Rojek converses with some of the most important members of the Islamic State (ISIS), who are currently being detained in Syrian Kurdistan. As a backdrop, a country trying to stay vigilant as it struggles to recover from years of war.
ZAYNÊ AKYOL Graduated from the École des médias at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she received the award for the most promising. She also finished a master’s degree with a cinema concentration. Zaynê directed her first feature-length documentary, Gulîstan, Land of Roses, awarded at Locarno. Her interest in images and politics has also led her to photography. Her first widely seen exhibition, Rojekê, One Day (2016), tells the story of resistance through females’ faces, anticipating her second feature documentary Rojek.
ZAYNÊ AKYOL Graduated from the École des médias at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she received the award for the most promising. She also finished a master’s degree with a cinema concentration. Zaynê directed her first feature-length documentary, Gulîstan, Land of Roses, awarded at Locarno. Her interest in images and politics has also led her to photography. Her first widely seen exhibition, Rojekê, One Day (2016), tells the story of resistance through females’ faces, anticipating her second feature documentary Rojek.