Sabaya

🏆 Sabaya received the main prize, Big Stamp Award for Best Film at ZagrebDox in Croatia. Many thanks to the festival and all the jury members.

An article and interview by David Stavrou Kay in Haaretz about the film Sabaya and the captured Yazidi women.
https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/cinema/.premium-MAGAZINE-1.10594254?fbclid=IwAR3C3UEzKNv0OgeZ_5rHPVlNgzSiTT6Y8eQ4hKjLDsy9RZfp2kaTRTZfGVI

Sabaya received Guldbaggen for best documentary in Sweden. Hogir Hirori
Big congratulations to the whole Sabaya team.

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Hogir Hirori för SABAYA 🌟

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Sabaya Fortfarande hålls kidnappade yazidiska kvinnor fångna som slavar av IS i det ökända flyktinglägret al-Hol i Syrien. De kallas sabaya och har tvingats till år av förtryck och förnedring. Med risk för sina egna liv arbetar Yazidi Home Center för att befria dem. Svensk prisbelönt dokumentär...

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Film fest report (Top 10 Documentaries of 2021)
"Sabaya is an extraordinarily immersive, harrowing and heartbreaking documentary"

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Esquire "Documentaries don’t come much more nerve-wracking than Sabaya, a suspenseful portrait of sacrifice, suffering and courage under fire."

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Sabaya is nominated for two Golden Bug categories in Sweden, for best documentary and best film script.
Congratulations to the whole team.

DN "En driven, fokuserad och rakt på sak-skildring utan heroisering." 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nattliga räddningsaktioner utan sensationslystnad i laddade ”Sabaya” - DN.SE Hogir Hirori har gjort dokumentären ”Sabaya” som kretsar kring frivilliga krafter som försöker rädda yazidiska slavar från lägret al-Hol i Syrien.

Aftonbladet "En urstark dokumentär om kampen för att frita de yazidiska kvinnor och flickor som har tvingats utstå det obeskrivliga under" 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

”Sabaya” – en thrillerdokumentär om helvetet på jorden FILMRECENSION Den svensk-kurdiske ”The deminer”-regissören Hogir Hirori är tillbaka med en urstark dokumentär om kampen

🏆 SABAYA received a Bronze Horse for Best International Documentary at the 32nd Stockholm International Film Festival.

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Mahmud in my film Sabaya passed away of a heart attack yesterday 16th November 2021.
Dearest Mahmud, I can’t believe you are no longer with us!
For so many years you worked day and night and risked your own life to save so many kidnapped Yazidi women and girls from ISIS and reunite them with their families. You have left us too soon, in great grief and sorrow. You will be eternally missed and we will forever keep the memories of you in our hearts.
/Hogir Hirori

Another award for SABAYA and it is a very prestigious one!🏆
Asia Pacific Screen Award 2021 for Best Documentary Feature Film.

Best Documentary Feature Film, SABAYA. Directed by Hogir Hirori, produced by Antonio Russo Merenda and Hogir Hirori (Sweden).

MTV Documentary Films Sabaya Sundance Film Festival Docaviv דוקאביב 香港國際電影節 Hong Kong International Film Festival - HKIFF ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL

https://youtu.be/YuGeqAVyq58

SABAYA will be the opening film of the Documentary Competition at the 32nd Stockholm International Film Festival.
The first screening is on November the 12th

Filmer | Stockholms filmfestival

🏆 El Gouna Bronze Star for International Documentary Film.

BBC outlook
An interview with Sabaya director Hogir Hirori and the main character Leila.

Outlook - The secret mission to rescue women kidnapped by IS - BBC Sounds One enslaved woman’s daring escape from Syria, and the filmmaker who documented it

Moderntimes:
”Hirori is not just an «experienced filmmaker,» but someone who has dedicated an entire career to documenting traumatised characters in dangerous war zones.”

Sabaya: He said, she said, she said | Modern Times Review Sabaya and consent in documentary.

Nordiskfilmogtvfond:
”He just came back from a trip to Iraq where he met again with key participants in his film.”

Sabaya director collects statement from Yazidi women exempting him of ill faith Hogir Hirori provides proof of consent from key participants to close controversy.

🏆 The has praised SABAYA with a special mention at the festival, with the jury highlighting "the brave filmmaking done with humility and urgency".

These are the winners of the 17th Zurich Film Festival The prizes of the 17th Zurich Film Festival were presented this evening during the Award Night at Zurich Opera House. The main prizes were awarded in the festival’s three main competition categories: A Golden Eye goes to each of the films LA MIF by Fred Baillif (Focus Competition), A CHIARA by...

Concerning the Sabaya controversy
- statement by the director, Hogir Hirori.
“…I don’t think you can work with documentary films about human beings in distress as protagonists if you are not prepared to interact with them for a long time, live with them, get involved with their lives for extended periods of time. Researching, getting access, achieving trust, shooting, editing, and standing by your film for the rest of your life.”

SABAYA THE FILM Statement I have chosen to spend the last seven years of my life making three films about the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq for two main reasons. First, because since the creation of the ISIS caliphate I have felt a deep personal urge to expose the ongoing tragedy of a region that is my home, where my fa...

DW review
"Hogir Hirori's award-winning documentary portrays the struggles of activists determined to save Yazidi girls and women who were captured by the "Islamic State."

