On the opening day of the Kurdish Studies Forum, we will present a screening of Maryam Ebrahimi’s latest feature documentary, The Phantom Pain of Rojava, released in March 2026.  

Maryam Ebrahimi is an Emmy Award-winning Swedish-Iranian documentary filmmaker, producer, and director. Born in Tehran in 1976, she studied Art and Art Theory at the Art Faculty in Tehran before continuing her education at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, where she earned an MA in Art in the Public Realm. She co-directed the documentary No Burqas Behind Bars (2012), set in an Afghan women’s prison, and produced I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2010), and Prison Sisters (2016). Her latest features are Stronger Than A Bullet (IDFA 2017) and The Phantom Pain of Rojava (CPH:DOX 2026). Maryam is a 2021 Chicken & Egg Award recipient.