Dream's Gate Darvazeye royaha

Negin Ahmadi / Iran, Norway, France / 2023 / 78 min

A young Iranian filmmaker visits the war zone in northern Syria to explore what it means to be a woman. Armed only with a camera, she decides to search for answers among Kurdish women fighters, who are considered a symbol of women's power and freedom. By alternating scenes of affectionate moments between female soldiers and brutal fighting scenes, she manages to create an intimate visual diary written in the first person…

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