Hêlan Çiya • Portrait • Female Voice of Kurdistan

Short documentary about a Kurdish activist and author from Dohuk (Iraq).
With approximately 40 million people worldwide, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without an internationally recognized state. After our festivals 'Female Voice of Iran' and 'Female Voice of Afghanistan' we focus on the Kurdish culture in 2023. We traveled to different regions of Kurdistan and filmed eight singers from the four main regions of Kurdish culture.
"Kurds are resilient like mountains" کورد وەک شاخ خۆڕاگرە - (Kurdish proverb)
Director/Cinematographer - Andreas Rochholl • Film Editor/Colorist - Sebastian Leitner • Subtitles - Mihraban Salih
Special thanks Shahram Jaseem, Filmed on location around Amedi, Iraq, April 2023
→ Playlist with all portraits and concerts: • Playlist
The festival 'Female Voice of Kurdistan' is a project of Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin
• Curator - Yalda Yazdani • Director/Producer - Andreas Rochholl
• Creative Director/Editor - Sebastian Leitner • Production Manager - Mihraban Salih
Theme music by Sakina TEYNA, Emrah OGUZTÜRK, Eren AKSAHIN - Interpretation: Nor Ashkhar project
Kurdistan map by AdobeStock • voiceover made with ElevenLabs
Funded by Capital Cultural Fund, Berlin
More infos about 'Female Voice of Kurdistan':
→ femalevoiceofkurdistan.com
→ zeitgenoessische-oper.de
in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth and CrossGeneration Media
→ crossgen.media/
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[@jonathanbarone4708]

🙏🙏🙏 so lovely voice

[@salaribrahim1645]

Respect for all people who do that 👏 ❤️🌻
Jîn Jîyan Azadî

[@jonathanbarone4708]

❤

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