PART 2: Faked scenes in Sundance-winning documentary

Yesterday, Kvartal revealed that the heroes of the internationally lauded SVT (Swedish Television) documentary Sabaya forced several Yazidi women to give up their children, falsely promising they would later be reunited. Instead, the children were offered for sale to ISIS.

In the second part of Kvartal’s investigation, we show how director Hogir Hirori fabricated several of the film’s scenes. 

Furthermore, the director now admits that the dramatic rescue of Leila, the female protagonist of the documentary, was filmed with an entirely different woman.

– I think this damages the film’s credibility, says Axel Arnö, commissioning editor at SVT and responsible editor for Sabaya.

Read the first part of Kvartal’s Sabaya investigation.