No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

Plot

A female Kurdish-Norwegian sniper returns to the battlefield she once escaped, driven by vengeance and by the desperate hope of rescuing her younger sister, still imprisoned by ISIS in Mosul.

About No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman (Kurdish: بەهەشت نابینیت ئەگەر ژن بتکوژێت, romanized: Beheşit nabînît eger jin bitkujêt, Arabic: لن تدخل الجنة إذا قتلتك امرأة, romanized: Lan tadakhkhul al-jannah idhā qatalatk imraʼah) is a 2026 war film written, produced, and directed by Halkawt Mustafa. A co-production between Norway, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, and Sweden, it stars Avan Jamal as Vyan, a Kurdish female sniper during the War in Iraq (2013–2017). The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2026. It was also selected as the Iraqi entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

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