Sara

سارا

By Harde SAMIR

ELSA IMAGE - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, VOD, Airline, World / PROD

Documentary - Production 2026

After losing her right leg in a Turkish bombardment in northern Syria, a Kurdish girl now living as a refugee in Iraq struggles to rebuild her life—learning to walk again, expressing her story through art, and waiting for a chance at safety as her family seeks asylum in Europe.

    • Year of production
    • 2026
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Art - Culture, First film, War
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • KURDISH, ENGLISH, ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 71 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Harde SAMIR
    • Producer(s)
    • Elaheh NOBAKHT (ELI Image), Saeed SHEIDI (NULL)
    • Synopsis
    • A Kurdish girl from Qamishli, Syria, loses her leg and her brother during a Turkish bombardment in 2019. Now living as a refugee in Iraq, Sara rebuilds her life through school, painting, and repeated hospital visits while adapting to disability and exile. As her family struggles to secure asylum and medical care, Sara transforms her trauma into art, holding onto dreams of a future beyond war.