Xalko

Xalko is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2018.^[1] The film profiles Mermer's own birthplace of Xalko, a Kurdish village in Turkey where the women are preserving Kurdish tradition after most of the men have left as refugees from the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.^[2]

Xalko
Film poster
Directed by	Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun
Produced by	Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun
Cinematography	Sami Mermer
Edited by	René Roberge
Production company	Les Films de la tortue
Distributed by	Les Films du 3 Mars
Release date	November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09) (RIDM)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	Kurdish Turkish French

The film premiered in November 2018 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.^[3] It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020,^[4] and Mermer received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.^[5]