{"id":1090,"date":"2020-11-15T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2024-10-05T18:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T22:51:21","slug":"ny-kurdish-film-festival-4th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/ny-kurdish-film-festival-4th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Kurdish Film Festival, 4th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"NYThe fourth edition of the annual New York Kurdish Film Festival was held online from November 13 to 15, 2020. It offered a range of films, fiction and documentary, that speak to the condition of Kurdish people in Kurdistan and elsewhere in the world.<\/p>

At the opening of each day of the festival, a different person delivered welcoming remarks: \u00a0Ilham Bakir of the Middle East Cinema Academy Association; Avesta Kadir and Ferhan Sterk of the London Kurdish Film Festival; and Yousif Ishmael of Washington Kurdish Institute<\/p>

The films screened were:<\/strong><\/p>

Ah, Asuman!,<\/em> directed by \u00dcmit Kivan\u00e7, based on Demirtas book (2019, short)<\/p>

Alone with: Hussein (Smko),<\/em> directed by Ben Vogel (2018, short, documentary)<\/p>

Among the Ruins<\/em> (Y\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131lar Aras\u0131nda<\/em>), directed by \u00d6zcan Alper (2018, short)<\/p>

Baghdad Messi,<\/em> directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa (2012, short, drama)<\/p>

A Dance for Death, <\/em>directed by Zanyar Azizi (2019, documentary)<\/p>

Dance,<\/em> directed by Baran M. Reihani<\/p>

Don’t Cry Mother, I Am in the Better Place<\/em> (A\u011flama Anne G\u00fczel Yerdeyim), directed by \u00dcmit Kivan\u00e7 (2012, documentary)<\/p>

The Flowers of Rojava: A Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria,<\/em> directed by Selene Verri and Magali Magnin, followed by Q&A with Selene Verri (2020, documentary)<\/p>

A Ghost Wanders Around Diyarbakir, <\/em>directed by \u00d6zcan Kucuk<\/p>

Harmony for After War,<\/em> directed by Pablo Tosco and Migue Roth (2019, short, drama)<\/p>

The Heavy Burden (Bar\u00ea Giran),<\/em> directed by Yilmaz \u00d6zdil (2020, short, drama)<\/p>

Heritage,<\/em> directed by Baran Reihani (2019, short, animation)<\/p>

Home,<\/em> directed by Felat Erkozan<\/p>

Horse,<\/em> directed by Rasoul Ahmadi (short)<\/p>

In Between,<\/em> directed by Ali Kemal Cinar (2018, drama)<\/p>

Land of the Heroes,<\/em> directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa (2011, short, drama)<\/p>

Last Breath,<\/em> directed by Foad Mahmoudi<\/p>

Last Dance of Kocho,<\/em> artwork by Lukman Ahmad (2017, short, animation)<\/p>

Life Gone with the Wind,<\/em> directed by Slavash Saedpanah and Mid Gharibi (short)<\/p>

The Mandarin Tree,<\/em> directed by Cengiz Akayg\u00fcn (2018, short, drama)<\/p>

The Memory, <\/em>directed by Burhan Ates<\/p>

Mountain,<\/em> directed by Teymour Ghaderi (2019, short)<\/p>

Outcast,<\/em> directed by Erhan Karahan<\/p>

Pace,<\/em> directed by Rezzan Bayram (2019, short)<\/p>

The Pattern,<\/em> directed by Azad Jannati (2018, short, animation)<\/p>

Payizok,<\/em> directed by Numan Yigit<\/p>

Red Shoes,<\/em> directed by Numan Yigit<\/p>

Rojava,<\/em> sound by Daniel-Tony Marques Barreiro (animation, short)<\/p>

Shadow of Water,<\/em> directed by Metin Yoksu<\/p>

Silence of a Dream,<\/em> directed by Rohan Merwan (short)<\/p>

Silent Light House,<\/em> written and directed by Farshad Qaffari and Payam Laghari (2018, short)<\/p>

Slaughter,<\/em> directed by Ako Zandkarimi and Saman Hosseinpour (2018, short)<\/p>

The State We Are In,<\/em> directed by Sava\u015f Boyraz and Mahkum Abi<\/p>

There Was a Country,<\/em> directed by Hebun Polat (2018, short, drama)<\/p>

Additional events:<\/strong><\/p>

Basak Demirta\u015f read a message from her husband, imprisoned HDP former co-chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f<\/p>

Ferhat Encu, former HDP deputy, discussed the Roboski Massacre and the long struggle for justice<\/p>

Ava Homa talked about her novel Daughters of Smoke and Fire <\/em>(2020)<\/p>

Behrouz Boochani discussed the role of literature in oppressed societies and diaspora<\/p>

Bakhtiar Khalili discussed Kat Film Distribution Agency<\/p>

Hussein Smko performed a dance<\/p>

Kijwar Karaman gave a musical performance<\/p>

Mirza Metin talked about \u201cKurdish Resistance and the Dramaturgy of Fire\u201d<\/p>

Sherko Bektas read Kurdish poetry<\/p>

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