Rojek | |
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Directed by | Zaynê Akyol |
Written by | Zaynê Akyol |
Produced by | Zaynê Akyol Sylvain Corbeil Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre |
Cinematography | Arshia Shakiba Nicolas Canniccioni |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Music by | Roger Tellier-Craig |
Production company | Metafilms |
Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | Kurdish English Arabic French German |
Rojek is a 2022 Canadian documentary film written, directed and produced by Zaynê Akyol. [1] It is about the recovery of Kurdistan from the Rojava–Islamist conflict with a special emphasis on interviews with imprisoned former members of the Islamic State about their motivations. [1] It was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. [2]
The film premiered on April 13, 2022 at the Visions du Réel film festival in Switzerland. [3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
At Hot Docs, the film won a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury. [4]
It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023. [5] It also received nominations for Best Cinematography in a Documentary ( Nicolas Canniccioni, Arshia Shakiba) and Best Editing in a Documentary ( Mathieu Bouchard-Malo). [5]
The film was shortlisted for the Rogers Best Canadian Documentary Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2023. [6]