Film

Hevêrk (2016)

Name: Hevêrk
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-09-16
Duration: 14 min
Cast: Müfit Aytekin, Sehmuz Demirtas, Delila Kaya, Emircan Kaya

16 September 2016
14m

Drama

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Sinopsis

The film is showcasing the discrimination and violence faced by Ezidi Kurds (Yazidis) due to their religion, in a symbolic event which took place between primary school children in Turkish part of Mesopotamia. This fiction film is inspired by true events in the region, performed by 39 local Kurdish children of Hasankeyf villages and shooted in Hasankeyf, an ancient city, which is planned to go under water in 2017 by Ilisu Hydroelectric Dam.