2025 | Poland | Documentary

The Town That Drove Away

  • Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish English, French 70 mins
  • Director | Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch
  • Writer | Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski
  • Producer | Katarzyna Kostecka

STATUS: Released

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​​The historic village of Hasankeyf, a Kurdish majority settlement, is ordered to relocate after plans are made to build a dam. The stark beauty of the Anatolian landscape frames the devastated buildings, the site of a political game requiring obedience and submission. When all has disappeared, only a bitter and unsettling sense of dignity will remain.

Hasankeyf Kurdish Culture Forced Relocation Dam Construction Cultural Heritage Loss
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