Director Hebûn Polat greets NYKFF7

NYKFF7 is thrilled to be screening the film Tearing Walls Down, co-directed by Hebûn Polat and Serif Çiçek.

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

Hebûn Polat, born in 1992 in Diyarbakir, studied philosophy at Istanbul University and now works in cinema and TV. Welatek Hebû (There Was a Country, 2018) was his first short film. He did camera work for the film Kobanê (2022). For Tearing Walls Down, he headed the team in Turkey/Bakur.

Both directors will be present in person at the film festival, along with the producer Adil Demirci. They will do a Q&A after the screening of the film.