Dyab

  • 8.8 10
  • 2017
  • 20min
Dyab
  • Original Title: Dyab Abou Jahjah (2016)

This documentary shows us the life in a refugee camp on Arbat, in the Iraqi Kurdistan. The film focuses on a boy of the camp who dreams of making a film about the plight of his people.

Dyab
Awards

AWARDS: Best Short. Lyon International Film Festival/ Best Micro Short. Youth Asia Film Festival/ Jury Award Best Short Doc. Ramsgate International TV & Film Award/ Best Short Documentary. Festival Of Nations/ Best Short Documentary. Norwich Radical Film festival/ Best Documentary. Short Film Festival Diessen am Ammersee/ Winner Special Honour Award. Cordoba International Film Festival/ UK. Winner Audience Award. Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival/ Winner Best Film. Qumara Film Festival/ Best Short Documentary. Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Cinema Against Terrorism Film Festival/ Best Micro Short. Youth Asia Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Leben Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Babylon University Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Meet Film Festival/ Best Short Doc.    Alexandria Mediterranean International Film Festival/ Best Short Documentary. Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival/ Best Crossing Border Documentary Award. One Shot Film Festival/ Winner Excellence Award. The Seoul Guro International Film Festival for Kids/ Best Short Documentary. Rivne International Film Festival ‘Dream City’/ Winner Merit Award. Head Line International Film Festival/ Best Short. Orlando Edge Community Film Festival/ Winner Third Best Film. Ayam Damascus-Aya-Alcinymaia Film Festival/ Best Short Doc. Rasam International Film Festival/ Award Special Mention Human Right Award. International Open Film Festival/ Winner Best Short Documentary. Tiharaqa International Film And Award/ Best Short Film. We People Film Festival/ Character Award. Afrin Short Film Festival/ Best Short Film. Docademia Film Festival

Dyab. A boy’s dream from a refugee camp

12-year-old Dyab is a Kurdish Yazidi boy living at Arbat refuge camp, after the horrendous attacks by the Islamic States on their villages at Shingal Mountains (Sinjar).

However, Dyab’s dream is, to become a filmmaker and actor and tell the stories and sufferings of his people to the outside world.

Production Companies

Maz Film production


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