Surrounded by ISIS
TV Grand Format trophy at Prix Bayeux-Calvados 2015
Special Gvc Onlus Prize at Terra di Tutti Film Festival 2015
Awarded best reportage at DIG Awards 2015
A film by Xavier Muntz
An empowering narrative from inside the war. When multicultural and heterogenous allies give hope. In December 2014 ISIS militants managed to completely surround the town of Sinjar in Iraq. The Yedezi Kurdish residents of the mountain town, which lies about 50km from the Syrian border, are trapped. But they are not beaten. Xavier Muntz was dropped by helicopter into Sinjar and spent...