Gulîstan, Land of Roses
Gulîstan, Land of Roses | |
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Mehmet Aktas Nathalie Cloutier Denis McCready | |
Cinematography | Étienne Roussy |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Music by | Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux |
Production companies | |
Release date | 2016 |
Running time | 1:26:00 |
Country | Canada |
Gulîstan, Land of Roses (French title: Gulîstan, terre de roses) is a 2016 feature-length documentary film about women guerillas in a
The film was conceived and named for a woman, Gulîstan, who had been a role model for the director in her adopted home in Montreal, until she left to fight with the PKK. Akyol went to Iraq in 2010 in an unsuccessful effort to find her and make a film about her. Unable to locate Gulîstan, she found women who knew her, and the focus of the documentary shifted to telling Gulîstan's story through their memories of her. However, when she returned to Iraq to film in 2014, some of the women had died, while others were in combat. That made the focus of the film shift yet again to documenting the experiences of women like Gulîstan.[4]
Release and reception
The film had its World Premiere during
Awards
In August 2016, it won the Doc Alliance Selection Award, presented by a collective of seven European documentary film festivals during
In November 2016, the filmmaker received the award for Best New Talent from Quebec/Canada at the
Étienne Roussy won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.[8] The film was also nominated for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary (Bouchard-Malo).[9]
References
- ^ a b Brownstein, Bill (January 19, 2017). "Movie review: Gulîstan, Land of Roses follows female PKK fighters". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Montpetit, Caroline (January 16, 2017). ""Gulîstan, terre de roses" — L'arme à la main pour défendre le Kurdistan". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Wysocka, Natalia (January 20, 2017). "Zaynê Akyol : "De plus beaux et plus libres lendemains"". Métro Montreal (in Canadian French). Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Enos, Elysha (January 29, 2017). "Montrealer documents female guerrilla fighters in northern Iraq". CBC News. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Pinto, Jordan (August 11, 2016). "Akyol's Gulistan to screen at RIDM doc fest". Playback. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Reid, Regan. "Gulistan, Land of Roses wins Doc Alliance Selection Award". Playback. No. 9 August 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- RIDM. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Yan Lauzon, "Xavier Dolan amorce sa récolte". TVA Nouvelles, June 1, 2017.
- Ici Radio-Canada, April 5, 2017.
External links
- Gulîstan, Land of Roses at IMDb
- Official website (NFB)
- Watch Gulîstan, Land of Roses on the NFB website