WHEN THE SEEDLINGS GROW

Duration:
83 min

Type:
Fiction

Year:
2022

Director:
Rêger Azad

Producer:
Rojava FIlm Commune

Country:
Kurdistan (Rojava)

Languages:
Kurdish, Arabic

Subtitles:
English

While selling yogurt in Kobanê, Hüseyin and his daughter Zelal meet Hemudê on their way, who is looking for his home. Their one-day journey witnesses many misfortunes and a new society after the Kobanê war.

Rêger Azad Kaya was born in 1992 in Agiri (Ağrı), North Kurdistan (Turkey). He studied radio, television, and cinema at Akdeniz University in Antalya.
Initially Rêger Azad made travel documentaries for Kurdish TV. Then he moved to North and East Syria and worked as a cinematographer and editor on short films. As an actor, he had a leading role in the film Ji Bo Azadiyê (2019). He worked as an actor and as casting director for the film Kobanê (2022).
He directed his first feature film When the Seedlings Grow (Gava Şitil Mezin Dibin) with the Rojava Film Commune. He continues his cinema work in North and East Syria.