Ayşe Polat, Kurdish filmmaker Ayşe Polat (1970- ) is an internationally acclaimed German-Kurdish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Given her Kurdish heritage, her films often deal with themes of
NYKFF on CUNY-TV, May 10-12, May 17-19 On May 10-12 and May 17-19, CUNY-TV’s new film forum CUNY-TV Presents features the New York Kurdish Film Festival—for its premiere episode! Watch
Original title: “Ez Firiyam Tu Mayî Li Cî” Mizgin Müjde Arslan Documentary, 2012 80 min. Kurdish and Turkish, with English subtitles Synopsis In 2009 director Mizgin Müjde Arslan set out
Stranên Kezîya Sor (Songs of Red Braids) A video by Hunergeha Welat Writer and director: Şêro Hindê Music: Mehmûd Berazî Transforming grief into high art. Jin, Jiyan Azadi Read more
İbrahim Salman is a versatile and prolific Kurdish artist, based in Amsterdam, who has been making films, as well as acting, directing, and writing plays, for nearly 50 years. “I
Mansour Karimian, filmmaker On December 23, 2023, Mansour Karimian, a Kurdish filmmaker from Rojhelat (Iranian Kurdistan), was killed in Derik by a Turkish military drone strike. He was 39 years
