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Viva Silva!
Director: Kia Aziz
Holland / 2008 / 14 mins / Spanish with English Subtitles
This film tells the story of Dario Silva, a former top international football player from Uruguay. Silva survived a tragic car accident, but lost his legs. This is a story of a man that lost everything he ever fought for, but works with his present reality and finds ways to stay positive in life.
The Wind is Blowing in the Lane
Director: Diako Yazdani
East Kurdistan (Iran) / 2008 / 9 mins / Farsi with English subtitles
The documentary follows a teenage boy selling saplings as he enters a dry and treeless town. Unable to find customers, he faces strange and bizarre reactions from the residents.
Words of Warriors
Directors: Claudio Von Planta and Karzan Sherabayani
UK / 2007 / 29mins / with English voice over and subtitles
Juan Martinez, delegate of The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Kurdish Filmmaker and journalist, Karzan Sherabayani travel to Sudan, El Salvador, Congo Brazzaville and the Philippines. They interview combatants of irregular armed conflicts and ask about their perception of the Geneva Conventions, specifically the International Humanitarian Law.
Yezidi
Director; Anja Breien
Norway / 2009 / 53mins / English over voice, Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Arabic with English subtitles
Renowned Norwegian director Anja Bereine makes her way to South Kurdistan (Iraq) to film this documentary about the Yezidis and their beliefs and ceremonies after one of the most devastating terrorist attack in Iraq. Anja Bereine’s documentary is one of the most informative sources exploring the misperception of yezidism and their suffering at the hands of dominant regimes and religions in the region.
Yezidi Village
Director: Rodi Yuzbasi
Turkey (North Kurdistan) / 2008 / 30 mins / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles
The Yezidis, who keep alive one of the oldest religions in the Mesopotamia region, have undergone great suffering for their belief. The religion, which is naturalist and peaceful due to its relationship with nature, its belief in the afterlife and its attitude to good and evil, is approaching the end of its existence after so many people emigrated in the 1980’s. This documentary is about Yezidies who live in Nusaybin is the district of Mardin. There are only six houses there. This village is the last Yezidi village.


