Memories on Stone

Feature Film

Director: Shawkat Amin Korki
Cast: Hussein Hassan, Nazmi Kirik, Shima Molaei
South Kurdistan / 2015 / 97 min - Kurdish with English subtitles

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein (37) and Alan (40) direct and produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in
Iraq, during the Anfal campaign in 1988. They learn that, to achieve veracity by the means of cinema and to face their own identity, it’s worth putting everything on the line - even their own life. Our opening gala film, is a joint production
of Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan and Germany and has been selected to represent Iraq as the official submission for the 88th Academy.

Awards (Oscars) for the Best Foreign-Language Film.

17th NOV 2015 @ 18:00