USA diaspora, feature fiction
Date: 2024
Running time: 92 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Country of filming: Bakur
Language: Kurdish
Synopsis
In the Kurdish city of Amed (aka Diyarbakir), working-class life is a daily struggle that places enormous pressure on families. One family—Mahmoud, the father; Fatma, the mother; and Azad, their son—dreams of different ways of living while stuck in the open hostility of their family relationship. The film aims to reveal the urban class conflicts along with the cultural and linguistic conflicts within Diyarbakir.
Sorani
Emeer Hassanpour
Director's Bio
English:
Emeer Hassanpour is an ethnographic filmmaker and a critical writer on cinema, literature, and political economy. He studied cinema at the University of Southern California. His film credits include The Eunuch (2017), Pelicans (2010), M for Motherhood (2020), The Death Dance (2021), and Hejar (2019). He also writes cinematic reviews and analyses for magazines including Prisma and Flux. He is a co-founder and chief editor of Cine Bizarre magazine as well as former president of the Chicago Experimental Film Society. His research focuses on critical praxis, colonialism, and Marxian aesthetics.
Filmography:
Whipsaw (2021)
The Death Dance (2020)
M for Motherhood (2019)
Eunuch (2017)
Sorani
Anvar Hassanpour
Director's Bio
Anvar Hassanpour, an independent Kurdish filmmaker and scholar, studied cinema and documentary media at Northwestern University. Over the course of two decades he has made and produced documentaries, experimental films, film essays, and narrative works. His research centers on the concept of totality in film production, analyzing its influence on films’ form and content. As an immigrant filmmaker, he also addresses the intricate intersections of film production’s political economy.
Filmography
Hejar (in production)
The Story of a City (in production)
Road Jake (2021)
Late to Arrive, Early to Leave (2019)
Phoenix (2019)
Du’a the Sound of the Earth (2017)
No One is Innocent (2015)
Hope (2014)
The Union (2012)
Al Nisa (2005)
Sorani:
مەحسون جەلاییر لە ساڵی ١٩٨٨ لە شاری بینگۆل لەدایک بووە و لە زانکۆی ئەرزینجان زمان و ئەدەبی تورکی خوێندووە. لە وەزارەتی پەروەردەی نیشتمانی وانەی زمان و ئەدەبی تورکی دەڵێتەوە. بڕوانامەی هاوبەشی لە بواری فۆتۆگرافیدا لە زانکۆی ئانادۆڵو بەدەستهێناوە و لەو کاتەوە ئارەزووی خۆی بۆ سینەما و فۆتۆگرافی بەدوای خۆیدا هێناوە.
