- Source: Xalko
Xalko is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2018. The film profiles Mermer's own birthplace of Xalko, a Kurdish village in Turkey where the women are preserving Kurdish tradition after most of the men have left as refugees from the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
The film premiered in November 2018 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival. It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, and Mermer received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.
References
External links
Xalko at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Xalko
- List of Quebec films
- Sami Mermer
- René Roberge
- Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film
- List of Canadian films of 2018
- Wanetsi
- Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary
- 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards
