Zagros Film Festival
The Zagros Film Festival is the first online Kurdish film festival. In its inaugural edition, running for the month of March 2024, it is screening 15 films. These influential feature and short films highlight the identity and history of the Kurdish people, with the intention of introducing Kurdish culture and heritage to a global audience. The films are in Kurdish with English subtitles.
“Dear art lovers, cinema enthusiasts, and friends of Kurdish culture from around the world,” reads the website, “welcome to a unifying art activity that transcends borders, geographies, and languages.” The fifteen films “originate from various regions of Kurdistan and are filmed in different dialects of Kurdish.” Watch all of them before March 31 on the website!
The films screened:
FEATURES
Evîn di Rûyê Qirkirinê de by Şêro Hindê (2020)
Gênco by Ali Kemal Çınar (2017)
Kobanê by Özlem Arzeba (2022)
Kurdistan Kurdistan by Bülent Gündüz (2015)
Zerê by Hemo Beknezeryan (1926).
DOCUMENTARIES
Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life by Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack (1925)
Mûsayê Bê Asa by Aydin Orak (2015)
Zindan van Sirgûn by Şerîf Çiçek (2021)
SHORTS
Alî Ata Bak by Orhan Înce (2012)
Azad by Yakup Tekintangaç (2011)
Dibim Baran li ser Bajêr Dibarim by Kasim Ördek (2019)
Mavera by Vedat Oyan (2016)
Navnîşan by Aram Dildar (2022)
Pera Berbangê by Arîn înan Arslan (2011)
Welatê Qehremanan by Sahim Omar Kalifa (2011)
