Peshmerga (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Peshmerga

| image = Peshmerga poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Bernard-Henri Lévy

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|05|20|Cannes}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = France

| language = Kurdish, French

}}

Peshmerga is a documentary film by the French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was granted a late entry to the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as a special screening. It consists of a "close-up look" at the Peshmerga, the fighting force of the Kurds, battling to establish the state of Kurdistan across the existing states of Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.{{cite news|last1=Frater|first1=Patrick|title=Cannes Adds Bernard-Henri Levy's 'Peshmerga' to Official Selection|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/cannes-bernard-henri-levi-peshmerga-to-official-selection-1201775556/|work=Variety|date=16 May 2016}}

Peshmerga was chosen as an official selection at the New York Jewish Film Festival in January 2017.{{Cite web |last=Film at Lincoln Center |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Main Slate of 26th New York Jewish Film Festival Revealed |url=https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/main-slate-26th-new-york-jewish-film-festival-revealed/ |website=Film at Lincoln Center}} It was later screened at the United Nations in November 2017 {{Cite web |last=Rudaw |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Filmmaker brings Peshmerga to United Nations |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/291120175 |website=Rudaw}}and at the US Congress in March 2018.{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Rebaz |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Peshmerga documentary screened on Capitol Hill |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/070320181 |url-status= |access-date= |website=Rudaw}}