In order to avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds shelter across the Euphrates, in north-east Syria, at a military academy for women. While learning how to fight, she gets inspired by the promise of freeing every woman. After the Kurdish military takes over her city from ISIS, Hala returns ready to fulfil her greatest dream: to free her younger sisters from her father’s hand.
Presented at the CPH:DOX.
The Other Side of the River
2021
General Audiences
92 min.
Documentary
Germany, Finland
Germany, Finland, international festivals, feminism, war, family, female directors, documentary, come back home
Colorido
Antonia Kilian
Antonia Kilian, Guevara Namer, Arash Asadi
Antonia Kilian
Arash Asadi
Frank Müller, Antonia Kilian, Guevara Namer, Merja Ritola
Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion, Pink Shadow Films, Greenlit Productions
Shkoon
Syndicado Film Sales
45