News Center- Hêza”, a documentary film directed and produced by Derya Deniz, wins the Best Documentary award at the 4th Film in Focus International Film Festival held in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The documentary film has won the best documentary feature at the Boden International Film Festival, the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Druk International Film Festival (DIFF) and the best documentary feature at the LA Independent Women Film Awards.

The documentary film has won four awards until now. The film tells the story of a Yazidi woman, who had been enslaved by ISIS in Shengal during the genocide against Yazidis on August 3, 2014.

Director Derya Deniz said that she dedicates all awards to the Kurdish people, Yazidis and particularly to the women of Shengal who keep resisting despite everything. The documentary film will participate in international film festivals to be held in Italy, Portugal, Germany, Israel, the USA and England in July and August.