WHITE SOUL BLACK BODIES

Director: Chia Yasin
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2006 / 4m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

Director Chia Yasin questions the killing and burning of Kurdish women who have relationships with men without the permission of their families.

ERSELAN AND SAKAR

Director: Kajaw Mihemed
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 15m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

When Sakar's father Arsalan is imprisoned during the Saddam regime she is raised by her aunt in Kirkuk. After her father is freed, they settle in Sulaimania where Arsalan works in a bakery and Sakar makes carpets. Even though Sakar cannot remember her childhood her father and aunt tell her about it.

FOUR PRAYERS FOR KIRKUK

Director: Hiwa Aminnejad
East Kurdistan (Iran) 2007 / 42m / English, Kurdish (Sorani), Arabic and Turkish with English subtitles / 12A

Kirkuk is situated in the north of Iraq with a population of Kurds, Arabs, Turcoman, Assyrians and other ethnic groups. Its history has been marked by wars and conflicts over its identity and ownership. Local referendums which are supposedly to be held this year will finally decide whether this 5000 years old city will be included in the Kurdish region or not. A young Kurdish photographer explores the memories of his deported family, the troubled history of the city, its ethnic and religious complexity and the brewing conflicts at the dawn of a historical new beginning.

MISS UNFORTUNATE

Director: Khalid Hama Law
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 15m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

Smuggling between the borders of Iran and Iraq is a source of income for many families. Unusually, women sometimes are involved in this dangerous undertaking.

A TOUR IN BAZAAR OF DUHOK

Director: Rekesh Shahbaz
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 14m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / PG

In Duhok Bazaar in South Kurdistan, children from poor families have to cut school to earn a little money in the bazaar.