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CINEMA JAZIREH Turkey-Iran-Bulgaria-Romania, 2025, 124 min, color

Afghanistan under the brutal rule of the Taliban. After surviving her family’s massacre, Leila has just one goal in life: to find her son Omid. But in a country where being a woman means being less than nothing, her chances are desperately slim, and so she chooses an extreme and dangerous solution. She radically changes her identity and sets out on a path where even the slightest hesitation can mean death. In her masterfully crafted second film, Turkish director Gözde Kural applies her familiarity with Afghan society in order to tell a story of oppression that forces individuals into roles – be it borrowed masculinity or forced femininity – that they would never accept in a free country.

Gözde Kural

Gözde Kural

Born in 1987 in Ankara, Turkey, Gözde Kural studied at Istanbul Bilgi University. After receiving her education in Advertising and Film-TV, she started her career as an assistant director, directing various music videos and commercials. She has written and directed her first feature film titled Dust (2016) which attracts attention at international festivals with its strong emotional charge and documentary authenticity. Cinema Jazireh is her second feature film.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2016 Dust

2025 Cinema Jazireh

 

DIRECTOR
Gözde Kural
SCRIPT
Gözde Kural
CAMERA
Adib Sobhani
CAST
Feresteh Hosseini, Mazlum Sümer, Ali Karimi, Hamid Karimi, Meysam Demanze, Reza Akhlagrad
PRODUCERS
Gözde Kural, Milad Khosravi, Bulut Reyhanoğlu, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Andreea Catalina Dumitrescu
PRODUCTION
Toz Film Production

CINEMA JAZIREH Turkey-Iran-Bulgaria-Romania, 2025, 124 min, color

PROGRAM

Cinema House
12:59 h

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