The other Side of the River

    • Antonia Kilian , Antonia Kilian
    • Germany
    • 90 min
    • World Premiere
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    Hala, a 19-year-old Arab woman, runs away from her family and her ISIS-occupied city to the Kurdish- occupied areas on the other side of the Euphrates. Here she enters a military academy for women and learns how to fight and gets inspired by the promise of freeing women. After the Kurdish military took over her hometown from ISIS, Hala returns there as a police officer authorized to protect other vulnerable women. But can she fulfill her greatest dream: to free her younger sisters from her father's hand?
    A film about feminist dreams and disappointments in times of revolution and war.

    Credits

    Director
    Antonia Kilian , Antonia Kilian
    Production
    Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Film und TV Produktion, Antonia Kilian for Pink Shadow Films, Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion GmbH, Antonia Kilian for Pink Shadow Films
    Co-production
    Merja Ritola for Greenlit Productions Oy, Merja Ritola for Greenlit Productions Oy
    Involved TV Channel
    YLE, YLE

    Contact

    World Sales
    Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Film und TV Produktion, Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion GmbH
    Festival Handling
    Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Film und TV Produktion, Frank Müller for Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion GmbH

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    Spoken languages
    Arabic
    Kurdish

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