Jizvy

Jizvy

2DCS/ESU
Director:Agnieszka Zwiefka
Premiere:8. March 2020
Length:80 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Director: Agnieszka Zwiefka

Vetri joined the Tamil Tigers at age 16 to fight in the more than 25-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka. And with her, thousands of other young girls joined the organisation, some voluntarily, others by force. Although the war ended in 2009, the scars have not yet healed. Many women have permanent physical and mental disabilities. While the current government is monitoring former Tamil Tiger members and trying to prevent their members from seeing each other, Vetri organises therapeutic meetings where wounded women can relax, dance, and be with those who have suffered the same fate. This documentary, created over four years, is a testimony about the consequences of one of the most brutal civil wars of recent times, but primarily a portrait of a woman who today helps disabled women but was once one of those girls who were involuntarily recruited to be a Tamil soldier.

Length: 80 min

Year: 2020
Local premiere date: 8. March 2020

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Poland

Director: Agnieszka Zwiefka

Vetri joined the Tamil Tigers at age 16 to fight in the more than 25-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka. And with her, thousands of other young girls joined the organisation, some voluntarily, others by force. Although the war ended in 2009, the scars have not yet healed. Many women have permanent physical and mental disabilities. While the current government is monitoring former Tamil Tiger members and trying to prevent their members from seeing each other, Vetri organises therapeutic meetings where wounded women can relax, dance, and be with those who have suffered the same fate. This documentary, created over four years, is a testimony about the consequences of one of the most brutal civil wars of recent times, but primarily a portrait of a woman who today helps disabled women but was once one of those girls who were involuntarily recruited to be a Tamil soldier.

Year: 2020
Local premiere date: 8. March 2020

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Poland