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International Feature Film Competition

The Town That Drove Away

Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch
2025

logline In Kurdistan, the last residents of an ancient town watch helplessly as centuries old traditions disappear when the Turkish government floods their land. synopsis Hasankeyf, a town with millennia of history, disappears under water by Erdoğan’s orders, swallowed up by a massive and prestigious dam project. Promises of modern life strip the people of their identity and old homes, replacing them with new buildings cast in concrete. Rengin, a Kurdish shepherd, and Burak, the local barber, find themselves trapped in a political game where survival depends on obeying strange new rules: unmarried residents lose the right to a house, and farmers are forced to give up their animals. Each new restriction reminds them that their lives will never be their own—they are merely pieces in a system that demands obedience and submission. Everything they once knew has been torn away forever, leaving behind only family pride and a fragile sense of dignity.

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Realization: Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch
Gender: Documentary
Country: Poland
Year of debut: 2025
Duration: 70′

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DATE: 15 October
TIME: 18:00
LOCAL: Seia Municipal House of Culture Cineteatro

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