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Hell and Hope

Islamic State militants abducted, raped, tortured and sold thousands of girls. A few girls risked their lives to escape. What happened to them? This documentary follows those girls.

This film not only reflects the horrific experience that these young women suffered but also shows how their lives have been changed. This is one of the first testimonies showing the world what it takes for ISIS victims to start the process of healing.

  • AMISH SRIVASTAVA
    Director
    The Last dance of Kocho and its missing girls
  • AMISH SRIVASTAVA
    Writer
    The Last dance of Kocho and its missing girls
  • VOICE OF AMERICA
    Producer
    Displaced
  • Lukman Ahmad
    Paintings and Sketches
    The Last dance of Kocho
  • Dakhil Elias
    Correspondent
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    57 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 29, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Iraq
  • Language:
    English, Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    SONY as7 2 - 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Venice TV Awards, Italy
    Venice
    Italy
    September 30, 2019
    Finalist
  • Webby Awards 2020, USA

    United States
    Webby Honoree
  • New York Festivals 2020, USA
    Las vegas
    April 21, 2020
    Silver Medal
  • Asia Pacific Broadcasting Awards, Japan
    Tokyo
    Japan
    November 21, 2019
    Commended Award
  • 6th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival.
    Kalamata Islands
    Greece
    January 25, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Gracie Awards, USA

    United States
    Honorable Mention
  • Woodpecker International Film Festival, India
    New Delhi
    India
    November 29, 2019
    India
    Best Film
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Italy
    Rome
    Italy
    official selection
  • Beyond Earth Film Festival, India
    Calcutta
    India
    Finalist
  • Social World Film Festival Social World Film Festival
    Vico Equense, Napoli 80069
    Italy
    Semi Finalist
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    Winner, Best Documentary Feature
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    Outstanding Achie. Best Documentary
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    Outstanding Achie. Debut Filmmaker
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    Winner Best Debut Filmmaker
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Caicutta
    India
    Winner, Best Film on women.
  • Eurasia International Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    September 20, 2019
    Finalist
Distribution Information
  • Voice of America, U.S. international broadcaster
    Country: United States
Director Biography - AMISH SRIVASTAVA

Over the past two decades, Amish has been telling stories of war and peace, human endeavor and folly, politics and human society. As a roving correspondent Amish got an opportunity to be the only Indian TV journalist to have covered the Iraq War of 2003 from all three theaters – Iraq, Kuwait and Turkey. Amish also covered the state of Afghanistan after the fall of Taliban. Amish was in the thick of Kargil war between India and Pakistan. Amish has covered elections in India and America and traveled extensively for a host of stories.

Among thousands of news stories, short films and promos that Amish has written and directed, he edited ‘Fire in the Land of Snow’, an hour-long documentary on self-immolation in Tibet, which won the World Bronze Medal in New York Festivals, World Best Documentaries and Films in 2014.

His last short film, ‘The Last Dance of Kocho…And its Missing Girls’, has already been translated in more than a dozen languages and seen the world over.

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Director Statement

I got the first-hand experience of reporting and being in the war zones. I felt the pain of societies as well as an opportunity to understand how societies end up in such situations. In some places, it was the majority versus minority and in many, the impact of religious extremism. Now my only goal is to carry the same feeling to the audience sitting and watching my films in some other parts of the world in a very comfortable situation. To stay low cost, I had to learn to shoot, edit, write and direct and I did. I narrated it too.