ISHAQ

ISHAQ

ISHAQ

Director: Tuna Kaptan
Short film | Germany, Iraq | 2025
20 min | Dolby 5.1

59th Hof International Film Festival
2025

After losing her daughter to ISIS, Silvi travels to Iraqi Kurdistan to meet her grandson Ishaq, who lives in an orphanage. Despite cultural barriers and the burden of shared trauma, she fights step by step to build a connection with him. But as Silvi’s return journey to Germany approaches, she must make a momentous decision.

With Anna Sophie Schindler, Bettina Hoppe, Daniel Kamal, Mahabad Ibrahim

Screenplay Tuna Kaptan, Cinematography Semih Yildiz, Editing Lucian Toro Hirsch, Beatrice Babin, Set design Hashim Shaji, Costume design Jasmeen Waleed, Casting Anna Sophie Schindler, Sound Hiwa Shew, Sound design Nils Gradlowsky, Music Chiara Strickland, TV Commissioning Editor Claudia Gladzejewski, Production Tuna Kaptan