KOBANE

It is 2014, and ISIS, which is at the peak of its strength and controls half of Syria and Iraq, is advancing towards the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobanê. Zehra, who is 32 years old, is part of the female Kurdish forces there. Together with her fellow fighters, they are combating ISIS with all their strength in the rural areas around the city, but ISIS keeps advancing with its brutal forces. As the war reaches the city centre, Dijwar, the commander in charge of Zehra and the forces in Kobane, frightens and runs away. Zehra, who had already lost many of her beloved comrades, finds herself compelled to become the commander in charge and leads the resistance in the besieged city of Kobanê. ISIS advance is slowed down with the arrival of Gelhat, an experienced guerrilla fighter, and his comrades who are familiar with urban war. But this lasts only for a while: ISIS, stronger in numbers and weapons, besieges them. Exhausted, losing territory, becoming fewer in numbers, and about to run out of ammunition, the Kurdish fighters come up with a plan to retake the city. Yet, the plan falls apart when ISIS fiercely launches a crushing attack at them from all sides. Gelhat and many others fall martyrs, but Zehra and the rest do not give up and resist with all their power. As ISIS members lose their spirit and start to disperse, Zehra leads the break of the siege. The liberation of the city begins. This is a story of faith, resistance, heroism, sacrifice, love, comradeship, hope, betrayal, immorality, fear, and loss together with the intensity of war and revolution: “Nothing will ever be the same again”. - Crew - Director: Özlem Yaşar Producer: Diyar Hesso Director of Photography: Cemil Kızıldağ Editor: Emilie Orsini Consultant editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis Music Composer: Mehmûd Berazî Writers: Medya Doz, Özlem Arzeba Production Design: Eva Jin, Bager Cûdî Co-Producer: Alba Sotorra Production team: Medya Doz, Ehmed Feqe, Serdem Koçer 1st Assistant Director: Diyar Hesso Lîstikvan / Cast Dijle Arjîn Awar Elî Xeyrî Garzan Rêger Azad Nejbîr Xanim Costume designer: Kezî Kobanê Make-up Artist: Semra Brûsk Visual Effects Supervisor: Jordi San Agustín Color Artist: Diana Cuyàs Production Sound: Coni Docolomaniski Sound design and edit: Sergio Lopez Eraña Re-recording mixer: Lautaro Aichenbaum