Mediha

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Mediha

Released Oct 11, 2024

1h 30m

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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.

Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

Mediha offers hope, but not the comforting illusion that it comes painlessly.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is impressive work from film-maker Hasan Oswald that allows its subject, as far as possible, to tell her own story.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2024

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Lovia Gyarkye

The Hollywood Reporter

The documentary operates at a minor and meditative key, but its urgent message still rings loudly.

Dec 21, 2023

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Saskia Baron

The Arts Desk

The plight of persecuted minority groups around the world seems to be growing worse. As one form of response, a non-fiction film like Mediha works to make vivid the individual stories of people who might otherwise be reduced to statistics.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2024

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A poignant and gripping documentary.

Oct 6, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Through it all, Mediha remains a marvel, finding the inner strength to be there for her brothers at the same time as steeling herself to try to identify her kidnapper.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 28, 2024

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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: Hasan Oswald
Producer: Hasan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, Fahrinisa Campana, Alexander Spiess, Stephen Nemeth
Screenwriter: Hasan Oswald
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