Hold Still

A Kurdish lawyer fights for justice in today’s Turkey with families whose loved ones disappeared in 1995. Piercing the impunity shields seems impossible, but they don’t give up. Hold Still follows the Kurdish lawyer Erdal Kuzu and the relatives of the seven people who were forcibly taken during the height of Kurdish conflict in 1995 in Southeast Turkey. After years of struggle for truth and justice, the “Dargecit trial” finally started in 2015. The film moves from first to the final hearing in July 2022. Hold Still follows this emotional arc of hope, pessimism and persistence in the face of despair.

Turkey