THE CARPET OF WOOD

Director: Abdorahman Mirani
East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 20m / No dialogue / PG

Villagers in East Kurdistan (Iran) struggle to build a wooden bridge.

STONE ON STONE

Director: Akram Kiro
Germany 2006 / 15m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / PG

A young Kurdish artist from Kurdistan/ Syria has fled to Europe with the hope that he can live in freedom and work as an actor. Unfortunately there's a lot of bureaucracy to be dealt with. But he carries on and not only discovers many good things and people who encourage him but he is also able to encourage them in return.

REF-U-GEE

Director: Hulya Ozturk
United Kingdom 2006 / 33m / Turkish with English subtitles / PG

A documentary exploring the effect of 9/11 on four Kurdish and Turkish refugees who have lived in the UK for several decades, specifically how they feel they have been targeted and criminalized.

A SONG FOR HER

Director: Shukri Sindi
US-France-South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2006 / 45m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / PG

A Kurdish exile returns to his homeland in South Kurdistan to discover the importance of his land to his people. Through poetry, art and song he sees his land through the eyes of six people who live in the mountains of Kurdistan.