Zaynê Akyol Biography

Awards

• 2016Kurdish Cinema Competition-Best Kurdish Documentary Film: winner
• 2016Special Jury Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2016Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016Doc Alliance Selection Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016Best Feature Film-International Competition: winner
• 2016Quebec/Canada Best Hope Award-: winner
• 2016Olhar Award - Best Film-: nominated
• 2016Jury Prize-: winner
• 2016Tiempo de Historia Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2017Prix Iris-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Social Justice Award-: nominated
• 2022Special Mention from the Jury-Best documentary International Competition: nominated
• 2022Human Rights Award-Human Rights Dox: nominated
• 2022Best Canadian Feature Film Award-Warner Media New Voices for Underrepresented Filmmakers Award: winner
• 2022Jury Special Mention-Regional Panaroma: winner
• 2022Directors Guild Special Jury Prize-Special Jury Prize: winner
• 2022Special Mention of the Testimony on Politics Jury-Testimonies: winner
• 2022Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis-: winner
• 2022Artistic Expression Award-Feature Film Competition: winner
• 2022Tiempo de Historia Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2022Tiempo de Historia Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Jury Award-Best Topics Documentary: winner
• 2023Special Jury Award-Festival Choice Competition: winner
• 2023Prix Iris-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2023Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2024Best Feature Documentary Film-Best Connecting Cultures Film Award: winner
• 2024Golden Tree Award-Best Feature Documentary: winner