At 26, a young Kurdish-German woman is elected the youngest mayor in Turkey. In a record 81% landslide she is elected mayor of Cizre, a Kurdish capital city that lies in the war-torn region at Turkey’s border with Syria and Iraq.
It is here that Leyla was born, but after her father was killed by the Turkish military, she was sent at the age of 5 to live in Germany. After more than 20 years, she returns home. Her goal is to heal and beautify the civil-war-torn city, which is enjoying a break in the violence. But on the eve of Turkey’s parliamentary elections, everything changes, and old memories become more real than ever.
IDFA – International Documentary FF Amsterdam 2016 NL | Max Ophüls FF Saarbrücken 2017 DE | Thessaloniki Documentary FF 2017 GR | One World FF Prague 2017 CZ | Movies that Matter FF Den Haag 2017 NL | Achtung Berlin - new Berlin film award 2017 DE | Crossing Europe FF 2017 AT | Sehsüchte Int. FF 2017 DE | DOK.fest Munich 2017 DE | FIDADOC 2017, MA | dokKa Film Festival 2017, DE | Krakow Film Festival 2017, PL | Toleranzgespräche 2017, AT | Int. Doc. & Short FF Kerala 2017, IN | Ischia FF 2017, IT | DUHOK Int. Film Festival 2017, IQ, | Nuremberg Int. Human Rights FF 2017, DE | Arabisches FF Thübingen 2017, DE | Document Int. Human Rights FF 2017, UK | Escales Documentaire 2017, FR | Elle Tournent FF 2018, BE | Jetzt oder Nie - Filmtage Friedrichshafen 2018, DE | Copenhagen Kurdish FF 2018, DK | One World Romania Int. Human Rights Documentary FF 2018, RO | Lisbon Kurdish FF 2018, PT | London Kurdish FF 2018, UK | Festival international du film de Nancy 2018, FR | Films Femmes Méditerranée 2018, FR | Globale Film Festival Berlin 2018, DE
Human Rights Award (Fidadoc FF 2017), Nominated for the First Step Award 2017, Open Eyes Youth Jury Award (Nuremberg Int. Human Rights FF 2017), Special Jury Mention (Festival International du Film de Nancy 2018), Prix du Documentaire (Films Femmes Méditerranée 2018)
OKTOBER 2025
ein Film von Sigurður Anton Friðþjófsson
Island 2024, 92 Minuten, OF mit dt. UT
FSK 16
Mi, 8.10., 20:40 KIZ Royal Kino
Mo 20.10., 20.00 Votivkino, Wien
Do 8.10., 20.10 Volkskino Klagenfurt
Mo 27.10., 20:30 Cinematograph
ein Film von Nathalie Borgers
ab 3.10. im ADMIRALKINO
Ab 10. Oktober im Kino:
BLUM - Gospodari svoje buducnosti
Ein Film von Jasmila Žbanic
Wien-Premiere in Anwesenheit der Regisseurin Jasmila Žbanic
am 10. Oktober, 19.30 im Village Cinema
Wien: VILLAGE CINEMA, MILLENIUMCITY
Graz: KIZ Royal Kino
Linz: Moviemento
Innsbruck: Leokino (ab 17. Oktober)
Klagenfurt: Volkskino
ORT OHNE ERINNERUNG. KAISERSTEINBRUCH, die verschwundene Geschichte
14. Okt.,19:00, Festival-Eröffnung im Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15.Okt., 08:15, Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15. Okt., 19:30, Filmstudio Villach
HOW I BECAME A PARTISAN
15. Okt., 14:00, Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15. Okt., 19:00, Container 25, Wolfsberg
EDIMOTION, DE 2025
Nominierung:
BESTE MONTAGE - ANDREA WAGNER
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Festival De Cine Aleman, Mexiko
23 Sept- 3 Oct.
BiH´s entry for the 98th ACADEMY AWARDS
in the category: BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
FicUBA, Argentina
1-8 Oct., 2025
October: Dok Leipzig
November: IDFA