11thLKFF 2020

March 5, 2022
Children in Film

BUTTERFLY

BUTTERFLY IN COMPETITION 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Ashkan Ahmadi East Kurdistan / 2019 / 15 min / Kurdish with English Subtitles. -A little girl, who is on the verge of puberty, journeys with her father to catch butterflies for her school project. Her father suddenly gets killed being at the wrong place at the […]

March 5, 2022
Children in Film

MOUNTAIN

MOUNTAIN 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Teymour Ghaderi East Kurdistan / 2019 / 2 min / Silent. -A short film about the universal joys and innocence of a child, no matter what situation they are in and where they are in this world. 19th August, 2020 at 6:30pm

March 5, 2022
Children in Film

THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS

THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS IN COMPETITION 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Maryam Samadi Produced by Sanar Noriazar East Kurdistan / 2019 / 14 min / Kurdish with English Subtitles. -A young disabled boy’s lifelong wish may be realised when his friends encounter a swan by the pond, which tradition says can heal everything. Together, the […]

March 5, 2022
Children in Film

THE MANDARIN TREE

THE MANDARIN TREE IN COMPETITION 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Cengiz Akaygün Produced by Philipp Lutz Germany / 2018 / 18 min / Turkish with English Subtitles. -After her father is arrested for political reasons by the Turkish government, little Sirin is finally allowed to visit him in prison for the first time. When a prison […]

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

THE SHEPHERD

THE HANDS 📷 Short Animation Directed by Yunus Yildiz North Kurdistan / 2019 / 3 mins / No Dialogue. -The trauma of a man trying to escape from the hands of war. 23rd August, 2020 at 6:15pm

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

THERE WAS A COUNTRY

THERE WAS A COUNTRY IN COMPETITION 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Hebun Polat West Kurdistan / 2018 / 4 min / No Dialogue. -The story of an elderly woman and grandchildren attempting to hold onto life again after the war. 23rd August, 2020 at 6:00pm

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

SHOUTED FROM THE ROOFTOPS

SHOUTED FROM THE ROOFTOPS IN COMPETITION 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Beri Shalmashi Netherlands / 2018 / 7 min / Kurdish with English Subtitles. -A romantic love story set in the heart of a war-torn Kurdish town. When Sherin leaves to fight in the frontlines, her anguished lover Ferhat stays behind awaiting her return. 23rd […]

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

HERITAGE

HERITAGE IN COMPETITION 📷Short Animation Directed by Baran Reihani East Kurdistan / 2019 / 5 min / No Dialogue. -Heritage is an animated story about the destruction of the lives of a happy family and how the only surviving child is trying to keep on going by himself. 23rd August, 2020 at 5:45pm

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

TWO ENDS OF A BRIDGE

TWO ENDS OF A BRIDGE WINNER OF THE 7TH YILMAZ GUNEY BEST SHORT FILM AWARD 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Muhammed Seyyid Yıldız North Kurdistan / 2019 / 6 min / Kurdish, Turkish with English Subtitles. -A flag seller is having some trouble with his sales. As he walks to and fro on a bridge, […]

March 5, 2022
War on Screen

HOME

HOME 📷 Short Fiction Directed by Sêvînaz Evdikê West Kurdistan / 2019 / 7 mins / Kurdish with English Subtitles. -This is the first short film shot in the city of Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State in Syria, after its liberation. This film reflects on the trauma of war through the eyes […]