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Dil Leyla

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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.


Festival Participation

  • IDFA – International Documentary FF Amsterdam - 2016
  • Max Ophüls FF Saarbrücken - 2017
  • Thessaloniki Documentary FF - 2017
  • One World FF Prague - 2017
  • Movies that Matter FF Den Haag - 2017
  • Achtung Berlin - new Berlin film award - 2017
  • Crossing Europe FF - 2017
  • DOK.fest Munich - 2017
  • FIDADOC - 2017
    Human Rights Award
  • Krakow Film Festival - 2017
  • Toleranzgespräche - 2017
  • Nuremberg Int. Human Rights FF - 2017
    Open Eyes Youth Jury Award
  • Films Femmes Méditerranée - 2018
    Prix du Documentaire
  • Document Int. Human Rights FF - 2017
  • Festival international du film de Nancy - 2018
    Special Jury Mention

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