DOCU/SHORT

Meryem

Year
2017
Country
Netherlands
Duration
16’
Director
Reber Dosky

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against the Islamic State. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.

CREW:
Director: Reber Dosky
Producer: Jos De Putter
Cinematographer: Reber Dosky, Nina Badoux
Editor: Rémi van der Heiden
Sound: Taco Drijfhout, Huibert Boon
Production
Dieptescherpte
Sales:
Some Shorts, Wouter Jansen, +310622076717, [email protected]
Director
Reber Dosky

Reber Dosky was born in 1975 in Dohuk, Kurdistan. He is a Kurdish-Dutch filmmaker. Living in the Netherlands since 1998, he went to study film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy. He completed his studies with The Call, a film about the impact of war and displacement on the relation between a father and a son. The Call won several awards on international film festivals. The short documentary The Sniper of Kobani brought Reber’s international breakthrough, and won awards at multiple festivals.

Selected Filmography

My Good Fortune In Auschwitz (2012), The Call (2013), 4Ever (2014), Horsepower (2015), One Happy Day (2015), The Sniper of Kobani (2015), Yezidi Girls (2016), Radio Kobani (2016), Meryem (2017)

Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A with director and protagonist
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A with director and protagonist
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
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