AYSHA

Type:
Fiction

Duration:
13 mins

Year:
2021

Director:
Cengiz Akaygün

Producer:
Cengiz Akaygün

Country:
Germany

Languages:
Kurdish, Arabic

Subtitles:
English

Aysha (10) and her sister (11) are playing in their full-body veils when their mother quizzes them on the Quran. Aysha isn’t as proficient as her sister and also doesn’t understand the necessity. “AYSHA” is the award-winning short film by Cengiz Akaygün, first screened in the Netherlands.

The director Cengiz Akaygün was born in Stuttgart in 1979 as the son of Kurdish guest workers. He studied Communication and Media Sciences. Later, he began making films, first image films, then also short films. He celebrated great festival success with his short film THE TANGERINE TREE (2018). The 13-minute film AYSHA is his fourth short film.