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'Xalko' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2018.Andr Lavoie, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/565576/partir-pour-un-morceau-de-pain "Xalko: partir pour un morceau de pain"]. 'Le Devoir', October 25, 2019. The film profiles Mermer's own birthplace of Xalko, a Kurdish village in Turkey where the women are preserving Kurdish tradition after most of the men have left as refugees from the KurdishTurkish conflict.Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2020-05-22/xalko-les-vraies-gardiennes "Xalko : les vraies gardiennes"]. 'La Presse', May 22, 2020.
The film premiered in November 2018 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/ridm-announces-2018-line-up "RIDM Announces 2018 Line-up"]. 'Point of View', October 18, 2018. It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, and Mermer received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Qubec Cinma"]. Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
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