Synopsis
Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy there. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and tell her story in a book.
9 Days at Raqqa (2020) is a 1h 28min documentary feature film by Xavier de Lauzanne. Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2020).
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- Lumiere Awards 2022 generic
- It's All True - International Documentary Festival 2021 generic
- Bolton International Film Festival 2020
- Cannes Film Festival 2020 generic
- Rome Film Festival 2020 generic
