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Cinema Jazireh

Original title: "Cinema Jazireh"

Directed by

Gözde Kural Gözde Kural is a Turkish director and screenwriter born in 1987 in Ankara. She studied Advertising and Film-TV Production at Istanbul Bilgi University. Her debut feature Dust (2015), shot in Afghanistan, premiered at major international festivals and won several awards. In 2022, she directed the docu-drama series Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Her second feature, Cinema Jazireh, premiered at the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival and received the Ecumenical Jury Award.

Cinematography by

Adib Sobhani

Edited by

Gözde Kural, Bünyamin Bayansal

Music by

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Main cast

Fereshte Hosseini, Mazlum Sümer, Ali Karimi, Hamid Karimi, Reza Akhlagirad, Meysam Damanzeh


Color: color, Running time: 129, Format: 4K, Countries: TR, BLG, ROM, Languages: Persian


Producer(s)
Gözde Kural Gözde Kural is a Turkish director and screenwriter born in 1987 in Ankara. She studied Advertising and Film-TV Production at Istanbul Bilgi University. Her debut feature Dust (2015), shot in Afghanistan, premiered at major international festivals and won several awards. In 2022, she directed the docu-drama series Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Her second feature, Cinema Jazireh, premiered at the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival and received the Ecumenical Jury Award.
Bulut Reyhanoğlu Bulut Reyhanoğlu, born in Istanbul in 1962, began his career in textile exports before moving into film production. His debut as a producer was The Zenne Dancer (2011), followed by award-winning films Drawers and The Announcement by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, which premiered in Venice and won Best Mediterranean Film. He founded shortbyshort.com and launched the Producers & Directors Meeting to support short films. In 2024, he became a member of the European Film Academy.
Milad Khosravi Milad Khosravi is an Iranian producer and distributor focused on social issues. He founded Seven Springs Pictures in 2021, producing acclaimed films such as Terrestrial Verses (Cannes 2023), Requiem for a Tribe (Shanghai IFF), and Higher Than Acid Clouds (IDFA). His titles have screened at IDFA, Hot Docs, and Visions du Réel. In 2024, he relocated to Doha and joined the EAVE Producers Workshop. He’s currently producing Cinema Jazireh and two other international feature films.
Production company(s)

Toz Film Production, Koskos Film, Seven Springs Pictures

Co-producer(s)

Svetla Tsotsorkova, Andreea Dumitrescu, Bünyamin Bayansal, Melodi Toprak, Hakkı Yazıcı, Arca Yiğit

Synopsis

After surviving the massacre of her family in a Taliban raid, Leyla clings to the hope of finding her missing son, Omid. In a world where being a woman means death, she dons her husband’s clothes and beard—borrowing his masculinity to pass unseen. Along the way, she encounters a silent boy in a place where young boys are forced to serve, dressed in borrowed femininity. As the shadows close in, Leyla must choose between continuing her search for Omid or protecting the innocent before it’s too late.

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