

The Land
1999, Kurdish. Directed by Kazım Öz.
Revolving around an old man who refuses to leave his otherwise evacuated village in Kurdish Turkey, "Ax (The Land)" is a twenty-seven-minute long short film about the forced deportations of Kurdish villages by the Turkish military.
- Runtime
- 0h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Kurdish
- Rated
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- Released
- 10 November 1999
- Original title
- Ax
- Country
- Turkey
- Written by
- Özkan Küçük, Sami Mermer, Kazım Öz
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The Land runs 28 minutes (0h 28m).
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Which OTT platform is The Land on?
The Land isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 November 1999. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Land?
If you liked The Land, try The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, Jacknife, Waiting for Anya.
Who directed The Land?
The Land (1999) was directed by Kazım Öz and stars Hikmet Daragöz, Yildiz Gultekin, Murat Batgi.