“Dream” by Gulê Welat
Dream | Xewn | خەون GULÊ WELAT Rojava (West Kurdistan), 2024 Kurmanci, with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt | کورتەفیلمی خەیاڵی 12 minutes | 12 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Edule, a Kurdish mother from Kobanî, has lost her son […]
“How Many Days Will It Last” by Abdullah Çeper
How Many Days Will It Last | چەند ڕۆژ دەخایەنێت ABDULLAH ÇEPER Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt 20 minutes | 20 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Baran and his wife Zeynep live in […]
“Displacement” by Mobin Ghaderi
Displacement | Awarebûn | جێگۆڕکێ MOBIN GHADERI Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2024 Sorani, with English subtitles Student Film | Filmê şagirta 7 minutes | 7 xulek Synopsis: Late at night, a man is driving on a deserted street. He pulls over at a rest stop to buy a can of soda from a vending machine. Nîvê […]
“Under the Load of Life” by Kahi Ahmed Titab
Under the Load of Life | Di Binê Bare Jîyanê Da | لە ژێر باری ژیاندا KAHI AHMED TITAB Başur (South Kurdistan), 2024 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 15 minutes | 15 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis […]
“Rojek” by Zaynê Akyol
Rojek | ڕۆژێک ZAYNÊ AKYOL Canada, 2022 Filmed in Rojava (West Kurdistan) Arabic, French, Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Feature Documentary | Belgefîlma Dirêj 126 minutes | 126 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Rojek traces the rise and fall of Islamic State through the […]
“Syria’s Ticking Time Bomb” by Kawa Akrawi
Syria’s Ticking Time Bomb | بۆمبە کاتگیراوەکەی سوریا KAWA AKRAWI Belgium | Belçîka, 2023 Filmed in Rojava (West Kurdistan) English, Kurmanci (Kurdish), Arabic with English subtitles Feature Documentary | Belgefîlma Dirêj 57 minutes | 57 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Despite the […]
“Hooves Beat” by Fargol Masourirad
Hooves Beat | تەپەی سم FARGOL MASOURIRAD and SEYED HOSSEIN ZEITOON NEJAD Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2022 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt 14 minutes | 14 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: In a border village between Iran and […]
“Threads of a Revolution” by Danny Mitchell and Ross Domoney
Threads of a Revolution DANNY MITCHELL and ROSS DOMONEY United Kingdom, 2024 Filmed in Rojava (West Kurdistan) English, Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Feature Documentary 55 minutes Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: When Janet Biehl edited her late partner Murray Bookchin’s approach to […]
“Sweet Homeland” by Deniz Gunduz
Sweet Homeland | Welat Sêrîn e | نیشتیمانی شیرین DENIZ GUNDUZ Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmanci (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 25 minutes | 25 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Documentarian Deniz Gunduz visits his parents’ remote Kurdish […]
“The Smell of Wet Bricks” by Chiya Parvizpur
“The Smell of Wet Bricks” by Chiya Parvizpur The Smell of Wet Bricks by Chiya Parvizpur (Transnational Press London, 2024). The Book Club discussed this novel on September 3. The author was present for our discussion. The author, Chiya Parvizpur, lives in Sanandaj, in Rojhelat. He is not only an author but an English […]
