds a unique way to survive.