World Vision: Sister’s Apart by Daphne Charizani

Sister’s Apart by Daphne Charizani at DuhokIFF

The feature film Sister’s Apart by acclaimed Greek director and writer Daphne Charizani, starring Zübeyde Bulut und Almila Bağrıaçık will be screened during the 8th DuhokIFF in the World Cinema Vision section. The film premiered at Berlinale in 2020.
Daphne Charizani tells the story of a young Kurdish woman and soldier from Berlin, training kurdish female fighters who are searching for her sister, who has joined the resistance against the IS. The film follows the story of two sisters torn apart by war, and the desperate struggle of one of the sisters’ attempts to reunite their family. It’s not often that we see the stories of women fighting on the frontlines being portrayed on the big screen, so Charizani’s decision to center the story around these two sisters whose lives both involve fighting for freedom is something rare and unique.
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