MY NAME IS HOPE

 Director: SHERWAN HAJI

 Time: 20’

 Year of Production: 2025

 Language: EREBÎ

 Subtitle: KURDÎ-TIRKÎ

Synopsis

You are alive as long as someone remembers your name. In a Syrian intelligence service prison, a university student witnesses, through the narrow food hatch of his cell, events that mirror the horrific reality of his nation. Hope is born, as prisoners keep alive the fading light of resistance in a world that has chosen to forget them.

 

Biography

 

Sherwan Haji is a Syrian-Finnish actor, filmmaker and writer. Haji graduated from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He played leading roles in several TV series for several TV channels in the Middle East. Haji moved to Finland in 2010 to continue his studies. In 2012, he established a production company called Lion’s Line Ltd. Haji has worked as an educator and he has produced documentaries, fiction movies, and art workshops. Haji moved to Cambridge, U.K. to continue his studies, receiving the degree of Master of Arts with distinction in Film and TV Production from Anglia Ruskin University in 2016.