| Xalko | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun |
| Produced by | Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun |
| Cinematography | Sami Mermer |
| Edited by | René Roberge |
Production company | Les Films de la tortue |
| Distributed by | Les Films du 3 Mars |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | Kurdish Turkish French |
Xalko is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles Mermer's own birthplace of Xalko, a Kurdish village in Turkey where the women are preserving Kurdish tradition after most of the men have left as refugees from the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[2]
The film premiered in November 2018 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.[3] It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020,[4] and Mermer received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.[5]
- ^ André Lavoie, "«Xalko»: partir pour un morceau de pain". Le Devoir, October 25, 2019.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Xalko : les vraies gardiennes". La Presse, May 22, 2020.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "RIDM Announces 2018 Line-up". Point of View, October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ^ "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.