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The following films will be taking part in the short film competition
Cypress
Director: Shukri Ali Abdulrahman
South Kurdistan (Iraq) / 6 mins / No dialogue
Cypress explores the ways that children deal with their dreams and their efforts to try to make their dreams a reality.
Death By Brick
Director: Nabaz Shekany
South Kurdistan (Iraq) / 21 mins / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles
Based on a true story the film tells the story of a young girl who is killed for falling in love with the wrong man and reveals the powerlessness of women in tribal societies.
Deposited
Director: Sherko Hamad Saeid
South Kurdistan (Iraq) / 7 mins / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles
Deposited tells the story of a village in Kurdistan that had been attacked by Iraq’s former Baathist regime during the fatal 1988 Anfal operations against the Kurds.
the Door
Director: Dilgesh Rosebiani
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2009/ 24min / Kurdish (Behdinani) with English subtitles
Set during Saddam’s lethal Anfal campaign against the Kurds in 1988, The Door tells the story of two children who lose their parents in the mountains and face incredible hardship.
Dream House
Director: Ahora Zamanpira
East Kurdistan (Iran) / 2008 / 10mins / No dialogue
A group of children cheerfully begin building a house from mud. Their enjoyment and their accomplishments however are soon affected by the precarious circumstances of the country they live in.
The Dream of Sparrows
Director: Nasser Hasan
South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2009/ 10min / No Dialogue
An army camp in a remote mountain holds the dreams of two children and the secret desires of a soldier. While the soldier is distracted, the children steal his helmet to make a musical instrument.


