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Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Zaynê Akyol
2016 | 86 min 10 s

Prizes and awards

  • Best Feature FilmMilano Film Festival 2016

  • Best New Talent From Québec/CanadaRIDM 2016

  • Spirit & Audience AwardEBS International Documentary Festival 2016

  • Primer Premio Tiempo de HistoriaValladolid International Film Festival 2016

  • Selection AwardDoc Alliance 2016

  • Best Kurdish DocumentaryDuhok International Film Festival 2016

  • Jury's PrizeTrento Film Festival, Italy 2017

  • Jury AwardLake Como Film Festival 2017

  • Jury Prize & Circolo Amerindiano AwardDiritti a Todi, Human Rights International Film Festival 2017

THE FILM


LONG DESCRIPTION


About the PKK


About Kurdistan

Trailer


Promotional Materials

Team


ZAYNÊ AKYOL
Director


Photo
Photo : Elif Uzun




SARAH MANNERING
Producer


Photo
Photo : Dominic Berthiaume




FANNY DREW
Producer


Photo
Photo : Dominic Berthiaume




YANICK LÉTOURNEAU
Producer – Executive Producer


Photo
Photo : Rémi Duperoux




MEHMET AKTAŞ
Producer – Executive producer


Photo
Photo : Rémi Duperoux




NATHALIE CLOUTIER
Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : Sophie Quevillon




DENIS McCREADY
Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : NFB




Colette Loumède
Executive Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : NFB



Images


Rojen Bêrîtan


PKK Women Fighters

Şîlan Doxan


Rojen Bêrîtan

PKK Women Fighters

Rojen Bêrîtan

PKK Women Fighters

PKK Women Fighters




Roza Sila Nûda, Sozdar Cudî

Şîlan Doxan


Axîn Kiçî, Vîyan Dilara

Dilbirîn Gewer, Herekol Kiçî

Credits

Written and directed by
ZAYNÊ AKYOL

With
SOZDAR CUDÎ
ROJEN BÊRÎTAN
NUPELDA HEREKOL
ŞÎLAN DOXAN
SOZDAR CEMAL
AVAŞÎN ŞÎLAN
DEVRÎM CIZÎRÎ
EVÎNDAR DELÎLA
EDESSA AMARA
ZOZAN BOTAN
BÊRÎTAN DERÎK
AZER PEPULE
ADAR ARARAT
BERÇEM AMED
RONAK GEVER
ÊRÎVAN MAKO
AHMET RUBAR
FERIDE ALKAN
ROZA SILA NÛDA
NUJÎN DÊRÎK
BINEVŞ BATMAN
DURAN KALKAN
CUMA BILIKÎ
RÛBAR TEYÎ
MEDYA HUNER
VÎYAN DILARA
DAYAN EFRÎN
TAVÎN TÊKOŞÎN
BÊRÎTAN URFA
BÊRÎVAN SARYA
SERBEST ZAGROS
BÊRÎVAN DERSÎM
AXÎN KIÇÎ
HÊVÎDAR DEVRÎM
NUDA XEMGÎN
TÎRÊJ SERHED
BÊRÎVAN EFRÎN
ŞÎMAL DILSOZ
DELÎL CUDÎ
KENDAL AMANOS
XELÎL GEVER
SIMKO SORKÊW
DILBIRÎN GEWER
HEREKOL KIÇÎ

Director of Photography
ETIENNE ROUSSY

Editor
MATHIEU BOUCHARD-MALO

Assistant Director
PAMINA DITTMANN

Additional Images
ZAYNÊ AKYOL

Sound Man Turkey
VINCENT LAROCHE-GAGNON

Sound Man Kurdistan (Iraq)
ADEL TON

Additional Sound Recording
SHAHRAM AHMADIAN

Associate Producer
ZAYNÊ AKYOL

Production Managers Montreal
SARAH MANNERING
FANNY DREW

Production Manager Turkey & Iraq
SAID NUR AKKUŞ

Production Coordinator
CONSTANCE MALPEL

Production Accountant
PASCAL LAROSE

Production Assistants
JANNA HEINE
NIHAT NUYAN
ERDAL KIRIK
IMAD LEZGIN

Driver Kurdistan (Iraq)
SERDAR ALTÜRK

Script Consultant Canada
DIANE POITRAS

Script Consultant Germany
MEHMET AKTAŞ

Post Production Supervisor
Assistant Editor
ANDRÉE-ANNE ROUSSEL

Sound Design
OLIVIER CALVERT

Music Composer
CHRISTOPHE LAMARCHE-LEDOUX

Musical Excerpt From
“LE DINE” BY ELIF & REMZI

On-Line Editor (NFB)
YANNICK CARRIER

Technical Support – Editing (NFB)
PIERRE DUPONT
ISABELLE PAINCHAUD
PATRICK TRAHAN

Re-recording (NFB)
SERGE BOIVIN

Foley
LISE WEDLOCK

Foley Technician (NFB)
GEOFF MITCHELL

Graphic Designers
MARIE-CLAUDE MARQUIS
GABRIEL JASMIN

Marketing Manager
FRANÇOIS JACQUES

Assisted by
MICHELLE ROZON

Administrator
SIA KOUKOULAS

Production Coordinators
CHINDA PHOMMARINH
ISABELLE LIMOGES

Administrative Assistant
PASCALE SAVOIE-BRIDEAU

Technical Coordinator
MIRA MAILHOT

Line Producer
MÉLANIE LASNIER

Legal Consultant
RÉMY KHOUZAM

Insurance
GLOBALEX

Financial Services
BANQUE NATIONALE

Translations
ZAYNÊ AKYOL
T&S COOP
BERIVAN ALMAMİ
HATICE AKTAŞ

Executive Producers
YANICK LÉTOURNEAU
COLETTE LOUMÈDE (NFB)
MEHMET AKTAŞ

Producers
SARAH MANNERING
FANNY DREW
YANICK LÉTOURNEAU
MEHMET AKTAŞ
NATHALIE CLOUTIER (NFB)
DENIS McCREADY (NFB)

A Canada-Germany coproduction
with the financial support of the
Programme d’aide aux jeunes créateurs – SODEC

Produced by
PÉRIPHÉRIA
In co-production with
MÎTOSFILM
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

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Press Relations

  • Nadine Viau
    NFB Publicist – Montreal
    C.: 514-458-9745
    n.viau@nfb.ca

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