{"id":8375,"date":"2024-01-19T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?page_id=8375"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:46:05","slug":"cinema-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/cinema-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8375\" class=\"elementor elementor-8375\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6b8595 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6b8595\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-560a6cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"560a6cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-at-1.27.21\u202fPM-1024x538.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8381\" alt=\"Kurdish Cinema Talks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-at-1.27.21\u202fPM-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-at-1.27.21\u202fPM-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-at-1.27.21\u202fPM-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-19-at-1.27.21\u202fPM.webp 1222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa8781 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5aa8781\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf56df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbf56df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kurdish Cinema Talks: The Podcast<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8885214 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8885214\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a41f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77a41f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kurdish Cinema Talks is a podcast featuring interviews with Kurdish film professionals, including directors, cinematographers, and more. Listen to it here, on Buzzsprout, or on our YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KurdishCulturalCenterNY\">channel<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2908d40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2908d40\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f0b3c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1f0b3c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='buzzsprout-small-player'><\/div><script type='text\/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2438546.js?container_id=buzzsprout-small-player&player=small'><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6425989 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6425989\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f70d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f70d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hosts<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4ad31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b4ad31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2bb6fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2bb6fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Azad Azizyan<\/strong> is a Kurdish documentary filmmaker and educator based in Los Angeles. He is passionate about using film as a tool for social change. He co-presented a <a href=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/oldsite\/\/workshop-the-ethics-of-documentary-filmmaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workshop<\/a> at NYKFF7.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Semiha Y\u0131ld\u0131z,<\/strong> a native of \u015eirnak, North Kurdistan, is an animator and multimedia professional. Her debut animated film is <em>Cud\u00eey\u00ea Miradan<\/em> (2021). Currently, she serves as a podcast editor for Botan International and is the co-founder of Your Frame Company.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ddc931 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ddc931\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3729ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3729ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azad-Azizyan.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13147\" alt=\"Azad Azizyan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azad-Azizyan.webp 400w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azad-Azizyan-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Azad Azizyan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89beaee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89beaee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Semiha-Yildiz.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13149\" alt=\"Semiha Yildiz\" 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Details<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76abff3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76abff3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bde4e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bde4e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Language:<\/strong> All dialects of the Kurdish language or English.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Frequency:<\/strong> Monthly, on the 15th of each month<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Available on these platforms:<\/strong> Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, and on the NYKCC YouTube channel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af75742 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af75742\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54169e0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54169e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a955fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a955fa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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<em>G\u00eanco<\/em> (2017) and <em>In Between<\/em> (2018).<\/p><p>April 28, 2024: We hosted Mizgin M\u00fcjde Arslan to discuss her film <em>I Flew You Stayed<\/em> (2012).<\/p><p>March 31, 2024:\u00a0We hosted Shilan Saadi to discuss two of her short films, a fiction and a documentary, <em>An Alley Behind Our House<\/em> (2010) and <em>My Granma&#8217;s Daughter<\/em> (2014).\u00a0<\/p><p>February 2024: We hosted Ibrahim Salman to discuss his films <em>3 Faces of a Mountain Man Who Desires to be a Seal<\/em> (1991) and <em>A Silent Traveler<\/em> (1993). Selman was among the first Kurdish artists to use the art of motion pictures to narrate the stories of the Kurdish people.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ad816 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"80ad816\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4566487 elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"4566487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-9133 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cinema category-cinema-talks\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/i-flew-you-stayed-by-mizgin-mujde-arslan\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/i-flew-you-stayed3-JB-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-9130\" alt=\"I Flew You Stayed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/i-flew-you-stayed3-JB-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/i-flew-you-stayed3-JB-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/i-flew-you-stayed3-JB-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/i-flew-you-stayed3-JB.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/i-flew-you-stayed-by-mizgin-mujde-arslan\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;I Flew You Stayed&#8221; by Mizgin M\u00fcjde Arslan\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tApril 25, 2024\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-8264 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cinema category-cinema-talks tag-ibrahim-selman\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/ibrahim-selman-filmmaker\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8260\" alt=\"Ibrahim Selman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Selman-header-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/ibrahim-selman-filmmaker\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tIbrahim Selman, filmmaker\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 1, 2024\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurdish Cinema Talks: The Podcast Kurdish Cinema Talks is a podcast featuring interviews with Kurdish film professionals, including directors, cinematographers, and more. 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