The Kurdish liberation of the Isis-held city of Minbij, in northern Syria, in 2016, was just the kind of event that the German filmmaker Antonia Kilian needed to happen to spur her on. Since 2015, she ...

Rajabi’s second feature film received Serri Sureya Award for Democracy and Human Rights at the festival, IRNA reported. “Ropewalker Memories” is about a young man and his father, who share a close ...

A new documentary film, The Other Side of the River, follows the path of a young Syrian woman, Hala, who leaves her family — which was sympathetic to Islamic State (ISIS) — shortly after the ...

In support of the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, Social Space Kaymakkin organises a charity film screening on Friday. Held at their space in old Kaimakli, the film Kobanê, will be screened ...

New York zine collective and radio station 8-Ball Community and the North American Rojava Alliance (NARA), which provides activist support for the people of Rojava, has teamed up to announce the ...

As a feminist filmmaker, Antonia Kilian was inspired to travel to northern Syria after forces of the Kurdish autonomous region known as Rojava liberated the city of Minbij from ISIS militants. It was ...

TEHRAN – The Iranian film “Ropewalker Memories” directed by Hamed Rajabi won an award at the 5th Rojava International Film Festival, which was held from November 13 to 20 in Qamishlo, Syria.