Dersim Zerevan
An activist, a writer, a director, Dersim Zerevan was born in Qamishlo, in the Rojava region
of Syria in 1980. She was on the frontlines of the social movements against the persecution of the Kurds by the Syrian regime between 1996-2000. She wrote a guerrilla memoirs afterwards. She studied cinema at Halil Ibrahim Uysal. Her first film was about Kurdish revolutionary Sakine Cansiz, “Sara, my whole life was a
struggle”, in 2018. She is a member and co-founder of the Collective Kezi.
Dersim Zerevan, Aktivist, Schriftsteller und Regisseur, wurde 1980 in Qamishlo in der Region Rojava
in Rojava, Syrien, 1980 geboren. Zwischen 1996 und 2000 stand sie an vorderster Front der sozialen Bewegungen gegen die Verfolgung der Kurden durch das syrische Regime. Danach schrieb sie ihre Guerilla-Memoiren. Sie studierte Kino bei Halil Ibrahim Uysal. Ihr erster Film war über die kurdische Revolutionärin Sakine Cansiz, "Sara, mein ganzes Leben war ein
Kampf", im Jahr 2018. Sie ist Mitglied und Mitbegründerin des Kollektivs Kezi.
Têkoşer, nivîskar, derhêner Dêrsim Zêrevan di sala 1980 de li bajarê Qamişlo yê Rojavayê Sûriyê ji dayîk bûye. Di navbera salên 1996-2000 de li eniya tevgerên civakî yên li dijî çewsandina Kurdan ji aliyê rejîma Sûriyê ve cih girt. Piştre bîranînên gerîlayan nivîsand. Li cem Halîl Îbrahîm Uysal sînema xwendiye. Yekemîn fîlma wê ya li ser şoreşgera Kurd Sakîne Cansiz a bi navê “Sara, jiyana min hemû têkoşîn bû” di sala 2018’an de, endam û damezrînerên Kolektîfa Kezî ye.
ern Iraq. It has been produced by Komina Film A Rojava, the cinema center of Rojava
Autonomous Region, and by Nujiyan Film Production, a company of women Kurdish film-
makers, in collaboration with the Italian company FAR out FILMS.
