“Ji Bo Azadiya" film poster (File)

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SULAIMANI — The management of Cinema Salim said in a statement on Monday (December 30) that the Sulaimani Asayish Directorate had prevented them from showing the film Ji Bo Azadiya, which had been scheduled to play on New Year’s Eve.

In a statement on their social media page, Cinema Salim said “with the excuse of security and safety of the city, we were warned by the Sulaimani Asayish now to show Ji Bo Azadiya.”

Cinema Salim was briefly closed by the Asayish on January 8 for screening a film about the life of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Sakine Cansiz to mark the anniversary of her assassination on January 11.

Ji Bo Azadiya, or The End Will Be Spectacular in English, tells the story of the resistance of a group of young people against an army that is trying to take over their neighborhood.

It was directed by Ersin Celik and was featured at the Kolkata Film Festival.

(NRT Digital Media)