Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor who was active from 1958 to 1983. He rose to early prominence as an actor, then as
The superb Kobanê film received its North American premiere at the 6th edition of the New York Kurdish Film Festival.
Three Kurdish politicians from Amed discuss their arrests and their decisions to leave Turkey.
Mano Khalil, filmmaker Mano Khalil is a Kurdish-born film director living in Switzerland. He grew up in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) in the 1960s in a small Kurdish family that understood
Rojava Film Commune The Rojava Film Commune (Komina Film a Rojava) was founded in July 2015 to bring the culture of cinema to Rojava by screening films, supporting local filmmakers, and