“Russian Vodka” by Seyed Payam Hosseini
Russian Vodka SEYED PAYAM HOSSEINI Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2021 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Student Film | Filmê şagirta 19 minutes | 19 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Hakim is a teenage boy living in a slum in Rojhelat. His father enters […]
“Seasonless” by Sepehr Mikaeilian
Seasonless | Bifasl | ىێ وەرز SEPEHR MIKAEILIAN Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), year Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt 16 minutes | 16 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: During the war against ISIS, a Kurdish mother has learned that […]
“Carpenter” by Xelîl Sehragerd
Carpenter | Dartaş | دارتاش XELÎL SEHRAGERD Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2023 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Kurte Belgefilm 13 minutes | 13 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: In a remote mountainous region of Iran, the elderly Kurdish carpenter Hussein […]
“The Apple” by Mehmet Acaruk
The Apple MEHMET ACARUK Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmancî (Kurdish), Turkish, with English subtitles Short Fiction | Belgefilmê Kurt 15 minutes | 15 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Zerya, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, dreams of love as expressed in the mythology of […]
“Nomad Girl” by Rouhollah Akbari
Nomad Girl | Keça Koçer | چی کۆچەرییەکان ROUHOLLAH AKBARI Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2022 Persian (Farsi), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Kurte Belgefilm 22 minutes | 22 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Among the Kurdish nomads of Kermanshah province, Sosan Rashidi […]
“The Rain Bride” by Hussein Hassan
The Rain Bride | بوکەبەرانە HUSSEIN HASSAN Başur (South Kurdistan), 2022 Arabic, Kurmancî (Kurdish), modern Greek, with English subtitles Feature Fiction | Belgefilmê Kurt 97 minutes | 97 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: In Duhok, Reber and Lori, a married couple, run […]
“Prayer of Earth” by Zülfü Gül
Prayer of Earth ZÜLFÜ GÜL Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 20 minutes | 20 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: For three generations, a family has been making pottery by hand in Tarsus (Mersin), […]
“Parvin” by Mirabbas Khosravinezhad
Parvîn | پارڤین MIRABBAS KHOSRAVINEZHAD Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2023 Luri (Kurdish), with English subtitles Feature Fiction | Filmê Dirêj 82 minutes | 82 xulek Background: In Iran, since the Islamic Revolution, says director Mirabbas Khosravinezhad, the ruling mullahs separated girls and boys as much as possible. “Girls and boys are not allowed to talk to […]
“Khalil” by Seyed Payam Hosseini
Khalil | خەلیل SEYED PAYAM HOSSEINI Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), 2024 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt 20 minutes | 20 xulek Synopsis: Khalil’s father has died. The thirteen-year-old boy wants to make sure that his father will go to heaven. He asks the villagers who knew him to forgive him for […]
“After the Rain” by Beston Zîrian
After the Rain BESTON ZÎRIAN Germany | Almanya, 2021 Arabic, Kurdish, Modern Greek, with English subtitles Short Fiction | Çêrokê Kurt | کورتەفیلمی خەیاڵی 28 minutes | 28 xulek Synopsis: Merjan, a seven-year-old Yazidi girl, finds herself stranded alone on an unknown, deserted shore. The only person around is 19-year-old Diyab. They don’t speak the same […]
