RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR

RASHID, L'ENFANT DE SINJAR

By Jasna KRAJINOVIC

ANDANA FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Female director - Completed 2025

After surviving Isis prisons as a child, Rashid has been reunited with his family in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. Now a teenager, this young Yazidi dreams of a brighter future in a country that is struggling to rebuild.

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Visions du réel 2025
International Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Female director, True Story, Documentary
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • KURDISH
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jasna KRAJINOVIC
    • Producer(s)
    • Julie ESPARBES (HÉLICOTRONC), Cécile LESTRADE (Alter Ego Production), Elise HUG (Alter Ego Production)
    • Synopsis
    • After surviving Isis prisons as a child, Rashid has been reunited with his family in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. Now a teenager, this young Yazidi dreams of a brighter future in a country that is struggling to rebuild. But peace is fragile in Sinjar, and hatred against the Yazidi minority is resurfacing. On the threshold of adulthood, Rashid is reinventing himself amid the changes disrupting his daily life and wondering whether to leave or stay.