Movie
The Phantom Pain of Rojava
2026
A quiet, humane documentary that sits with wounded fighters, letting their hopes and losses settle slowly into you.
- Directed by
- Maryam Ebrahimi
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Five friends reside in a home for injured guerrillas in Rojava, a post-war region. Portrays the hopes and dreams of the soldiers, who were once the world's heroes but are now abandoned in their fight for equality in the Middle East.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- War, survival, healing, friendship
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Maryam Ebrahimi
- Genres
- Documentary