Film
Since the 2014 genocide, the plight of Ezidi people have attracted the attention of several documentary and fiction filmmakers in German, English, French and Arabic amongst other languages.
Some of them need to be viewed with a critical lens.
We will be producing films ourselves that record the project as a whole as well as lesser known aspects of Ezidi life, culture and creativity. In the meantime you can explore the topic through these films:
Recommended films
Sinjar, Birth of Ghosts
A transmedia documentary project on the Ezidi genocide, trauma, exile and resilience by photographer Michel Slomka and filmmaker Alex Liebert.
Mediha
A film about a young Ezidi survivor searching for her family members after the 2014 genocide.
'Mediha' Review: A Young Yazidi's Woman Quest for Justice
Angels of Sinjar
A documentary on the 2014 Ezidi genocide and its aftermath.
Sabaya
A documentary on men and women who help Ezidi women escape sexual enslavement by Da’esh.
On Her Shoulders
A documentary on Nadia Murad’s life and campaigns for justice since the genocide after she escaped from Da’esh.
Surviving ISIS: The Hunt for the Missing Yazidis
A documentary on the Da’esh genocide and how people to this day are trying to find missing Ezidi women and children, dead and alive.
Surviving ISIS: The Hunt for the Missing Yazidis - Youtube
Yazidi Girls: Prisoners of ISIS
A documentary on three women’s lives since they were abducted and abused as children by Da’esh.
Yazidi Girls: Prisoners of ISIS - Youtube
Yazidis: The Forgotten People
A documentary on how Ezidi people experienced and escaped Da’esh in 2014.
Yazidis: The Forgotten People - Youtube
This is Still Genocide
A documentary on young girls who look back on their life in captivity and how they escaped Da’esh.
This is Still Genocide - Youtube
Yezidian Voices
A documentary on 3 people, Aras, Shireen and Ziyad, who survived the genocide of the Ezidis, and how they use their past to build a future for themselves.
A Denied Festival: The Voice and Future of the Yazidis
A documentary made in the holy centre of Lalish in 2013 on Ezidi people’s future in Iraq.
A Denied Festival: The Voice and Future of the Yazidis - Youtube
Chasing the Peacock
A documentary on a dying Ezidi religious tradition in Shingal produced before the 2014 genocide.
