Meryem

A film by

the Netherlands | 16' | 03/2017 | documentary

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.

Crew Festivals

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: Reber Dosky
2nd Camera: Nina Badoux
Sound: Taco Drijfhout, Huibert Boon
Editor: Rémi van der Heiden

Festivals

Tampere Film Festival, Finland (8 – 12 March, 2017)
International Competition
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (15 – 19 March, 2017)
International Competition
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (5 – 9 April, 2017)
Dutch Competition
VIS Vienna Shorts Film Festival, Austria (1 – 6 June, 2017)
Fiction & Documentary Competition
Art Film Fest Kosice, Slovakia (16 – 24 June, 2017)
International Competition
Lago Film Fest, Italy (21 – 29 July, 2017)
Borders Competition
Pleinbioscoop, the Netherlands (9 – 27 August, 2017)
En Plein Public
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (10 – 14 August, 2017)
Official Selection
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 – 18 August, 2017)
Official Selection: European Shorts
Concorto Film Festival, Italy (19 – 26 August, 2017)
Borders Competition
São Paulo International Short Films Festival, Brazil (23 August – 3 September, 2017)
International program
Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (13 – 23 September, 2017)
International Short Film Competition
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia (13 – 16 September)
Short Riga International Short Film Competition SHORT RIGA
FESTCURTASBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil (29 September – 8 October)
Special program: Atravessamentos
BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (4-15 October, 2017)
Official Selection
Festival International Signes de Nuit, France (5 – 15 October, 2017)
International Competition Special Mention Edward Snowden Award & Special Mention International Competition
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland (18 – 29 October, 2017)
International Competition
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (23 – 29 October, 2017)
International Competition Won: Uppsala Short Film Nominee For The European Film Awards
Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil (1 – 8 November, 2017)
International Competition Won: Special Jury Prize
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil (3 – 12 November, 2017)
Short Film Competition
l’Alternativa – Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Spain (13 – 19 November, 2017)
Short Film Competition
Nice Filmfestival – Un festival c’est trop court, France (12 – 20 November, 2017)
EKADESHMA International Short Film Festival, Nepal (16 – 19 November, 2017)
Official Selection
Paris Courts Devant International Short Film Festival, France (16 – 22 November, 2017)
Docs & Courts
Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (20 – 26 November, 2017)
Documentary Competition
Crossing The Screen, United Kingdom (23 – 26 November, 2017)
Competition
Internacional Festival Signos de la Noite, Portugal (23 November – 3 December, 2017)
Competition
China International New Media Short Film Festival, China (25 November – 2 December, 2017)
International Competition
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain (26 November – 10 December, 2017)
Official Selection
Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctic (1 – 7 December, 2017)
Official Selection
Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (1 – 10 December, 2017)
Offical Competition
Eindhovens Film Festival, the Netherlands (6 – 10 December, 2017)
Official Selection
Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (6 – 10 December, 2017)
World Wide Shorts Competition Won: Best Documentary
Festival Internacional Signos de la Noche, Argentina (8 – 10 December, 2017)
Competition
London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (12 – 21 January, 2017)
International Shorts Competition
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (23 – 28, January 2018)
International Competition
ZagrebDox, Croatia (25 February – 4 March, 2018)
Out of Competition: State of Affairs
Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (14 – 19 March, 2018)
Official Competition
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (14 – 21 March, 2018)
International Competition
Docudays UA, Ukraine (23 – 30 March, 2018)
Official Competition
Short Waves Festival, Poland (20 – 25 March, 2018)
Out of competition: Girl Power
London Kurdish Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 22 April, 2018)
International Competition
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (25 – 29 April, 2018)
Out of Competition: No Room For You
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival Melbourne, Australia (4 – 18 May, 2018)
Official Selection
Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan (4 – 24 June, 2018)
Non-Fiction Competition Won: Best Short Award in Non-Fiction Competition
In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (23 – 30 June, 2018)
Documentary Competition Special Jury Mention
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (27 August – 2 September, 2018)
International Competition
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland (20 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Selection
Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, United States (27 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Competition
EUROPANORAMA, European countries (October 2018 – December 2019)
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (22 – 27 January, 2019)
Documentary Programme