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 TAMBOURINE (Daf)
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Kurdistan 2003 / 39 m / Kurdish
with English subtitles / U
This film uses music as a point of entry to the life of an
unusual family. They play the tambourine to celebrate the
birth of a child but also when they are in mourning
Sun 24 Oct 4.15pm
Sun 31 Oct 4.30pm
(both with
WAR IS OVER!)
 THE LAST CARTRIDGE (Kaseta Clawi)
Director: Nuray Sahin
Germany 2000 / 7m / German &
Turkish with English subtitles / 15
A seriously ill war veteran who fought for the Turkish Army
during the Korean War for the South against the socialist
North, tells his secret to his grandchild who is serving in
the German Army.
Sun 25 Oct 6.15pm (with FOLLOW THE FEATHER)
SILENCE OF THE SLUGS (Bêdengiya Kûrman)
Director: Sârdâr Hamarash
France / 13m / French with
English subtitles / PG
A man’s loneliness shared with a slug.
Sun 24 Oct 8.45pm (with COLOURFUL DREAMS)
Fri 29
Oct 9.00pm
Thur 4 Nov 2.15pm
THE CALLIGRAPHER
Director: Jess Brownrigg
Britain 2004 / 10m / in English
/ 15
A poet and calligrapher living in the Kurdish community is
caught unawares in the climate of suspicion surrounding
terrorism in London.
Tue 26 Oct 6.45pm
FRI 29 OCT 11.15pm
(both with
EXORCISM)
 WE WILL MEET LALE (Em dê Lale Bibînin)
Director: Dilek Çolak
Turkey / 16m / Turkish with
English subtitles / 15
During the struggle against solitary confinement in
prisons, over 100 people lost their lives. This is a personal
film from a director who lost his own brother in this
struggle.
Thur 28 Oct 4.45pm
Mon 1 Nov 9.00pm
Shorts
1
 FAR
AWAY (Duri)
Director: Miraz Bezar
Germany 1997 / 14m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
The story of a family in which many things are unspoken and
the pain of the past returns.
+ FAIR GAME (leystika rast)
Director: Miraz Bezar
Germany 2000 / 8m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
At six o‘clock in the morning, a man prepares to go hunting
as he did when he was younger, but today things are
different.
 + MEANING OF NIGHT (Weteya Seve)
Director: Shoresh Mostafa Kalantari
Denmark 1996 / 29m /
Dutch, Arabic with English subtitles / PG
Fatema is a 15 year-old girl in a Moslem family. Her wish
to become a ballerina forces her to fight with her family.
 + IN THE MOUNTAINS (Ko Sera)
Director: Ayten Soylu
Kurdistan 2003 / 48m / Zazaki,
Turkish, with English subtitles / PG
Returning to her parents’ home after finishing high school,
Zeynep is surprised to discover that her father has chosen a
husband for her. In enchanted, but war-ridden Muska, haunted
by heart-broken lovers, half-crazed political prisoners and
stern guerrillas, there is little hope for freedom of thought,
heart and speech. Zeynep’s story is a miniature of the plight
of a nation.
 + SONG OF NIGHT (Strange
Seve)
Director: Shoresh Mostafa Kalantari
Canada 2004 / 30m /
Farsi with English subtitles / PG
When a young Iranian-Canadian man commits himself to an
arranged marriage, he is shocked to discover that his long
awaited wife is pregnant.
Sat 23 Oct 1.30pm
Shorts 2
 WHEN THE RAIN COMES (Dema Baran Dêt)
Director: Shawkat Ameen
Kurdistan / 29m / Kurdish with
no subtitles / PG
A family tries to deal with the loss of their father.
+ VOICE OF THE LAND (Dengî Erdî)
Director: Badirkhan Mohamad Ali
Kurdistan / 31m /
Kurdish with no subtitles / PG
A couple from a village sell their only piece of land and
go to the city in search of a new life.
+ GUEST (Mêvan)
Director: Rizgar Hasan
Kurdistan / 39m / Kurdish with no
subtitles / PG
Mêvan, a shy and lonely child, gets into a lot of trouble
with the other kids at his new school.
+ RETURN (Geranewe)
Director: Fikri Babekir
Kurdistan / 12m / Kurdish with
no subtitles / PG
A young boy tries to deal with the loss of his father
during Anfal.
Mon 25 Oct 2.00pm
Shorts 3
THREAT (Gef)
Director: Shawkat Korki
Kurdistan / 23m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
A boy who starts work to support his family gets into
trouble on his first day.
SEYDAVAN
Director: Husein Hasan
Kurdistan / 8m / Kurdish with no
subtitles / PG
A traditional folk tale about Seydavan who gets killed by
his father during a deer hunt.
+ LIGHT OF THE EYES (Soma)
Director: Sayid Mohamad Sayid Abdulla
Kurdistan / 11m /
Kurdish with no subtitles / PG
An infertile couple, live in a village on the border and
have to go through landmines for treatment.
