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

Short Film Competition Programme 5 (Mon 3 Dec 11:00)

WE PASS BY EACH OTHER AS IF
WE PASS BY EACH OTHER AS IF

Director: Osman Mohammadi

East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 2m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

The story of little beggar girl and her colourful dreams.

Short Film Competition Programme 6 (Mon 3 Dec 12:45)

THE DREAMS OF LOST TIME
THE DREAMS OF LOST TIME

Director: Faysal Soysal

East Kurdistan (Iran) 2007 / 15m / Farsi with English subtitles / PG

A woman who is anxious to stop time, in order to get rid of memories and return to the beginning, travels from dream to dream in search of her childhood and her youth.

YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY

Director: Mohammed Ali Atrushi

South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2005 / 12m / Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles / PG

A man comes close to death, an experience that completely changes his life.

BORDER
BORDER

Director: Omed Mahmwdi

East Kurdistan (Iran) 2006 / 10m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

A child flees to south Kurdistan for economic and political reasons.

THE FISH
THE FISH

Director: Shayda Selah

South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2007 / 10m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

A symbolic film about an invalid who drowns in a lake. The villagers come to his rescue but soon forget him as they begin to enjoy swimming and playing in the water.