Zarand

Director: Trifa Ibrahim Hassan

Runtime: 13 min 6 sec

Completion year: 2026

Country of origin: Bashuri Kurdistan

Country of filming:  Bashuri Kurdistan

Category: Short fiction

Language: Kurdish

Synopsis

Banaz was five years old when she was circumcised. Now 25, she is a talented student in the painting department at the College of Fine Arts. She is preparing an exhibition of her paintings. Zhiyan, Banaz’s close friend, works in the company office of a wealthy businessman and tries to secure a sponsorship from him for the exhibition. One evening while working, Banaz is sexually assaulted by a security guard who had been constantly watching her. Zhiyan’s wealthy manager uses the sponsorship request as a pretext to get close to her, but Zhiyan resists, and the problems deepen. Banaz and Zhiyan remain close friends, standing together to overcome the circumstances they have fallen into.

Sorani:
SORANI TO COME لە مانگی ئەیلولی ٢٠١٦، سەرۆک کۆماری تورکیا ئەمینداری بۆ جێگرتنەوەی بەرپرسانی هەڵبژێردراو لە شارەوانییەکانی لایەنگری کورد دامەزراند، بەمەش دەسەڵاتی حوکمڕانی ناوخۆیی لێسەندرایەوە. چوار دانیشتووی دیاربەکر هەوڵی پاراستنی کولتووری کوردی لە ڕێگەی زەوی و جەستە و خواردن و مۆسیقاوە دەدەن. لەگەڵ پەرەسەندنی چیرۆکەکانیان، بەریەککەوتنی ئیپیکی نێوان چاکە و خراپە لەسەر شانۆیەکی دراماتیک دەکرێتەوە.

Director's Bio

Trifa Ibrahim Hasan, originally from Silêmanî, holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in philosophy and one in filmmaking. In 2026, she wrote and directed her first independent short film, Zarand. which explores nearly five thousand years of women’s history through a feminine perspective. She focuses on women’s voices, cultural memory, influence of patriarchy, political and socially meaningful storytelling as part of the emerging generation of Kurdish filmmakers. She is also the founder of the Marziya Organization, a cultural and artistic initiative dedicated to reviving, preserving, and developing authentic Kurdish art and cultural heritage.

Sorani: TO COME THIS IS PLACEHOLDER
ئازاد عەزیزیان سینەماکاری دۆکیۆمێنتاری کورد-ئەمریکییە و بۆ دەربڕینی ئەزموون و هەست و سۆزی هاوبەش، چەندین فیلمی دیکۆمێنتاریی جۆراوجۆری دروستکردووە. کارەکانی بریتین لە پەیوەندی کردن لەگەڵ هونەرمەندان لە هەموو بەشەکانی کوردستان و تیشک خستنە سەر ئەو سەختییانەی کە کورد بە درێژایی مێژووی خۆی لە سەرانسەری نەوەکاندا ڕووبەڕووی بووەتەوە. هاوکات لەگەڵ فێستیڤاڵە نێودەوڵەتییەکانی فیلمی کوردی کاردەکات بۆ پێشکەشکردنی سینەمای کوردی بۆ بینەرانی جیهانی.

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