Women’s Country

‘Women’s Country’, follows the director’s everlasting search for the meaning of home. Often defined by memories and people, is it transient or stable? And can it be tied to a location? In an era where thousands of people are making perilous journeys to find a safe home while others discover new habitable planets in space, these questions cover more than the personal questioning of a Turkish filmmaker moving to the USA. Displaced by the war in Syria and resettled in Florida, USA, Fatima and Huda join her in the exploration of what does it mean to build a new home; to leave things and people behind, by choice or not, and how the past is weaved into the present.

​Writer & Director & Producer & Editor: Şirin Bahar DEMIREL
Original music: Tolga GÜRPINAR
DP & Camera: Şirin Bahar DEMIREL 
Re-recording Artist: Carlos Miranda 

Festival Screenings and Awards

 -56th Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, 2019 – Best Documentary Award
-12th DOCUMENTARIST Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey, 2019
-13th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival, Turkey, 2019
-10th Which Human Rights? Film Festival, Batman, Turkey, 2019
-10th Human Rights Documentary Days, İzmir, Turkey, 2019
-3rd Women Filmmakers Festival, Izmir, Turkey, 2020 
-Festival of Migrant Films, Slovenia, 2020
-39th Istanbul International Film Festival, 2020
-31st Ankara International Film Festival, 2020
-Istanbul Modern Museum, Count Us In! Program, 2020
-Global Migration Film Festival, UK, 2020 
-Unheard Stories Online Film Festival by EU, Belgium, 2021
-18th Festival du Cinéma de Turquie à Paris, France - 23.09.2021
-Orient Express Filmtage, three screenings at Bern & Zurich & Basel, Switzerland - October & November, 2021
-Sharjah Film Platform, United Arab Emirates, 2021

Private Screenings
-Flying Broom Association - Uçan Süpürge Vakfı ve Mülkiyeliler, 2020
-Izmir Tabip Odası-Chamber of Medicine, 2021
-Izmir TMMOB Kadın Çalışmaları, 2021
-Insan Haklari Gundemi Dernegi, Online Screenings, 2021