Belki Sibe is an award-winning documentary film that reveals an 18-month journey through war and revolution in Rozhava, the western part of Kurdistan, in northeastern Syria. The Film straddles the advance and victory of the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, including the story of the International Freedom Battalion, where the director was primarily deployed. It depicts military life and battles at the front, as well as civilian life in the rear and the social transformation that the autonomous Democratic administration is trying to carry out. In both areas, the role of women's liberation and empowerment is visible. The Film follows a timeline from July 2016 (the Battle of Manbij) to the end of 2017 (the liberation of Ra Alterna and the collapse of the Islamic caliphate), but also includes footage from late 2021 when the director returned to rozawa. There is no main character in Belk / SIB / to guide the narrative. Instead, there are several voices from different places that come together to synthesize a collective narrative, both from the point of view of internationalists and local residents.
Directed By: Ale Modulis Daloumis
Ale modulis Daloumis is a filmmaker and journalist of British and Greek roots, born in London and raised in Athens, where he also lives. It deals mainly with social movements, environmental issues and conflict zones.
He also worked as a gardener, Greek language teacher, actor, waiter and soldier. He studied film, video, photography, and new media at the University of Modulestminster and theatre studies at the University of Athens.
The event takes place as part of solidarity activities with the Rozava revolution, whose existence has been seriously threatened again since the beginning of 2026 due to attacks by jihadist militias and the Syrian army. The event is organized by the board of Education, an anti-authoritarian platform, as part of the Borka Vida political school program.
Belki Sibe je večkrat nagrajeni dokumentarni film, ki razkriva 18-mesečno potovanje skozi vojno in revolucijo v Rožavi, zahodnem delu Kurdistana, v severovzhodni Siriji. Film se razteza med napredovanjem in zmago Sirskih demokratičnih sil proti ISIS, vključno z zgodbo Mednarodnega bataljona svobode, kjer je bil režiser v prvi vrsti razporejen. Prikazuje vojaško življenje in bitke na fronti, pa tudi civilno življenje v zaledju in socialno preobrazbo, ki jo poskuša izvesti Avtonomna demokratična uprava. Na obeh področjih je vidna vloga osvoboditve in opolnomočenja žensk. Film sledi časovni osi od julija 2016 (bitka za Manbij) do konca leta 2017 (osvoboditev Raqqe in propad islamskega kalifata), vendar vključuje tudi posnetke iz konca leta 2021, ko se je režiser vrnil v Rožavo. V filmu Belkî Sibê ni glavnega junaka, ki bi vodil pripoved. Namesto tega je več glasov iz različnih krajev, ki se združijo v sintezo kolektivne pripovedi, tako z vidika internacionalistov kot tudi lokalnih prebivalcev.
Režija: Alexis Daloumis
Alexis Daloumis je filmski ustvarjalec in novinar britanskega in grškega korenin, rojen v Londonu, odraščal pa je v Atenah, kjer tudi živi. Ukvarja se predvsem z družbenimi gibanji, okoljskimi vprašanji in konfliktnimi območji.
Delal je tudi kot vrtnar, učitelj grškega jezika, igralec, natakar in vojak. Študiral je film, video, fotografijo in nove medije na Univerzi Westminster ter gledališke študije na Univerzi v Atenah.
Dogodek poteka v sklopu solidarnostnih aktivnosti z revolucijo v Rožavi, katere obstoj je zaradi napadov džihadističnih milic in sirske vojske od začetka leta 2026 ponovno resno ogrožen. Dogodek organizira Odbor za izobraževanje, Antiavtoritarna platforma, v sklopu programa Politične šole borke Vide.
