Rashid, the Boy from Sinjar

Synopsis

After surviving Isis prisons as a child, Rashid has reunited with his family in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. This young Yazidi is now a teenager, dreaming of brighter future in a country struggling to rebuild. But peace in Sinjar is fragile, and hostilities toward the Yazidi minority are on the rise again. At the dawn of adulthood Rashid reinvents himself completely in spite of the changes that shake up his daily life, by choosing whether he should leave or stay.

Festivals & Awards

Visions du Réel 2025 – Grand Angle

Award SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit at Dok.Fest Munich

VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte Award at Dok.Fest Munich

Prix du Patrimoine Vivant at Jean Rouch International Festival

Les Rencontres du film documentaire de Mellionnec 2025

Biografilm

Festival du film de la Rochelle

Festival du Film de Lama

États généraux du documentaire

Rencontres Cinématographiques de Bejaia

IDFA (Best of Fest)

Parnu Film Festival

Alexandre Trauner Art/Film Fesztivál

Credits

Writer & Director
Jasna Krajinovic
Producers
Julie Esparbes (Hélicotronc)
Cécile Lestrade & Elise Hug (Alter Ego Prdouction)
Hanne Phlypo (Clin d’oeil films)
Julie Frères (Dérives)

Partners
Centre du Cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Flanders Film Fund
RTBF
CNC-FAIA
Taxshelter
Creative Europe
France Télévisions
BIP TV
Ciclic-Région Centre-Val de Loire
Procirep Angoa
Andana Films