The following films took part in the Yilmaz Güney Short Film Competition 2007

Short Film Competition Programme 12 (Thu 6 Dec 11:30)

THE PLACE OF FISHES
THE PLACE OF FISHES

Director: Farid Nikkhah

South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 12m / No dialogue / PG

A little boy who keeps a home aquarium goes to the fish market with his mother. What he sees at the market affects him deeply.

EVERYTHING IS WHITE
EVERYTHING IS WHITE

Director: Sabite Kaya

North Kurdistan (Turkey) 2006 / 20m / Turkish with English subtitles / PG

The story of a Turkish teacher who begins work in a Kurdish village where some of the students do not understand Turkish. The film follows his efforts to communicate with them.

Short Film Competition Programme 13 (Thu 6 Dec 16:45)

HELIN
HELIN

Director: Sibel Akkulak

North Kurdistan (Turkey) 2007 / 13m / No dialogue / 12A

The story of an artist who has had horrific experiences. She tries to cope with life but her memories are always with her.

SNOWY DAY'S NIGHT
SNOWY DAY'S NIGHT

Director: Danesh Salevati & Babak Salevati

East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 14m / Kurdish (Sorani), Farsi with English subtitles / PG

When an oil tanker crashes in a mountain pass, the driver, along with his child, carry the barrels of oil towards their destination. Encountering problems on the way, they lose all but one of the barrels which villagers are waiting for.

TOTICO
TOTICO

Director: Khadija C. Baker

Canada 2007 / m / PG

Totico (an expression signifying "crazy" in Kurdish) is a short animation tale about two roosters with images hand-drawn onto glass using melted chocolate and henna.