HOPE

Director: Osman Aksoy

North Kurdistan (Turkey) 2007 / 10m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / PG

This story of an exiled man who comes back to his own village after a war. The village had been destroyed, deserted and burned and everyone has emigrated. But he has never lost his hope and hope remains his greatest passion.

TERRORIST

Director: Sami Sadiq

South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2006 / 1m / No dialogue / PG

The story of two different worlds.

LOSER

Director: Hiwa Ahmed

United Kingdom 2007 / 5m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

After the war in 1991 in Iraq many Kurds escaped from the country and sought refuge in European countries with their families. Among them were many young men, some of whom indulge in gambling to the detriment of their marriages.

OVEN

Director: Ashkan Ahmadi

South Kurdistan (Iraq) / 14m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

The sacrifices of women for their husbands and their country which sometimes are rewarded only by the unfaithfulness of their men folk.

RED DRESS

Director: Hawre Bahjat Husain

South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 11m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

A wealthy man overhears his wife on the phone with another person and gets suspicious of her.