The winner of Busan International Film Festival Winner, Shawkat Amin Korki, who won the prize in 2009 with “Kick Off” and later returned with “Memories on Stone” and “The Examin”, brings its new drama “disorder” on the Asian projects market, continuing its exploration of trauma, superstition and struggle for social progress.
The story focuses on Mina, a 35 -year -old psychiatrist trained in Germany who returns to Kurdistan to work in a mental health clinic dealing with war survivors, including Yezidi women once captive by Isis. When one of her patients dies suicide after turning to a hicver of popular faith, Mina is in scapegoat, triggering a prosecution and a public counterpoup. His investigation into the healer, Sheikh Mossadegh, pushes her in a battle against rooted superstition and religious exploitation, even if his own community is moving away.
“The idea of the film comes from my own observations of a society where fear, superstition and social pressure often replace science and conscience,” explains Korki Variety. “Real mental health professionals are often reduced to silence or put aside. I want to tell a story that reveals this double layer crisis – inside the individual and in the fabric of society. ”
Korki adds that the “disorder” reflects personal and collective scars. “Mina represents a generation that brings the weight of the past but strives to build a different future. One of the deepest injuries that still haunt the region is the tragedy of Yezidi women who have been abducted and enslaved by the Islamic State. This trauma remains unresolved and throws a long shadow – something that this film also explores.
Produced by Mehmet Aktaş of the Mitosfilm of Berlin and Shohreh Golparian, alongside Korki himself, the project is structured as an Iraq-Germanic-France co-production. Aktaş, who has collaborated with Korki for 15 years, explains that production combines local authenticity with international standards. “Since the film industry of the Kurdistan region is still in emergence, we plan to strengthen the project by providing key department from Germany, with the post-production also carried out in Germany. This structure allows us to combine an authentic narration of Kurdistan with international visibility.”
Golparian has added: “The urgency develops as mental health challenges and social divisions are amplifying each other.
Visually, Korki says he aims to highlight the contrasts that define Kurdistan today. “The film contrasts two distinct worlds: the warm and emotional atmosphere of traditional Kurdish life and the cold and sterile environment of modern psychiatry.
For the future, filmmakers hope that the project will find partners in Busan. “Our APM objective is to find creative and financial partners who believe in socially relevant stories and centered on the man of under-represented regions,” explains Korki. “The” disorder “is a local history with a global resonance – approach mental health, tradition and fight for change.”
Production should start in 2026 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
