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The Circle (2016)
Directed by Rûken Tekeş
Drama · 14m
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.
Cast
Müfit Aytekin
Crew
- Director
- Rûken Tekeş
- Writer
- Rûken Tekeş
Details
- Original title
- Hevêrk
- Release date
- 2016-09-16
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- TR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish
- Countries
- Turkey