HAIR (Qij)
Director: Sayid Mohamad Sayid Abdulla
Kurdistan / 12m /
Kurdish with no subtitles / PG
A teacher tells the students that they all have to cut
their hair short.
+ WHITE STRIPES (Hêle Spîyekan)
Director: Khalil Loqa
Kurdistan / 12m / Kurdish with no
subtitles / PG
Two kids get into trouble for not painting white stripes on
the roads.
+ NASRIN VILLAGE (Gundî Nesrîn)
Director: Zuheir Abdulmaseeh
Kurdistan / 17m / No
dialogue / PG
The bombing of a primary school in a Kurdish village by the
Baath regime.
+ A RINGING FOR AUTUMN (ZENGULEYEK BO PAYIZ)
Director: Zardasht Ahmad
Kurdistan/12m/without
dialogue
An old man with a big clock attached to his bag travels
through
fields and mountains.
Sat 30 Oct 1.30pm
Shorts 4
PLAY AND NO MORE (Gemew Îdî Hîch)
Director: Zahawy Sinjawi
Kurdistan / 8m / Kurdish with
no subtitles / PG
Some kids play football next to a minefield, their fear of
mines having changed their lives and the way they play.
+ GHOST (Tarmayi)
Director: Shirin Jihani
Kurdistan / 17m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
The life of smuggler children living in the border
areas.
+ CEASEFIRE (Agri Qersi)
Director: Kirmanj Mustafa
Kurdistan / 17m / No dialogue
/ PG
A film about war and its negative effects.
 + A NATION WITHOUT A MEMORY (Newe Yêkî Bê
Yadewerî)
Director: Dilshad Mustafa
Kurdistan / 6m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
A young man who was deported from Kirkuk to Suleimany as
part of the Arabisation policy, has only vague memories of his
childhood as he revisits Kirkuk after Saddam’s fall.
 + FIGHTING (Berbunewe)
Director: Fikry Babakir
Kurdistan / 4m / No dialogue /
PG
Good and evil acted out by insects.
 + WHEN I DREAM OF HALABJA (Katêk Xewn be
Helebje Debînim)
Directors: Sirwan Mohamed, Tavga Mohamed
Kurdistan / 8m
/ Kurdish with English subtitles / PG
A young woman broadcaster tells the story of Halabja while
looking at old photographs of the city.
+ DREAM AND PLAY (Xewn u Yarî)
Director: Sardar Khalil
Kurdistan / 6m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
A child steals his father’s rifle to play with his friends
with tragic consequences.
+ THE KILLER STAR (Karwan Kuje)
Directors: Saman Jalal, Salar Ahmad
Kurdistan / 6m /
Kurdish with English subtitles / PG
A caravan goes missing in the dark at night after being
attacked by border guards.
+ CHECKPOINT (Legeringeh)
Director: Naser Hasan
Kurdistan / 16m / Kurdish with
English subtitles / PG
A true event at a checkpoint in Chemchemal where woman are
harassed and attacked by Saddam’s army.
+ THE SEVENTH DAY (Roji Hewtem)
Director: Evan Naser Hasan
Kurdistan / 30m / Kurdish
with no subtitles / PG
A wounded man rejects medical treatment and decides to
spend his last days in Kurdistan amongst friends and
lovers.
Sun 31 Oct 1.15pm
Shorts 5
BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY WALLS (Dualiye
Diwar)
Directors: M. flyas Ünal, A.Firat Aydin, Kubilay Dengiz,
Nafiz Tanrikulu, Abdurrahman Belek
Kurdistan 2003 / 20m /
Kurdish & Turkish with no subtitles / U
The generation gap reflected in a father and son’s musical
tastes.
 PULL PULL (Jian)
Directors: Mehtap Bayer, Oya Aslan, Fatma Gül, Zeynel
Doflan, Welat Esin
Kurdistan 2003 / 20m / with no subtitles
/ U
The life, dreams, and hopes of a cart hauler in
Diyarbakir.
+ NOMAD (Koçber)
Directors: Abdullah Tarhan, Ferhat Berk, Bülent Aslan,
Serap Kervanci
Kurdistan / 13m / with no subtitles / U
The life of villagers, forced out of their villages because
of war, who now live in the historic walls of Diyarbakir. But
the walls also have owners…
+ YOUR IMAGE – MY PATH (Heyalen Te Reya Mine)
Directors: Nazire Turan, Hatice Kamer, Derya Çiçek, Mehmet
Güzel, Rukettin Gün, firin Harhar, Memet Dalmaz
Kurdistan
2003 / 20m / with no subtitles / U
A university student who left Diyarbakir when he was a
child returns to the city to write a thesis about the walls
and meets a girl at the library…
Sun 24 Oct 12.00pm
Wed 27 Oct 4.30pm
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