“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 […]
“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 […]
“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), […]
“Şahmaran” by Ayhan Erkmen
Şahmaran | شاماران AYHAN ERKMEN Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 52 minutes | 52 xulek Synopsis: The legend of the Şahmaran has a lively history in the Mesopotamian lands. Ayhan Erkmen, while walking around Mêrdîn, recounts the story of the mythical creature, half woman, half snake: […]
“Ezda” by Halime Akturk
Ezda | ئێزدا HALIME AKTURK Canada, 2023 Filmed in Rojava (West Kurdistan) English, Kurmancî (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Kurte Belgefilm 14 minutes | 14 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: On the tenth anniversary of Daesh’s 2014 attack on the […]
“Under the Load of Life” by Kahi Ahmed Titab
Under the Load of Life | Di Binê Bare Jîyanê Da | لە ژێر باری ژیاندا KAHI AHMED TITAB Başur (South Kurdistan), 2024 Sorani (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 15 minutes | 15 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis […]
“Sweet Homeland” by Deniz Gunduz
Sweet Homeland | Welat Sêrîn e | نیشتیمانی شیرین DENIZ GUNDUZ Bakur (North Kurdistan), 2023 Kurmanci (Kurdish), with English subtitles Short Documentary | Belgefilmê Kurt 25 minutes | 25 xulek Trailer: Watch the trailer here | Di vir re hûn dikarin rêklamê temaşebikin | لێرەوە ترایلەری فیلمەکە ببینە Synopsis: Documentarian Deniz Gunduz visits his parents’ remote Kurdish […]