In 2015 the Kurdish guerrillas - both men and women - were praised as heroes by the world. They had fought against ISIS and won, but soon after, their allies left the region and the world’s spotlight changed focus. Today, many of the guerrillas are badly injured without arms or legs, and live in houses for wounded soldiers. In this film we follow five friends; Rojda who is blind, Fadakhar who lost two legs, Zarin who was shot in the head, Sorkhin with metal in her whole body and Viyan, the folk singer who tells the story of Rojava and the dream of freedom. This is a film about life after war
Stina Gardell
Stina Gardell founded Mantaray Film in 2005 and has since produced 29 documentaries and co-produced 10 international documentaries. She has twice been awarded Best Documentary at Prix Italia, in addition to a number of prestigious film awards. Her most recent production, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, premiered at Sundance 2021 and was picked up by Films Boutique. Her film Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words (2015) premiered at Cannes, where it received a Golden Eye Special Mention. And Joyce Carol Oates - A Body in the Service of Mind premiered in Telluride 2021.