Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

Woven Across Borders, United Through Cinema

New York Kurdish Film Festival

10th Edition

September 29 – October 4, 2026

NYKFF10 · September 29–October 4

Tickets are now on sale

Join us for the 10th New York Kurdish Film Festival and experience six days of Kurdish cinema, filmmakers, stories, and community in New York City.

Village East by Angelika

181–189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003

Festival at a glance

6 Days

September 20-25, 2025

30 Films

From all parts of Kurdistan

NYC

Village East by Angelika

Tickets

Available Now

Subtitles

All films subtitled in English

Community

Kurdish culture in motion

A Glimpse at the Lineup

Who Am I?

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Esin Akgül
Year: 2026

Youthful Wrinkles

Short documentary
Director: Director: Zevîn Ebas
Year: 2026

Singing Wings

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Hemen Khaledi
Year: 2025

Decision

Student
Director: Director: Mediya Mohammad
Year: 2026

Afrat

Short fiction
Director: Director: Slavash Vaziri
Year: 2025

All Those Things He Was Never Sure About

Experimental
Director: Director: Mir Mengi
Year: 2025

Night and Fog in Kurdistan

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Shilan Saadi
Year: 2025

The Belief

Student
Director: Director: Erdal Salihoğlu
Year: 2024

Before the Night

Feature fiction
Director: Director: Ali Kemal Çinar
Year: 2022

In the Shade of the Poplar Tree

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Kenan Diler
Year: 2025

My Uncle Jens

Feature fiction
Director: Director: Brwa Vahabpour
Year: 2025

None of the Above

Student
Director: Director: Mehra Marzbani
Year: 2026

Warden

Short fiction
Director: Director: Sabah Mohammadi
Year: 2026

Singing Wings

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Hemen Khaledi
Year: 2025