Documentary 'Sabaya' shows rescue of 'IS' s*x slaves | DW | 18.09.2021 Hogir Hirori's award-winning documentary portrays the struggles of activists determined to save Yazidi girls and women who were captured by the "Islamic State."

Two 🏆🏆for Sabaya in Poland.
Sabaya won two awards at Millennium Docs Against Gravity.
Many thanks to all jury members and the festival. Congratulations to the whole team.

The Guardian Sabaya review ★★★★
"extraordinary documentary shows struggle to free women kidnapped by Isis"

Sabaya review – extraordinary documentary shows struggle to free women kidnapped by Isis Hogir Hirori’s film follows Mahmud as he and his team of volunteers infiltrate the dangerous al-Hawl camp in Syria to liberate Yazidi women trafficked as s*x slaves

CINEVUE Film Review: Sabaya ★★★★★
"“Daesh [ISIS] feel they have the right to use sabaya girls as personal slaves. To r**e them and sell them.”"

Film Review: Sabaya - CineVue ★★★★★ “Daesh [ISIS] feel they have the right to use sabaya girls as personal slaves. To r**e them and sell them.” The horrors of life for Yazidi women inside the refugee camp of Al-Hol are laid bare in Kurdish-Swedish filmmaker Hogir Horiri’s devastating documentary, […]

The Guardian
Sabaya: the shocking documentary filmed inside Syria’s notorious al-Hawl camp.

Sabaya: the shocking documentary filmed inside Syria’s notorious al-Hawl camp With car chases and shootouts, it may feel like a Hollywood action flick, but, as the director, Hogir Hirori, explains, the film is really about the exploited women and girls there

”Sabaya is one of the most important films I feel that I have ever seen” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Review: Sabaya from Guy At The Movies Sabaya is currently playing in limited theaters with expansion expected this week.

"Sabaya [is] truly one of the great films of the year. An utterly engrossing masterwork."

Joshua Reviews Hogir Hirori’s Sabaya [Theatrical Review] This new documentary from MTV Documentary Films and director Hogir Hirori is a thrilling, often chilling, look into the life of women kidnapped into slavery, and the volunteers willing to risk their…

The Daily Beast: "One of the best docs of the year is “Sabaya,”
Now in theaters in the United States

The Real-Life Superheroes Rescuing ISIS S*x Slaves One of the best docs of the year is “Sabaya,” a suspenseful film following brave agents who put their lives on the line to rescue Yazidi s*x slaves from the clutches of ISIS.

The New York Times: "Remarkable... a film about the light that breaks through the darkest of darknesses."
is a The New York Times CRITIC'S PICK. In theaters in US tomorrow. MTV Documentary Films

‘Sabaya’ Review: Light Breaking Through Darkness This intrepid, immersive documentary follows the men and women who rescue Yazidi girls kidnapped and held by Islamic State fighters in a Syrian refugee camp.

Los Angeles Times Review:
Heroes on both sides of the camera in documentary ‘Sabaya’

Review: Heroes on both sides of the camera in documentary 'Sabaya' Hogir Hirori’s harrowing documentary 'Sabaya,' about efforts to rescue women and girls being held by ISIS in Syria.

SABAYA just won the Oscar qualifying International Competition at Docaviv. "Best International Documentary Award".

Taxidrivers (Italian) review
"Sabaya: al Biografilm un racconto di coraggio e sacrifici "

Sabaya: al Biografilm un racconto di coraggio e sacrifici - Taxidrivers.it In anteprima italiana al Biografilm Festival, Sabaya illustra le vicende dell'organizzazione di volontari Yazidi Home Center.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Sabaya
"Sabaya is a challenging documentary that establishes Hogir Hirori as one of the most exciting documentary filmmakers working today."

SPL!NG Movie Review: Sabaya Human trafficking is prevalent in all parts of the world with an estimated five million people subjected to s*xual exploitation. 'Sabaya' focuses on the Al-Hol camp in Syria.

🎥 DOCVILLE starts today with Sabaya as their opening film. We feel very honored. 🎬

LAATSTE PLAATSEN OPENINGSFILM | "Remarkable... an intense, deeply embedded documentary following the painstaking and perilous rescue of Yazidi women" - Variety

“Harrowing, visceral, and unprecedented, Hogir Hirori’s Sabaya makes most other documentaries seem like amateur home videos.” - Film Threat

Docville 2021 gaat vandaag, woensdag 9 juni, van start met 'Sabaya' ⚡️ De openingsfilm is bijna uitverkocht, haast je voor nog een plaatsje! Gelukkig speelt 'Sabaya' ook nog andere dagen. De vertoning van zaterdag 12/10 wordt bovendien gevolgd door het DOCVILLE+ tafelgesprek 'Leven na IS'. Mis deze nagelbijtende thriller niet! Tickets voor vanavond via docville.be/nl/film/openingsfilm-sabaya en voor de andere dagen via docville.be/nl/film/sabaya

We are honored and proud that Sabaya received two film awards at the Doc Edge Film Festival in New Zealand today.
🏆 The award for Best International Director: Hogir Hirori and 🏆 the Special Mention for Best International Feature.
Thanks to the jury members and to the selection committee. And big congratulations to the whole team.

Sabaya will be screened at DocsBarcelona festival - Panorama, today 19:00.

Sabaya - DocsBarcelona A group of Yazidi women infiltrate the dangerous camp of Al-Hol, from where they fled, to rescue their peers forced into s*xual slavery by Daesh.