# Xalko

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***Xalko*** is a Canadian documentary film, directed by [Sami Mermer](/source/Sami_Mermer) and [Hind Benchekroun](/source/Hind_Benchekroun) and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles Mermer's own birthplace of Xalko, a [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_people) village in [Turkey](/source/Turkey) where the women are preserving Kurdish tradition after most of the men have left as refugees from the [Kurdish–Turkish conflict](/source/Kurdish%E2%80%93Turkish_conflict_(2015%E2%80%93present)).[2]

The film premiered in November 2018 at the [Montreal International Documentary Festival](/source/Montreal_International_Documentary_Festival).[3] It won the [Prix Iris](/source/Prix_Iris) for [Best Documentary Film](/source/Prix_Iris_for_Best_Documentary_Film) at the [22nd Quebec Cinema Awards](/source/22nd_Quebec_Cinema_Awards) in 2020,[4] and Mermer received a nomination for [Best Cinematography in a Documentary](/source/Prix_Iris_for_Best_Cinematography_in_a_Documentary).[5]

## References

1. André Lavoie, ["«Xalko»: partir pour un morceau de pain"](https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/565576/partir-pour-un-morceau-de-pain). *[Le Devoir](/source/Le_Devoir)*, October 25, 2019.

1. André Duchesne, ["Xalko : les vraies gardiennes"](https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2020-05-22/xalko-les-vraies-gardiennes). *[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))*, May 22, 2020.

1. Pat Mullen, ["RIDM Announces 2018 Line-up"](http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/ridm-announces-2018-line-up) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200612151232/http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/ridm-announces-2018-line-up) 2020-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. *[Point of View](/source/Point_of_View_(magazine))*, October 18, 2018.

1. ["Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix"](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1710960/gala-quebec-cinema-prix-iris-antigone-gagnant) (in French). [Radio-Canada](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation). June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

1. ["Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices). [Ici Radio-Canada](/source/Ici_Radio-Canada), April 23, 2020.

## External links

- [Xalko](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9619800/) at IMDb

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