World Vision: Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno at DuhokIFF

Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno to be screened at DuhokIFF!!!
Notturno, shot over three years in the Middle East, on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, with mîtosfilm cooperating as service production in Syria and Kurdistan. Part of the documentary takes place in the prison Nizarke in Duhok, recounting the everyday life that lies behind the continuing tragedy of civil wars, ferocious dictatorships, foreign invasions and interference, up to the murderous apocalypse of ISIS. Different stories to which the narration confers a unity that goes beyond geographical divisions. All around and in people’s consciousness, signs of violence and destruction; but in the foreground is the humanity that reawakens every day from a “nocturne” that seems infinite. Notturno is a film of light made of the dark material of history. It will be screened for the first time in KRG as part of our prestigious World Vision Documentary section of this years’ DuhokIFF. Gianfranco is the first documentary director worldwide to win the Golden Bear at Berlinale and Golden Lion at Venice. He truly is one of the most prestigious directors of our time.