Radio Kobani

A film by

the Netherlands | 70' | 11/2016 | documentary

The Syrian border town of Kobanî was occupied and destroyed by IS. When liberation came, 20-year-old Kurdish reporter Dilovan started a radio station. She and her friend Biter report on refugee camps, talk to survivors and interview fighters and musicians. The broadcasts seem to offer their listeners comfort and a sense of stability, as reconstruction gets underway and cautiously they dare to think about the future again. The film documents events in Kobanî over a three-year period, both during and after the fighting. Over subdued images of the war-torn town, Dilovan reads a letter to the child she hopes to have one day, describing the merciless terror to which IS subjected Kobanî and the terrible effects this has had on the lives of her friends and family. Slowly but surely, Dilovan is able to enjoy the lighter sides of life again: listening to music, flirting in the park, falling in love.

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Reber Dosky

Biography

Reber Dosky (1975, Dohuk/Kurdistan) is a Kurdish-Dutch filmmaker. Living in The Netherlands since 1998, he went studied film direction at the Netherlands Film Academy. He completed his studies with The Call  (2013), about the impact of war and displacement on the relation between a father and a son. The Call won several awards on international film festivals. The short documentary the Sniper of Kobani (2015) brought the international breakthrough of Reber Dosky and was awarded at multiple festivals. His feature debut Radio Kobani (2016) premiered at IDFA where it won the national competition. It played at numerous festivals and won 14 awards a.o. at CPHDOX and Camerimage.

Filmography

  • Meryem – 2017 – documentary
  • Radio Kobani – 2016 – documentary
  • Yezidi Girls – 2016 – documentary
  • One Happy Day – 2015 – fiction
  • Horsepower – 2015 – fiction
  • 4Ever – 2014 – documentary
  • Lokroep / The Call – 2013 – documentary
  • My Good Fortune In Auschwitz – 2012 – documentary
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Crew

Director: Reber Dosky
Screenplay: Reber Dosky
Producer: Jos de Putter
Cinematographer: Nina Badoux
2nd Camera: Reber Dosky
Sound: Taco Drijfhout
Editor: Xander Nijsten
Composer: Juho Nurmela
Co-producer: HUMAN

Festivals

  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands (16 – 27 November, 2016)
    National Competition Won: Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary
  • CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Denmark (16 – 26 March, 2017
    F:Act Award Won: F:Act Award
  • Movies That Matter, the Netherlands (24 March – 1 April, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt (19 – 25 April, 2017)
    Documentary Competition Won: Best Documentary Award & Jury of Film Critics Society of Egypt Award
  • Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Australia (4 – 18 May, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • DOCUMENTAMADRID – International Madrid Documentary Festival, Spain (4 – 14 May, 2017)
    International Competition Won: Audience Award
  • DocuTIFF – Tirana International Documentary Film Festival, Albania (10 – 17 May, 2017)
    Feature Documentary Competition Won: Best European Feature
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest, United Kingdom (9 – 14 June, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • DOCUMENTARIST – Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey (17 – 25 June, 2017)
    Official Selection Won: FIPRESCI award
  • Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia (3 – 9 July, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Baltic Sea Docs Festival, Latvia (2 – 10 September, 2017)
  • Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (9 – 16 September, 2017)
    Kurdish Documentary Competition Won: Golden Leaf for the Best Kurdish Documentary Film
  • Nederlands Film Festival, Netherlands (20 – 29 September, 2017)
    Gouden Kalf Competition Gouden Kalf Nomination
  • Bergen International Film Festival, Norway (26 September – 4 October, 2017)
    Checkpoints Competition & Educational Program Won: Best Film Checkpoints
  • Festival Dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival, Italy (10 – 17 October, 2017)
  • Document Human Rights Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 – 22 October, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Cinemed – Mediterenean Film Festival, France (20 – 28 October, 2017)
    Documentary Competition
  • FRONTDOC – International Documentary Film Festival, Italy (9 – 12 November, 2017)
    Feature Documentary Competition Won: Audience Award
  • Camerimage Film Festival, Poland (11 – 18 November, 2017)
    Documentary Features Competition Won: Best Documentary Feature
  • Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (15 – 19 November, 2017)
    Official Selection Won: A38 – Produktions-Stipendium Kassel-Halle
  • Norrköping Film Festival, Sweden (22 – 28 November, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Cinema Verite – Iran International Documentary Film Festival, Iran (10 – 17 December, 2017)
    Special screening
  • Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary (24 – 28 January, 2018)
    Official competition
  • MiradasDoc, Spain (26 January – 3 February, 2018)
    Feature Documentary Competition
  • Seeyousound Festival, Italy (26 January – 4 February)
    Out of Competition: Radioactivity
  • One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (5 – 14 March, 2018)
    Out Of Competition
  • Lisbon Kurdish Film Festival, Portugal (23 – 25 March, 2018)
  • Le Voci Dell’Inchiesta Film Festival, Italy (11 – 15 April, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • London Kurdish Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 22 April, 2018)
    International Competition Won: Mehmet Aksoy Award for Best Kurdish Documentary
  • Al Cuore Dei Conflitti, Italy (2 – 6 May, 2018)
  • Human Rights Nights Film Festival, Italy (4 – 13 May, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • FilmAmed Documentary Film Festival, Turkey (
  • Gdansk DocFilm Festival, Poland (6 – 10 June, 2018)
    Main Competition
  • DOC-KET – Independent Festival of Emerging Documentary Film, Ecuador (19 – 28 July, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival With Gender Perspective, Mexico (2 – 12 August, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • Cervino Cine Mountain Festival, Italy (3 – 12 August, 2018)
    FrontDoc Special
  • DocsPuebla, Mexico (13 – 18 August, 2018)
    International Selection
  • Festival de Cine MÁS, Nicaragua (3 – 16 September, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • Kurdish Film Festival Berlin, Germany (20 – 27 October, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • Globale Film Festival Berlin, Germany (27 – 28 October, 2018)
  • Seeyousound Festival – Lecce, Italy (28 November – 1 December, 2018)
  • Kurdish Film Days Leipzig, Germany (29 November – 1 December, 2018)
  • Festival de Cine MÁS, Nicaragua (4 – 6 December, 2019)

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