10thLKFF 2018

Mara (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Ciwan Zengin & Meral Yegin 10 minutes Turkey Kurdish with English subtitles A mother losing his son in unsolved murder tries to find consolation in requiems for the land. Vue Wood Green, 14th April 2018 @20:30

Alan (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Mostafa Gandomkar 20 minutes Iran Kurdish with English subtitles ISIS onslaught across Syria and Iraq has killed thousands of people with millions of others forced to flee their homes and thousands more held as slaves. Alan is a short film about one of them. SOAS, 21st April 2018 […]

A Special Guest (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Kae Bahar 19 minutes UK English with English subtitles Long held memories of grief and the ramifications of war collide when 10 year old refugee Ako is persuaded to spend an afternoon with elderly English neighbours. SOAS, 21st April 2018 @17:00

The Taste of Sugar (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Seckin Kartal 12 minutes France/Turkey Kurdish & Turkish with English subtitles With the approach of Şeker Bayramı, Azad and his mother pay a visit to Azad’s father in prison. During this trip, they will meet a military veteran and a young lady with whom they […]

Ako (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Mohammed Neamat 14.15 minutes Iraq Kurdish with English subtitles Ako is a young man leading a solitary life in a tent with only his saz (bağlama) to accompany him. One day while tuning the saz one of the string breaks and so the search begins. Ako’s search takes […]

Director (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Azad Jafarpur & Morad Haghparast 7 minutes Iran No Dialog & No subtitles A director gets into trouble with filmmaking. SOAS, 21st April 2018 @17:00

The Paintings (2016) Short Film 📷 Directed by Baran M. Reihani 7.12 minutes Iran No Dialog & No subtitles An animation about a painter who sees the world like a Guernica painting. The Painting reveals the portrait of a war that is right around the corner. SOAS, 21st April 2018 @17:00

My Clayey Conception(2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Zanyar Muhammadineku 3 minutes Iran No Dialog & No subtitles War memories of a man and his idea. SOAS, 21st April 2018 @17:00

Arin (2017) Short Film 📷 Directed by Mizgin Mujde Arslan 10.44 minutes UK Kurdish with English subtitles Solin is a pregnant Kurdish woman living in London with her elderly dad. When Solin’s dad, who doesn’t speak a word of English, goes missing Solin embarks on a journey to find him. The search slowly reveals traumas […]