The Other Side of the River
Synopsis
In order to avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds shelter across the Euphrates, at the Kurdish Female Military. While learning how to fight, she gets inspired by the promise of freeing more women. When the Kurdish military liberates her hometown from ISIS, she returns there as a policewoman authorised to protect other vulnerable women. Hala finds herself ready to fulfil her greatest dream: to free her younger sisters from her father's hand. Τhe threat of a marriage and the brutal stories of female oppression lead women to the other side of the river. They are trained in a strict military style, taught that men are the enemy. But is there freedom to be found between holding a gun against the patriarchic society or be deprived of the possibility to love?Festivals/Awards
2021VFF Documentary Film Production Award — 36 DOK.fest Munich
Millenium 18 Docs Against Gravity
CPH:DOX — F:ACT AWARD Competition
Best Film – FünfSeenFilmfestival
Best Camera – Achtung Berlin FF
Selection European Film Award
Hessischer Filmprize
38 Kassel DOKFEST
2022
#lola22 DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS — Best Documentary German Film Award
39 Internationales Frauen* Film Festival Dortmund+Köln
nominated for German Documentary Award
Promotional Award by HAUS DES DOKUMENTARFILMS
LETsDOK
2023
Antonia Kilian wins 59 GRIMME PRIZE
Cast and Crew
- Director Antonia Kilian
- Producer Guevara Namer, Antonia Kilian , Frank Müller
Original Languages
Arabic
Kurdish
German
World Sales Company
Syndicado Film Sales121 Beaconsfield Avenue, , #300 Toronto
aleksandar@syndicado.com
https://syndicadofs.com
Production Company
DOPPELPLUSULTRA Film und TV ProduktionRepsoldstraße 45, 20097 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 23937461
Mobile: +49 172 7788135
mail@doppelplusultra.dehttp://www.doppelplusultra.de
Co-Production Company
Pink Shadow Films GmbHGermany
www.pinkshadowfilms.com
Links / Reference
DISTRIBUTION Germany
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TRAILER
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DVD
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VoD
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