Rashid, the boy from Sinjar

A film by Jasna Krajinovic

category : Completed, Documentaries

Synopsis

After surviving Isis prisons as a child, Rashid has been reunited with his family in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. Now a teenager, this young Yazidi dreams of a brighter future in a country that is struggling to rebuild. But peace is fragile in Sinjar, and hatred against the Yazidi minority is resurfacing. On the threshold of adulthood, Rashid is reinventing himself amid the changes disrupting his daily life and wondering whether to leave or stay.

Cast

Rashid

Crew

SCRIPT and DIRECTED : Jasna Krajinovic I PHOTOGRAPHY : Eve Duchemin, Kinan Massarani, Julien Gidoin I SOUND : Fabrice Osinski, Quentin Jacques, Lucas Le Bart, Lucas Charvet I EDITING : Marie-Hélène Mora, Julien Contreau I SOUND EDITING and MIXING : Jonatan Vanneste I ORIGINAL SCORE : Ruben De Gheselle I COLOR GRADING : Thomas Bouffioulx

PRODUCTION : Julie Esparbes, Cécile Lestrade, Élise Hug, Julie Frères, Hanne Phlypo, Marie Balducchi

80 min, Color