Dream’s Gate

“Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi travels to the war zone of Northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the YPJ – an all-female Kurdish militia. Armed only with her camera, she captures the struggles, hopes, and joys of these incredible women, for whom the fight against ISIS is also their way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society. Weaving together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat, Negin creates a personal, visual diary that intimately explores the role of women in battle and examines the cost of achieving equality and freedom in this tumultuous region.”

Women, Life, Freedom. Where did such words were coined? What struggle eventuated such existence? Being-in-the-world as a Kurdish woman. Following Negin Ahmadi through her subjective camera a journey begins. Crossing borders from one Kurdish town to another, we discover the all Kurdish female battalion whose very name terrified the blood thirsty men of ISIS. It was under the rain of ISIS bullets where the words Women, Life, Freedom were borne. It was these brave women who picked up arms to outmatch the brutal adversary of ISIS bent on enslaving women. What gave these Kurdish women such a remarkable resilience? Only one love that never dies. The Love of Freedom.