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Shilan Saadi

شه‌و و ته‌م له‌ كوردستان
Night and Fog in Kurdistan

Logline
Kurdish filmmaker Shilan follows the journey of Yezidi refugee girls from a Turkish camp to resettlement across Europe, exploring the Sinjar massacre and its lasting impact on their lives.
Talent
Shilan Saadi
Role of participant
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Director
Shilan Saadi
Producer
Shilan Saadi,Keyvan Fahimi,Gülay Kilicaslan
Screenwriter
Shilan Saadi
Status
finished
Year of production
2025
Running time
83 min
Genre
Documentary
Countries of Production
Iran, Islamic Republic Of , Turkey , Canada , Belgium , Georgia
Production Company
Shar Company
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Contact

Name
Shilan Saadi
Company
Shar
E-mail
shilan.saadi80@gmail.com
Website
https://www.youtube.com/@shilansaadi2871

Festivals and Awards

2026: Screened at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre for our upcoming Kurdish Studies Conference in London, UK.
2026: Screened at the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, part of the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City.
2025: Best International Documentary, 23rd Female eye film festival Toronto,Canada.
2025:Best International Documentary, 8th Amicorti International Film Festival,Rome,Italy.
2025: Won the Equality Feature category, JACKSON DOC film festival Tennessee,USA.
2025: Won the Best Canadian Film at the 6th Human-Environment Care Film Festival (HECare Film Festival) Toronto,Canada.
2025: 10th edition of the Realtime International Film Festival London-Englond.
2025: 3th Amed Film Festival Diyarbakir,Turkey.
2025: 2th Cinego Shorts Film Festival Karachi, Pakistan.
2025: 2th Vancouver Kurdish Film Festival Vancouver,Canada.
2025: Festival Incert Festival Barcelona,Spain.
2025: Austin Asian American Film Festival Austin,USA.
2025: Screened at the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Conference at Toronto Metropolitan University.
2025:Screened at the Commission on Anthropology of the Middle East At the Galatasaray University.
2024: DOCUMENTARIST 17th Istanbul Documentary Days Istanbul,Turkey.

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