For the first time, the battles against ISIS soldiers were filmed up close. December 2014, Islamic State forces completely surrounded the Sinjar mountain, west of Mosul in Iraq. They control all the roads. Fleeing is impossible. A population of Yezidi Kurds, Muslims and Christians are prisoners in the villages of Sinjar. The fights are daily, house by house. The merciless circle closes on the meager Kurdish forces who resist, poorly armed against Daesh.

A film by Xavier Muntz

SCAM Star Prize
Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize
DIG Awards

0:00 A Premières Lignes co-production - Arte

0:57 Humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq as the Yezidis are surrounded by the Islamic State.
5:43 Resistance against the Islamic State in Sinjar.
12:53 Surrounded by the Islamic State, foreign fighters prepare for combat.
23:26 Kurdish fighters are fighting for independence and equality for women in the region, despite losses and obstacles.
35:06 Fierce battle against the Islamic State for the freedom and land of the Kurds.