Min Dît: The Children of Diyarbakır

Min Dît: The Children of Diyarbakır
Directed byMiraz Bezar
Written byMiraz Bezar
Evrim Alataş
Produced byMiraz Bezar
StarringŞenay Orak
Muhammed Al
Hakan Karsak
Berivan Ayaz
CinematographyIsabelle Casez
Music byMustafa Biber
Production
companies
Bezar Film
Corazón International
Release dates
  • September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) (San Sebastián)
  • April 2, 2010 (2010-04-02) (Turkey)
Running time
102 mins
CountryTurkey
LanguageKurdish
Box officeUS$101,327

Min Dît: The Children of Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Min Dît, lit.'I saw'), alternatively titled Before Your Eyes, is a 2009 Kurdish-language drama film directed by German-based Kurdish filmmaker Miraz Bezar, based on a story that he co-wrote with journalist and short-story writer Evrim Alataş, about street children in the eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on April 2, 2010, was the first Turkish film produced in Kurdish and won awards at film festivals in San Sebastian, where it premiered, Antalya and Istanbul.