Letters from Shengal (2022)
In the Summer of 2014, the Islamic State invaded Shengal, the Ezidi capital in Kurdistan (Iraq). The plan was to exterminate the ethnical/religious minority who were despised and called “devil worshippers’. 5000 Ezidi men have been killed, and 7000 women and children have been taken into slavery. This film tells Shengal’s liberation through the stories of five partisans who are five archetypes of the many that came to fight against the Islamic State from several different countries.
Director: Dersim Zerevan
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Roza Mistafa as Roj |
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Avar Ali as |
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Rakan Şemo as Adnan |
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Şemê Remo as Yade Rihan |
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Muhammad Nori as Dilsher |
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Yasmin Ali as Sterk |
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Muhammad ose as Serxwebun |
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Muhammad Shahin as Khabat |
| Directing | Dersim Zerevan | Director |
| Writing | Fariborz Kamkari | Writer |
| Sound | Mahmud Berazi | Music |
| Art | Chidem roj | Art Direction |
| Directing | Favnaz Nadere | Assistant Director |
| Production | Shêro Hindê | Casting Director |