Rojek (film)
Rojek is a 2022 Canadian documentary film written, directed and produced by Zaynê Akyol. It is about the recovery of Kurdistan from the Rojava–Islamist conflict with a special emphasis on interviews with imprisoned former members of the Islamic State about their motivations. It was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Release

The film premiered on April 13, 2022 at the Visions du Réel film festival in Switzerland. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury. See also
 List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
 List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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2022 films
2022 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
Films set in Kurdistan

Kurdish-language films
2020s English-language films
English-language Canadian films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Arabic-language films
Arabic-language Canadian films
2020s French-language films
2020s German-language films
2020s Canadian films