AGIR
By The Tulips | Published | No Comments
For one of our shorts in development; looking for support. All bits are very welcome. Be part of a promising project and support Young Talents. We will shoot this promising short film in Almeria, end of September 2025.
“A Kurdish resistance fighter returns home to see her dying mother—but it’s almost too late.”
Why We’re Making This Film
When a Kurdish resistance fighter returns home to see her ailing mother, she is confronted with the years she had to miss her family. With the watchful neighbours breathing down her neck, she searches for forgiveness, tries to overcome her guilt and finally has to accept that these are the last hours she can spend with her mother.
This film explores themes of exile, family, and the things we sometimes realize too late. Although fictionalized, Agir is inspired by real events—and by the director’s personal story.
S Y N O P S I S
Rewșen, a Kurdish resistance fighter, receives a letter from her older sister that their mother is frighteningly ill. She says goodbye to her comrades and leaves the front against the battle front in Syria. Her home is just across the border in Turkey, where she is unjustly branded as a terrorist. After a torturous journey, she arrives in her village and sneaks home like a thief in the night. However, she is spotted by the curious neighbour’s son. After years away from home, she finally sees her sister again and discovers that her mother is dying. With urgency, Rewșen must come to terms with the grim truth that her mother is beyond any hope of recovery. These are the last hours she can spend with her. When a neighbour threatens to betray them, Rewșen is faced with a choice: flee and learn to live with an imperfect goodbye or stay and put her life in danger. But her mother’s breath nears its end, and Rewșen finds it impossible to leave now. Together with her sister, she
spends her mother’s last moments. Then, the secret service barges in Rewșen tries to flee…
Biography
Rasim Asan, screenwriter & director
Rasim Asan was born in Beytüssebap, a town in the Southeast Anatolian region of Turkey. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to Mersin, a bustling port city on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast. After completing high school, he became active in the local theater scene, working as an actor in several institutions across Turkey. Rasim was also engaged in Kurdish cultural and democratic activism, particularly through language and theater. Due to the political climate and ongoing repression of Kurdish identity, he faced repeated arrests. When imprisonment became a near certainty, Rasim was forced to flee the country. He arrived in Belgium as a political refugee, learned Dutch, and pursued his passion for film. In 2021, Rasim graduated from the RITCS School of Arts in Brussels with a Master’s degree in Audiovisual Arts – Film Directing. He currently lives and works in Brussels, dedicating himself to stories that are personal, political, and poetic.
Please click on the GOFUNDME link to support
Leave a Reply