Synopsis:

David, an American Kurdologist, traces a beloved poem to a hole-in-the-wall bar in Kurdistan and finds himself immersed in a world of poetry. 

Kurdologê emerîkî (David), li pey şopa helbestvanê ko jê hez dike (Arjen Arî) digere û tê bajarê wî. Li Bîraxaneyekê, xwe li nav helbestekê de dibîne. 

 کوردناسی ئەمریکی (دەیڤید) شوێنپێی ئەو شاعیرە دەگرێت کە خۆشی دەوێت (ئارجن ئاری) و دێتە شارەکەی. لە بیرەخانەیەکدا خۆی لە شیعرێکدا دەبینێتەوە.

Director’s biography:

Bilal Korkut was born in 1987 in Nusaybin district in Mardin province. He graduated from Dicle University’s Turkish Education Department in 2009. He earned an MA degree from the Kurdology Institute of Artuklu University in 2015. He directed several plays including We Are Neighbors, Women’s Tales, Grandma and the Fox, and The Little Prince. In 2016 he began studies in the film and television department at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in İstanbul but left the program to return to Mardin. There he enrolled in a graduate program in the communications department of Mardin Artuklu University. He lives in Mardin where he studies and works as a secondary-school language arts teacher

Bilal Korkut li sala 1987an li Nisêbîna Bakorê Kurdistanê ji dayîk bûye. Derçûyê zanîngeha Dîcle/ beşa ziman li sala 2009a ye. MD di beşa Kurdolojî yê de li zanîngeha Mêrdînê wegirtîye. Beşa Sînema û Televzonê li zanîngeha Mîmar Sînan xwendîye lê berî ku xwendina xwe bi dawî bîne, vedigere Mêrdînê û niha beşa Sînemayê de MD dike.

بیلال کۆرکوت لە ساڵی 1987 لە شاری نیسێبینا باکۆری کوردستان لەدایک

بووە. لە ساڵی ٢٠٠٩ لە زانکۆی دیکل/ بەشی زمان دەرچووە. دکتۆرای لە بەشی

کوردۆلۆژی لە زانکۆی ماردین وەرگرتووە. بەشی سینەما و تەلەفزیۆنی لە

زانکۆی میمار سینان خوێندوویەتی، بەڵام پێش ئەوەی خوێندنەکەی تەواو بکات،

گەڕاوەتەوە بۆ ماردین و ئێستا لە بەشی سینەما دکتۆرایە.

Director’s filmography:

Nasil Yapmalı (Çi Bikim) (What Should We Do?), 2020

Akademi İçin İkinci Rapor (Du Raport bo Akademîyê) (Two Reports to the Academy), 2019

Ekmeğimi Kazanırken (Li Pey Nanê Xwe) (In the World), 2017

Ben Tusubasayım (Ez Tusubasa Me) (I Am Tusubasa), 2016

Awards for The Hole in the Wall:

Winner of Best Actor, 9th Duhok Kurdish Film Festival (Kurdistan, 2022)

Winner of Best Director, Roots of Europa International Film Festival (2017)

Winner of Best Original Music,14th Marmara İletişim Short Film Festival (2017)

Winner of Mansiyon Prize, 12th Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition (2017)

Trailer:

Watch the trailer for The Hole in the Wall here.