Yara Khalil
Yara Khalil (1995) is a Syrian-Kurdish film director, writer, and feminist activist. She studied cello at the Arabic Music Institute in Aleppo. In 2012, she moved to Turkey, where she began working in exile journalism and became a two-time winner of the Munathara Initiative. Today, Yara lives in Berlin and has completed both her BA and MA in Film Directing at the Film University Babelsberg.
Her short films have been invited to various festivals and platforms, including DOK Leipzig, the BAFTA longlist, and IDFA.
Yara Khalil (1995) ist eine syrisch-kurdische Filmregisseurin, Autorin und feministische Aktivistin. Sie studierte Cello am Arabischen Musikinstitut in Aleppo. 2012 zog sie in die Türkei, wo sie im Exiljournalismus zu arbeiten begann und zweifache Preisträgerin der Munathara-Initiative wurde. Heute lebt Yara in Berlin und hat ihren Bachelor- und Master-Abschluss in Filmregie an der Filmuniversität Babelsberg absolviert.
Ihre Kurzfilme wurden zu verschiedenen Festivals und Plattformen eingeladen, darunter DOK Leipzig, die BAFTA-Longlist und IDFA.
Yara Xelîl (1995) derhênera fîlman, nivîskar û çalakvana femînîst a Kurd-Sûrî ye. Wê li Enstîtuya Muzîka Erebî ya li Helebê çello xwend. Di sala 2012an de, ew çû Tirkiyeyê, li wir dest bi rojnamegeriya li sirgûnê kir û du caran bû serketîya Înîsiyatîfa Munathara. Îro, Yara li Berlînê dijî û hem BA û hem jî MAya xwe ya Derhêneriya Fîlman li Zanîngeha Fîlmê Babelsberg qedandiye.
Kurtefîlmên wê ji bo festîval û platformên cûrbecûr hatine vexwendin, di nav de DOK Leipzig, lîsteya dirêj a BAFTA, û IDFA.
