CANNES, France – Bernard-Henri Levy whose film Peshmerga

premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last week says that the Peshmerga are brave defenders of civilization. The French philosopher and author told Rudaw in an interview that the idea for a film about the Peshmerga’s fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) came about when a delegation from Peshmerga Ministry visited French President Francios Hollande.

The film Peshmerga and its creators received a red carpet welcome in Cannes during this year’s festival and the admiration of the audience.It was filmed on location in the Kurdistan Region and on frontlines where the Peshmerga battle ISIS on a daily basis and the film’s cameraman was serious wounded during one of the confrontations.

Bernard-Henri Levy said that showing Peshmerga at the Cannes Film Festival was a moral recognition of the Kurds, adding, “It is time to break the Sykes-Picot agreement. One century is enough to repair a mistake."