No Paradise If You are Killed by Woman (Iraq) + Q&A
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED HALKAWT MUSTAFA
PRODUCERS HALKAWT MUSTAFA & JANNE HJELTNES & JOHN M. JACOBSEN
PRODUCTION COMPANY HENE FILMS AS, NORWAY
LENGDE 110 MIN
PRODUCTION YEAR 2026
Synopsis
Vyan, a Kurdish female sniper, has survived war by shutting down her emotions. When she learns her younger sister, believed lost during ISIS’ 2014 assault, may still be alive in Mosul, she returns to a city shaped by death and destruction. Her search becomes both a rescue mission and a confrontation with the trauma she has spent years trying to silence.
Date
Asian World Film Festival
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