Hawar, Our Banished Children

Name: Hawar, Our Banished Children
Director: Pascale Bourgaux
Released: 2023

Pascale Bourgaux 2023

In 2014, thousands of Yazidi women were kidnapped by Daesh and reduced to sexual slavery.
Upon her release, Ana was forced to abandon the baby she had following the rapes she suffered.
All children born as a result of rape by jihadists are considered “Daesh bastards” and are rejected by the Yazidi community.
After a four-year separation, “Ana” crosses Kurdistan in secret to see her daughter Marya again. She is the first Yazidi mother-survivor to break omerta.

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Running Time:

74 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic, English, Kurdish

Subtitles:

English, French

Directors:

Pascale Bourgaux

Producers:

Isabelle Truc, Elisa Garbar

Cinematographers:

Mohammad Shaikhow

Editors:

Sophie Vercruyse

Production Companies:

Iota Production, Louise Productions Lausanne

Conflicts

Gender

Human Rights

Middle Eastern Studies

Personal Story

Religion and Spiritual..

War

Women

Festival Participation

Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) - 2023
Nominee Grand Prix National Competition

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