Peshmerga is a documentary film by the French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was granted a late entry to the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as a special screening. It consists of a "close-up look" at the Peshmerga, the fighting force of the Kurds, battling to establish the state of Kurdistan across the existing states of Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.[1]

Peshmerga
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Directed byBernard-Henri Lévy
Release date
  • 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesKurdish, French

Peshmerga was chosen as an official selection at the New York Jewish Film Festival in January 2017.[2] It was later screened at the United Nations in November 2017 [3]and at the US Congress in March 2018.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Frater, Patrick (16 May 2016). "Cannes Adds Bernard-Henri Levy's 'Peshmerga' to Official Selection". Variety.
  2. ^ Film at Lincoln Center (12 December 2016). "Main Slate of 26th New York Jewish Film Festival Revealed". Film at Lincoln Center.
  3. ^ Rudaw (29 November 2017). "Filmmaker brings Peshmerga to United Nations". Rudaw.
  4. ^ Ali, Rebaz (7 March 2018). "Peshmerga documentary screened on Capitol Hill". Rudaw.
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