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NYKFF8 Official Selections

These films are the official selections of the New York Kurdish Film Festival’s 8th edition:

“Standing on the Right Foot” by Vahid Eslami

“1988” by Hezhwan Zendi

“Nigeria” by Sabah Gavili

“Homo Fuge” by Mashaallah ‎Mohammadi

“Jinwar” by Nadya Derwiş

“Bi Sotun” by Ali Masoumi

“Russian Vodka” by Seyed Payam Hosseini

“Seasonless” by Sepehr Mikaeilian

“Carpenter” by Xelîl Sehragerd

“The Apple” by Mehmet Acaruk

“Nomad Girl” by Rouhollah Akbari

“The Rain Bride” by Hussein Hassan

“Prayer of Earth” by Zülfü Gül

“Parvin” by Mirabbas Khosravinezhad

“Khalil” by Seyed Payam Hosseini

“After the Rain” by Beston Zîrian

“Nietzschean Suicide” by Payam Kurdestani

“Şahmaran” by Ayhan Erkmen

“Pîrebok” by Lütfü Irdem

“Where the Winds Die” by Pejman Alipour

“Ezda” by Halime Akturk

“Arqawan” by Zhwan Rahimi

“In the Blind Spot” by Ayşe Polat

“Triangle” by Zhino Hadi Hasan

“Dejkak” by Azad Maroufi

“Dream” by Gulê Welat

“How Many Days Will It Last” by Abdullah Çeper

“Displacement” by Mobin Ghaderi

“Under the Load of Life” by Kahi Ahmed Titab

“Rojek” by Zaynê Akyol

“Syria’s Ticking Time Bomb” by Kawa Akrawi

“Hooves Beat” by Fargol Masourirad

“Threads of a Revolution” by Danny Mitchell and Ross Domoney

“Sweet Homeland” by Deniz Gunduz

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