Avar Ali

In the Summer of 2014, the Islamic State invaded Shengal, the Ezidi capital in Kurdistan (Iraq). The plan was to exterminate the ethnical/religious minority who were despised and called “devil worshippers’. 5000 Ezidi men have been killed, and 7000 women and children have been taken into slavery. This film tells Shengal’s liberation through the stories of five partisans who are five archetypes of the many that came to fight against the Islamic State from several different countries.

Gule is preparing for her wedding the next day. Her family receives news of an imminent threat of war attack on the city. They must take a decision: Should they celebrate the wedding or not?

As in the story of Dewrêşê Evdî, we follow the journey of 12 Kurdish guerrillas who want to save Shengal. The ISIS groups are approaching, and the official authorities decide to flee with his 12 knights, who are fleeing his beloved Edûlê because the Yazidis are not Muslims. A guerrilla group led by women, the new 12 knights, manages to liberate the city and bring the people to safe areas after fighting a historic battle against the Khalifa of ISIS.