Rojava, short fiction

Director: Mahmoud Chakmaki

Running time: 10 minutes

Country of origin: Rojava (West) Kurdistan

Country of filming: Rojava (West) Kurdistan

Language: Kurmanci

Synopsis

English:
After the Turkish invasion of Afrin in March 2018, Kurds flee to a camp in the Aleppo countryside, where they live in difficult conditions. An old man is looking for the key to his house, expecting to return.

Kurmanci:
Piştî dagirkirina Tirkiyeyê ya li ser Efrîn di Adara 2018an de, Kurd direvin kampekê li gundewarê Helebê, li wir di şert û mercên dijwar de dijîn. Zilamekî pîr li mifteya mala xwe digere û li hevîye ye ku vegere mala xwe.

سۆرانی
دوای داگیرکاریی تورکیا بۆ سەر عەفرین لە ئاداری ٢٠١٨دا، کوردەکان ئاوارەی کەمپێک لە گوندەوارەکانی حەلەب بوون، کە لە دۆخێکی سەختدا ژیان بەسەر دەبەن. پیرەمێردێک بەدوای کلیلەکەی ماڵەکەیدا دەگەڕێت، بەو هیوایەی بگەڕێتەوە

Directors: Mihyedîn Erselan, Mehmûd Çeqmaqî

Director's Bio

Trailer

Other films screening during NYKFF10

The Gas Station Attendant

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Karla Murthy
Year: 2025

Victim

Student
Director: Director: Noor Omer Ahmed
Year: 2026

Singing Wings

Feature documentary
Director: Director: Hemen Khaledi
Year: 2025

A Different Perspective

Short fiction
Director: Director: Sharo Shorsh Mohammed
Year: 2025

Youthful Wrinkles

Short documentary
Director: Director: Zevîn Ebas
Year: 2026

My Uncle Jens

Feature fiction
Director: Director: Brwa Vahabpour
Year: 2025

Before the Night

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

Victim

Student
Director: Director: Noor Omer Ahmed
Year: 2026