Real guns and bullets were used in the conflict scenes to be more realistic
The first Kurdish movie broke box office records
It took 6 months for the actors to rehearse the movie before shooting started.
Directed by an ethnic Kurd, Gani Ruzgar Savata. As his films got more political, he came under the scrutiny of Turkish authorities and was sansured several times for various political offenses.
The twenty-five-day shooting took place in an apartment building in the center of Syria.