In the last interview from the Duhok International Film Festival, Mano Khalil discusses his film: Neighbors, a film that explores a Syrian village's Arabization as Assad's Baathist regime begins to assert it's influence in the northern Kurdish region of the country. The story focuses on 6-year-old Sero, as he observes his classes change with a new teacher, and sees his own Jewish neighbors face increased pressure to leave Syria altogether.

Khalil discusses the film's reception, with Jewish, Arab and Kurdish audiences, and the importance and delicacy of scriptwriting when discussing themes of Kurdish oppression, anti-Semitism and the legacy of Ba'athism in the Middle East.

Frame Films:

https://www.framefilm.ch/en/

Trailer for Neighbors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSzkntElVEY&ab_channel=FrameFilm

In the last interview from the Duhok International Film Festival, Mano Khalil discusses his film: Neighbors, a film that explores a Syrian village's Arabization as Assad's Baathist regime begins to assert it's influence in the northern Kurdish region of the country. The story focuses on 6-year-old Sero, as he observes his classes change with a new teacher, and sees his own Jewish neighbors face increased pressure to leave Syria altogether.
Khalil discusses the film's reception, with Jewish, Arab and Kurdish audiences, and the importance and delicacy of scriptwriting when discussing themes of Kurdish oppression, anti-Semitism and the legacy of Ba'athism in the Middle East.
Frame Films:
<a href="https://www.framefilm.ch/en/">https://www.framefilm.ch/en/</a>
Trailer for Neighbors:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSzkntElVEY&amp;ab_channel=FrameFilm">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSzkntElVEY&amp;ab_channel=FrameFilm</a>

Inside Kurdistan brings insight to cultural and political developments in the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an international audience. We focus on a broad range of topics related to Kurdish culture, bringing context and coverage through interviews with experts and first-hand accounts to help provide a responsible perspective on what's happening in the region, Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.

Inside Kurdistan brings insight to cultural and political developments in the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an international audience. We focus on a broad range of topics related to Kurdish culture, bringing context and coverage through interviews with experts and first-hand accounts to help provide a responsible perspective on what's happening in the region, Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.

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