Zaynê Akyol
Zaynê Akyol’s documentaries place individual accounts within their political and social surroundings. Gulîstan and Rojek offer two different kinds of encounter.
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- 2016–2022
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Canada-based Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol’s filmography includes Under Two Skies, Gulîstan, Land of Roses and Rojek. The Cinémathèque québécoise director record brings these three works together. Following documentaries at different scales provides a way to compare the relationships a filmmaker builds between interview, observation and place.
Moving from Gulîstan to Rojek, watch how the approach to the people before the camera and the context of their stories changes. Under Two Skies adds an earlier work to the journey. Consider documentary both as a source of information and as a film constructing its own viewpoint and questions.
Films
- Gulîstan, Land of Roses (2016)
- Rojek (2022)
Short films
- Under Two Skies (2010)
Sources and information · 17.10.2026
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