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Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

NYKFF10 · September 29–October 4

NYKFF10 IS NOW UNDERWAY

Join us for the 10th New York Kurdish Film Festival and experience six days of Kurdish cinema, filmmakers, stories, and community in New York City.

Village East by Angelika

181–189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003

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Schedule

Today's Schedule at NYKFF10

Day 5 — Saturday, October 3, 2026

Village East by Angelika · Theater 2

@ 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM 

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The Gas Station Attendant

83 min
Genre: Feature documentary
A meditation on a complicated father-daughter relationship and a tribute to the immigrant working class.
Director: Karla Murthy
Region: USA
3:00 pm –
4:25 pm
Screening

Live Q&A with filmmaker Karla Murthy

30 min
Host: Halime Akturk
4:30 pm –
5:00 pm
Live Session

Break

20 min
5:00 pm –
5:20 pm
Tea break

Panel: Film Funding, the Industry, and Networking

60 min
Hosts: Beyan Saleh and Ron Butler
5:20 pm –
6:20 pm
Panel Discussion

Break

20 min
6:20 pm –
6:40 pm
Tea break

Before the Night

60 min
Genre: Feature fiction
Life in a state of emergency
Director: Ali Kemal Çinar
Region: Bakuri Kurdistan
6:40 pm –
7:45 pm
Screening

Break

20 min
7:45 pm –
8:05 pm
Tea break

Panel: The Kurdish Cinema Survey and the Residency Program

60 min
Hosts: To be announced
8:05 pm –
8:45 pm
Panel Discussion

Decision

9 min
Genre: Student
A cinema student must decide whether to give up her studies and return to her hometown, Afrin.
Director: Mediya Mohammad
Region: Rojava
8:45 pm –
8:55 pm
Screening

Youthful Wrinkles

10 min
Genre: Short documentary
Every white hair tells a story.
Director: Zevîn Ebas
Region: Rojava
8:55 pm –
9:05 pm
Screening

Fountain

13 min
Genre: Animation
A middle-aged man who is a projectionist of a small-town cinema meets his teenage love after many years.
Director: Hazhir As’adi
Region: Rojhilati Kurdistan
9:05 pm –
9:20 pm
Screening

Interview with the Devil

20 min
Genre: Student
In Iceland, a brilliant but disturbed serial killer creates grotesque works of “art.”
Director: Hama Sardar Sami
Region: Iceland
9:20 pm –
9:40 pm
Screening

Warden

15 min
Genre: Short fiction
A woman’s story of survival and resilience
Director: Sabah Mohammadi
Region: Rojhilati Kurdistan
9:40 pm –
9:55 pm
Screening

The Gas Station Attendant

Feature documentary •
83 min
A meditation on a complicated father-daughter relationship and a tribute to the immigrant working class.
3:00 pm –
4:25 pm

Live Q&A with filmmaker Karla Murthy

30 min
4:30 pm –
5:00 pm

Break

20 min
5:00 pm –
5:20 pm

Panel: Film Funding, the Industry, and Networking

60 min
5:20 pm –
6:20 pm

Break

20 min
6:20 pm –
6:40 pm

Before the Night

Feature fiction •
60 min
Life in a state of emergency
6:40 pm –
7:45 pm

Break

20 min
7:45 pm –
8:05 pm

Panel: The Kurdish Cinema Survey and the Residency Program

60 min
8:05 pm –
8:45 pm

Decision

Student •
9 min
A cinema student must decide whether to give up her studies and return to her hometown, Afrin.
8:45 pm –
8:55 pm

Youthful Wrinkles

Short documentary •
10 min
Every white hair tells a story.
8:55 pm –
9:05 pm

Fountain

Animation •
13 min
A middle-aged man who is a projectionist of a small-town cinema meets his teenage love after many years.
9:05 pm –
9:20 pm

Interview with the Devil

Student •
20 min
In Iceland, a brilliant but disturbed serial killer creates grotesque works of “art.”
9:20 pm –
9:40 pm

Warden

Short fiction •
15 min
A woman’s story of survival and resilience
9:40 pm –
9:55 pm

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