MEDIHA – OFFICIAL TRAILER : Starring Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad

Together films has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated documentary, Mediha which won the Grand Jury Prize in Doc NYC.

The film is a powerful testament to the human spirit, Mediha follows the remarkable journey of one girl’s fight to find her missing family members, revealing the strength of a young survivor.Directed by Hasan Oswald and Executive Produced by Emma Thompson, this award-winning film is an incredible story of resilience.

Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl, turns her camera on herself to process her trauma after surviving captivity from ISIS. Through her personal video-diaries, she confronts her pain, while also initiating investigations into her captors.

Mediha’s journey is one of courage and determination as she steps towards a future of justice and healing.

Here’s the synopsis : Mediha and her younger brothers, Ghazwan and Adnan, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS invaded their village of Sinjar in Northern Iraq. After years of enslavement by different ISIS families, they were rescued and returned to the IDP camps in Northern Iraq. Their parents and youngest brother are still missing, yet despite this they must now attempt to rebuild their lives.

Faced by local and international complexities, which continue to affect rescue and accountability efforts years after the genocide, the siblings must turn to a network of Yazidi rescuers in the search for their missing family members. Their story takes place over three years, across Iraq, Turkey and Syria, highlighting the ongoing and long-lasting impact of ISIS atrocities. Mediha takes us on her quest for justice, confronting her trauma and pain through personal video-diaries, and reclaiming her voice by initiating investigations into her perpetrators.

Director : Hansan Oswald 
Producer : Hansan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, Fahrinisa Campana, Alexander Spiess Stephen Nemeth.
Distributor : Together Films
Production Co : Enderby Entertainment, Love World Media, Rhino Films
Genre : Documentary
Original Language : Kurdish
Release Date (Theaters) : Oct 11, 2024, Limited
Runtime : 1h 30m
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