File No. 1

File No. 1

Director: Sonya Jalil Zangana

Runtime: 18:52

Category: Short Fiction

Year: 2026

Country of origin: Bashuri Kurdistan

Language; Kurdish

Synopsis

Hiro is a 45-year-old woman who was injured by chemical weapons during the 1988 attack on Halabja. That catastrophe had a lasting impact on her life and health, as well as on hundreds of other victims. Her daughter Zryan, whom she raised without a father, is a university student at the College of Science, with a strong passion for researching and testing chemical substances. She is in a relationship with Yad, who pressures her into working with a group involved in the illegal trade of prohibited chemical materials, intending to manufacture weapons. Zryan finds herself confronting this group.

Sorani:
SORANI TO COME لە مانگی ئەیلولی ٢٠١٦، سەرۆک کۆماری تورکیا ئەمینداری بۆ جێگرتنەوەی بەرپرسانی هەڵبژێردراو لە شارەوانییەکانی لایەنگری کورد دامەزراند، بەمەش دەسەڵاتی حوکمڕانی ناوخۆیی لێسەندرایەوە. چوار دانیشتووی دیاربەکر هەوڵی پاراستنی کولتووری کوردی لە ڕێگەی زەوی و جەستە و خواردن و مۆسیقاوە دەدەن. لەگەڵ پەرەسەندنی چیرۆکەکانیان، بەریەککەوتنی ئیپیکی نێوان چاکە و خراپە لەسەر شانۆیەکی دراماتیک دەکرێتەوە.

Director's Bio

Sonia Jalil Zangana studied theater directing at the Institute of Fine Arts in Silêmanî. She holds a bachelor’s degree in cinema from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Silêmanî. She has written and directed five short films. For over 13 years she has worked as a television program producer. She has participated as an actress and behind-the-camera photographer in three parts of the drama series Gardalool. In theater, she has taken part in 17 stage productions.  

Sorani: TO COME THIS IS PLACEHOLDER
ئازاد عەزیزیان سینەماکاری دۆکیۆمێنتاری کورد-ئەمریکییە و بۆ دەربڕینی ئەزموون و هەست و سۆزی هاوبەش، چەندین فیلمی دیکۆمێنتاریی جۆراوجۆری دروستکردووە. کارەکانی بریتین لە پەیوەندی کردن لەگەڵ هونەرمەندان لە هەموو بەشەکانی کوردستان و تیشک خستنە سەر ئەو سەختییانەی کە کورد بە درێژایی مێژووی خۆی لە سەرانسەری نەوەکاندا ڕووبەڕووی بووەتەوە. هاوکات لەگەڵ فێستیڤاڵە نێودەوڵەتییەکانی فیلمی کوردی کاردەکات بۆ پێشکەشکردنی سینەمای کوردی بۆ بینەرانی جیهانی.

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