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2026

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The Circle

14 min. | Drama

An ordinary school day turns into a life changing event for an ethnic Kurd Zelal and her introvert admirer, Zeki, after their Turkish teacher introduces the letter of the week ‘O’…

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Rûken Tekeş

Rûken Tekeş

Rûken Tekeş worked a number of years as human rights expert for United Nations, a lecturing professor on human rights as well as representative of NGOs and an activist for social collective initiatives. After having a serious injury in 2014, she was in long bed rest where she has developed a number of stories and screenplays with an aim of advocating human rights. "Hevêrk" is her debut film.
Languages
Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Hevêrk
Produced
2016: Türkiye

Film information

Director
Rûken Tekeş
More information
www.imdb.com
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