The Town That Drove Away (2025)

Name: The Town That Drove Away
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-10-18T19:47:03+02:00

Documentary | 70 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 70 minuten

Alternative title: Miasto, Które Wyjechało

Country: Poland

Directed by: Natalia Pietsch and Grzegorz Piekarski

IMDb score: 7,2 (24)

The Town That Drove Away plot

The Ilisu Dam project in Turkey will cause the Tigris River to overflow, flooding the historic village of Hasankeyf—along with many other villages in the region. The new Hasankeyf, where the residents are forced to relocate, is being rebuilt further from the Tigris. In the panoramic Anatolian landscape, filmmakers Pilawski and Pietsch follow two Kurdish families on their way to their new home. While their village is being demolished, they mentally prepare for a new life ahead. The large, modern houses initially seem like progress, but homesickness soon sets in.