Short Films

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Director: Amir Gholami
East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 5m / Kurdish with English subtitles / PG Cast: Arsh Gholami, Jamal Baverdi Moghadam, Ghader Khosravi, Fariba Adami.

The story of two brothers who have to share a pair of shoes. The little one wears them to go to school in the morning and then on his return has to quickly pass them on to his brother. The timing is critical...

AN OCEAN OF MEMORIES

Director: Kamuran Raaof
Cast: Shamal A. Ali, Shadan Fouad, Sirwan Jamal, Shewan Shaban. Holland 2005 / 30m / Dutch and Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / 12A

A man who has left behind the horrors of his home country is lost in that state somewhere between dreaming and waking in his new country.

WHITE MOUNTAIN

Director: Taha Kerimi
East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 30m / Kurdish with English subtitles / PG

During the civil war in Kurdistan in the 1990s, political parties are established in the Qandil Mountain area. Elderly Faqi Braim who has lived there for a long time becomes involved in political events and takes responsibility for the exchange of the dead bodies from both sides.

BLACK WATER

Director: Sahim Omar Kalifa
Belgium 2006 / 30m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / 12A

Armanc escapes from Turkey to Belgium with his wife and son to claim asylum but their application is refused. While he is looking for a solution he hears that his wife is involved with somebody else. He decides to kill her.

THE BOOTS

Director: Taban Yassen
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2005 / 9m / no dialogue / 15

Black boots are the symbol of the destruction during the Baathist regime in Iraq that smashed art and tortured artists. An artist who was imprisoned and tortured explores his painful memories and takes his own very personal revenge.

CUPBOARD

Director: Ali Kemal Çinar
Cast: Muharrem Aydin, Sibel Can, Ugur Çinar North Kurdistan (Turkey) 2006 / 8m / no dialogue / 15

A story about a man who finds out that his wife is cheating on him.

DELALO

Director: Beri Shalmashi
Holland 2006 / 10m / Kurdish (Sorani) and Dutch with English subtitles / PG

This is the latest film by the Kurdish female director Beri Shalmashi who won young writer of the year awards in 2001 and 2002 in the Netherlands. The film is a portrait of a Kurdish refugee, Azad, who now lives in Holland. He has escaped the oppression of his homeland but is still haunted by memories of it. Can he finally move on?

FEELING

Director: Nasir Mustajarani
UK 2006 / 4m / in English / 15

A young girl is playing outside with a friend when she sees a man with a knife…