Movies and TvShows featuring "rojava" theme.

In the movie Kobane (2022), a female Kurdish fighter takes on the overwhelming forces of ISIS as she leads her fellow fighters in a resistance to protect their city. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, they fight with unwavering determination and courage. It's a real story of war, sacrifice, love, and hope.

Resistance Is Life is a documentary about the struggle for freedom in Rojava, Syria, focusing on the courageous Kurdish men and women, including children, who fight against oppression and for their rights.

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War delves into the intricate web of the Syrian Civil War, highlighting the atrocities committed by the Bashar al-Assad regime, the rise of ISIS, and the struggle for democracy. It investigates the geopolitical interests at play and sheds light on the human rights violations and the plight of Syrian refugees.

Radio Kobanî is a documentary that sheds light on the lives of reporters battling amidst the gunfights and corpses in the war-torn city of Kobanî. It explores their bravery and dedication to bringing the truth to the world despite the dangerous circumstances they face.

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers from Northern Syria’s region. Featuring a stunning scenery of poetic landscapes, the film is interlaced with stories of Kurdish and Assyrian songs that narrate the long history of love and suffering of this semi-autonomous region.

"Nû Jîn", New Life, with the slogan ' Woman is life. Life is resistance and resistance is Kobanê', depicts the daily life of women guerillas, Elif Kobanê (18), Vîyan Peyman and Arjîn, joining in the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in their battle against ISIS. The documentary relates the ISIS assault of 15 September 2014 and the five-month resistance by the YPJ and People's Defense Units (YPG) through the lens of three women fighter

I Am The Revolution tells the story of the revolution and struggle for women's rights in Afghanistan and Rojava. It explores the challenges faced by women in patriarchal societies, their fight against oppression, and their quest for freedom and equality. Through the lens of terrorism, war, and Islamic fundamentalism, the documentary sheds light on the resilience and determination of Muslim women to create change.

“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and freedom. It takes place along the 911 km of the turkish-Syrian border. On the one hand the ISIS, in the other Erdogan’s Turkey. In the middle the borders and one hope. This hope is called Rojava, only one point on the chart of a troubled region, a region of resistance and an example of grassroots democracy that speaks about gender equality, self-determination of peoples and peaceful coexistence.

What will happen next in northern Syria? All of the parties to the conflict - the Americans, Assad’s regime, Russia, Iran and Turkey - have their own agendas for the war-torn region. But what do the Kurds themselves think about their future?

The fascinating story of Jiyan, a female guerrilla fighter who devoted twenty years of her life in the Kurdish militant struggle, reveals women’s determination for freedom not only against another oppressive regime, but also against the patriarchy. Jiyan Tolhildan is a young Kurdish woman living in the Kurdish region of Syria. After years of oppression by her family, her teachers and the society as a whole, Jiyan decides to go to the mountains to join the Kurdish struggle for freedom. When the Arab Spring breaks out Jiyan and her friends decide to go into the cities in Syria to join the protests. They also set out to educate Syrian women on women’s rights in the Rojava region. Now, six years after the Arab Spring, Kurdish forces have a semi-autonomous region in Syria. For the first time in history, women have an autonomous political organisation and an army in Syria. The women named creating this organisation “the women’s revolution.”

The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds living in Syria. With the outbreak of the civil war —in the frame of the called ‘Arab Spring'— the Kurds of Syria have taken advantage of the context to fight for their political and cultural recognition and thus end the repression that started more than 50 years ago.

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.

Gule is preparing for her wedding the next day. Her family receives news of an imminent threat of war attack on the city. They must take a decision: Should they celebrate the wedding or not?

A documentary on Rojava/North-East Syria and the social change there.