Documentary film from Jasna Krajinovic
80 min / Documentary / 2025
Production : Alter Ego Production / Hélicotronc (BE) / Clin d’œil (BE)
Associated production: Dérives (BE) / Ex-Nihilo (FR)
In co-production with RTBF and BIP TV
Pre-sale: France Télévisions – L’Heure D & France 3 Centre-Val de Loire
International Sales: Andana Films
with writing support from Wallonie-Bruxelle Federation and CNC-FAIA
with development support from CNC-FAIA, Wallonia-Brussel Federation, RTBF, Audiovisual center of Brussel and from Média-Europe Créative
with increased development support from CNC-FAIA
with production support from Wallonia-Brussel Federation, of the “Democracy or Barbarism” Unit of FWB, Audiovisual Center of Brussel, Tax Shelter, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, CNC-FSA, Ciclic-Région Centre-Val de Loire and from Procirep-Angoa
After surviving Isis prisons as a child, Rashid has been reunited with his family in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. Now a teenager, this young Yazidi dreams of a brighter future in a country that is struggling to rebuild. But peace is fragile in Sinjar, and hatred against the Yazidi minority is resurfacing. On the threshold of adulthood, Rashid is reinventing himself amid the changes disrupting his daily life and wondering whether to leave or stay.
Festival awards :
- Festival International Jean Rouch | France, 2025 – Prix du Patrimoine Vivant
- DokFest München | Germany, 2025 Prix SOS Villages d’Enfants
- DokFest München | Germany, 2025 Prix Viktoria Dok.Horizonte Competition, Cinéma d’urgence
- Festival de Lama | France, 2025 – Prix du Jury compétition de documentaires
Festival selections:
- Visions du Réel, 2025 | Compétition Grand Angle – Switzerland
- Les Rencontres du film documentaire de Mellionnec, 2025 | France
- Biografilm Festival, 2025 | Italy
- La Rochelle Cinema Festival, 2025 | Category « Au Coeur du Doc » – France
- Festival de Lama, 2025 | France
- Les Etats Généraux du film Documentaire, 2025 | Plein Air – France
- Les Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaïa, 2025 Algeria
- Pärnu International Documentary and Science Film Festival, 2025 | Category « Docs for Youth » – Estonia
- Alexandre Trauner ART Film Festival, 2025 | Hungary
- Verziò Film Festival, 2025 | Category "Iraq : Present tense" - Hungary
- IDFA Festival, 2025 | Category "Best of fests" - Netherlands
- Singapour International Film Festival, 2025 | Singapore
- Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles, 2025 | Belgium
- Duhok International Festival Film, 2025 | Iraq
- Arab Film Days, 2026 | Norway
- Middle East Film Festival, 2026 | Autriche
- Doc Doc Doc Entrez, 2026 | France
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