10thLKFF 2018

Writing on the City (2016) Special Screening 📷 Directed by Keywan Karimi 60 minutes Iran Persian with English subtitles Writing on the City is a reflection on political graffiti on the walls of Tehran, spanning from the 1979 Islamic Revolution to Iran’s contested 2009 election. In October 2015, director Karimi was sentenced by the Islamic […]

Buka Baranê (2017) Short Film Directed by Kudret Gunes 15 minutes France Kurdish with Kurdish & English subtitles Arya, a 7-year old nomadic Kurdish girl lives at the “Karacadag” mountain in the south of Turkey. One day while walking her herd of sheep, she finds a strange object which she takes for a toy. Vue […]

Homage to Kobane (2018) Short Film 📷 Directed by SORAN Qurbani 13 minutes UK Homage to Kobane is a story of a goodbye letter from Narin, a 19-years old female fighter, to her mum that takes us to destroyed city with lost memories buried under rubble. SOAS, 21st April 2018 @17.00

Annunciation (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Halit Ruhat Yildiz 21.30 minutes Germany German & Turkish with English subtitles After a night of boozing, Ceren confides in her husband that she has stopped taking the pill and that she wants a child, but Ali has a hidden secret from his past. After learning the truth, […]

The Well (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Ridvan Yavuz 15 minutes Turkey Kurdish & Turkish with English & Turkish subtitles Yakup and his younger brother Bedo travel to another village everyday for school. Yakup’s notebook is out of blank pages and they desperately search for a new notebook. Rio Cinema, 19th April 2018 @20:30

Roj Means Sun (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Mahsa Razavi 18.12 minutes Iran/Canada Kurdish with English subtitles Rojin, a Kurdish- Canadian girl battles both her mother and her mother tongue, as she grieves the recent death of her father, killed in a battle in the Shingal Mountains, Iraqi Kurdistan. Vue Wood Green, 14th April […]

Taste of Rabbit (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Kardo Mansur 11.20 minutes Russia Russian with English subtitles Elena has found a new way to take care of the family, but her efforts in trying to make ends meet is also a strain on the relations in their home. Vue Wood Green, 17th April 2018 […]

Sense (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Ahmet Yurtsever 6.32 minutes Turkey Turkish with English subtitles A security officer beats a Syrian boy accused of theft. Meanwhile, the security chief who watches the incident from the camera comes to check on the the child. Now both the security guard and chief must cover up this […]

Genesis (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Abtin Mozafari 10 minutes Iran No Dialog & No subtitle Genesis is a fantasy short film about the tree of knowledge, with a critical point of view about the horrible situation in Syria. Vue Wood Green, 15th April 2018 @15:00

From Hasakah with Love (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Mohammad Farahani 9.52 minutes Iran/Syria Kurdish & English with English subtitles A girl whose family members have been murdered, is all alone in the city of Hasakah. In order to show her protest to the ongoing massacre, she decides to burn herself in front of […]