Dol is the story of Azad, forced to flee Turkish Kurdistan on his wedding day. In his flight, he crosses the Iraqi Kurdistan, then the Iranian Kurdistan, sharing the lives of other exiles and refugees, and of all the Kurds in search of a land and of peace. “Dol”, in Kurdish, refers to a traditional drum used for festivities as well as for funerals. Through this music and the intimous link between joy and sadness that runs through the film, Hiner Saleem tells the oppression endured by the Kurdish people.

Hiner Saleem
Born in 1964, Hiner Saleem escaped from Iraqi Kurdistan to Italy where he studied political science. Today he lives as filmmaker, painter and author in Paris, and works for the recognition of Kurdish people rights. In 2004, he published an autobiographical book “My Father‘s Rifle – a childhood in Kurdistan” which has been translated to several languages. In 2005, he was made “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres“ by the French Minister of Culture. For his last films Kilometre Zero and Dol, he returned to his Kurdish homeland.