A librarian trying to create a culture of reading in a society away from books.
Original Title: Pirtûkxane
International Title: Library
Director: Zilan Hemo
Original Language: Kurdish
Duration: 12’24’’
Production Country and Year: Northern and Eastern Syria Federation-Rojava, 2020
Production: Rojava Film Commune
The Director
Zilan Hemo was born in Kobanê on 5 July 1997. She is a script writer and director with the Rojava Film Commune in Kobanê.
She studied at the Academy of Art, Martyr Yekta Herekol.
She published a book of stories, she wrote 10 scripts for short films, and she directed 5 short films.
