HAWAR, our banished children
Directed by Pascale Bourgaux
Soon to be filmed
Feature film | Fiction | 74min
Co-production with Belgium
In 2014, Daesh took control of Northern Iraq, home to the Yazidi community. They separated families, killing the men and kidnapping the women and girls, who were then “offered” to the jihad fighters. The reporter and filmmaker Pascale Bourgaux tells the story of the children born during this period of captivity, “the bastards of Daesh”, shedding light on this human tragedy.
World premiere at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Visions du Réel, which took place from 21 to 30 April 2023 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Screenings :
Saturday April 22 at 3:30pm - Usine à Gaz 1, in presence of the director
Tuesday 25 April at 6pm - Théâtre de Grand-Champ, Gland
FIPADOC 2024 : selected in the Women in the Media Awards category, from 19 to 27 January
https://fipadoc.com/fr/laureat/prix-pour-les-femmes-dans-les-medias-202422.01.2024 at 11:45am - LE ROYAL SALLE 3
25.01.2024 at 12pm - GARE DU MIDI - ATALAYA
27.01.2024 at 2pm - BELLEVUE AUDITORIUM
FIFDH, Impact days: pitching on 12 March 2024.
https://fifdh.org/pro/catalogue/2024/hawar-our-banished-children/
Full press review (screenshot + pdf) available here : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/by6grsjf4sn4slb/AAACzBgY7TgDMoev1XBb1GpMa?dl=0
RTS interview Pascale Bourgaux : https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2023/audio/les-enfants-bannis-des-yezidis-interview-de-pascale-bourgaux-26120519.html
Steve Kopian - USA : http://www.unseenfilms.net/2023/04/hawar-our-banished-children-visions-du.html
Zoé Penelle - Belgique : https://www.lesoir.be/509042/article/2023-04-23/hawar-nos-enfants-bannis-une-mere-yezidie-brise-lomerta
Chris Jones - USA : https://ohmr.themailnewspapers.com/resilience-and-strength-a-story-of-yazidi-women-rising-above-adversity/
Mark Adams - UK : https://businessdoceurope.com/visions-du-reel-review-hawar-our-banished-children-by-pascale-bourgaux/
Ilaria Falcone - Italy : https://www.nonsolocinema.com/hawar-our-banished-children-di-pascale-bourgaux.html
Riccardo Gallegos - Mexique : https://laestatuilla.com/criticas/critica-de-hawar-our-banished-children-visions-du-reel-2023/