Director Cemîl Mefaxirî greets NYKFF7

NYKFF7 is thrilled to be screening the film I Had Seeded Pomegranate for You, directed by Cemîl Mefaxirî, this coming October.

Cemîl Mefaxirî has sent his greetings to the Film Festival—you can watch the video here! It’s in Sorani, with English subtitles.

Cemîl Mefaxirî (Jamil Mafakheri) was born in 1975 in Sanandaj, Rojhelat/Iranian Kurdistan. He started art activities in 1991. He has produced several short films including A Bottle of Milk for My Sister, The First Sin, The Bet, My City Sna, Sargol and the Sea, The Drum. Also he produced several fiction collections such as: Workshop, The Cap, Once in the Neighborhood, The Flood. He has also made several documentaries and published multiple articles and books in journals.