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An exiled director's representation of his own people, Kurds / by Devrim Kilic
people in Long Live the Bride is to some extent problematic. >>> 2 May 2007 |
David & Layla in Italy this friday - Jalal Jonroy's message to the festival
Kurdistan when I first read Romeo & Juliet in English. >>> 3 May 2007 |
Silence tells often much more than words / interview with Hiner Saleem
nourishment which is necessary both with birth and death. DOL means ‘drum/drums’ in Kurdish, but has also another meaning. It can also mean ‘valley’. Thus DOL refers to the musical life in a hilly country." >>> April 10, 2007 The first film about Kurds, Zeré is 80 years old / by Rohat Alakom
as a subject matter is the film titled Zeré, shot in 1926 in Armenia. Shot by a famous Armenian director Hamo Beknazaryan (1892-1965) who is accepted as the founder of the Armenian cinema, the film Zeré takes place in Kurdish villages of Armenia. >>> April 7, 2007 |
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KurdishCinema.com May 2007 Bahman Ghobadi: The Poetics of Politics by Felix Koch
difficult circumstances in his home country, Iran, Ghobadi is a restless man, driven to document and portray the fate of the Kurds... >>> 16 May 2007 |
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Reading a screenplay / by Jalal Jonroy
experience, read a screenplay - like seeing a film or a play- in one go, at worst within the same day. >>> 12 June 2007 |
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David and Layla: A love story / by Matthew
to break down stereotypes and open up new ways of regarding “the other.” >>> 8 July 2007 |
My big, fat, Jewish-Kurdish wedding? / by Tom Tugend
dumps domineering Jewish fiancée when he falls for lovely Kurdish Muslim girl. >>> 22 July 20007 |
"I have problems with the borders" / an interview with Bahman Ghobadi by Michael Guillen
filled with mirthful light. He is a small man but a few sentences into our interview made me... >>> 5th of August 2007 |
Bahman Ghobadi discusses his new feature, "Half Moon" / By Jim Quilty
Bahman Ghobadi discusses his new feature, "Half Moon," >>> 9 October 2007 |
Call for Yılmaz Güney Short Film Competition
London Kurdish Film festival in memory of the great Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney. >>> October 9 2007 |
Screening of `David the Tholhildan` in London
the Tholdildan `will be screened in London on Monday 5th of November.... >>> November 3 2007 |
Sharon Stone praises Bahman Ghobadi
Stone praised Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi after watching Turtles Can Fly. >>> November 3 2007 |
Gutsy Jewish-Kurdish romance goes after more than laughs / by Jeff Shannon
abandonment of exiled Kurds (as when Layla tells David "we got saved from Saddam by the same... >>> November 3 2007 |
Paris Kurdish Film Festival was successful
Festival in Paris took place from 24 to 30 October 2007 at the Film Latin Quarter in Paris 5th. >>> 13 November 2007 |
Q&A with Bahman Ghobadi for Passion for Cinema / by, Kavita Kasturi *
from the rest of the Iranian Films? In their making and their content? >>> November 27, 2007 |
5th London Kurdish Film Festival will kick off
Kurdish Film Festival is delighted to welcome you to the 5th London Kurdish Film Festival. The final |
Diary of the 5th London Kurdish Film Festival >>> 29 November 2007 |
Screning of "Crossing the Dust" by KSSO
Korki's latest feature film "Crossing the Dust" will be screened >>> 12 December 2007 |
Director Hiwa Aminnejad
in Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran from a Kurdish middle class family. He obtained a diploma in ... >>> 18 December 2007 |
Self-distribution key to getting 'David & Layla' in theaters / by Martin A. Grove
the bigger challenges of self- distribution as Jay Jonroy is doing with his political romantic comedy ... >>> December 20, 2007 |
5th Kurdish Film Festival in London / by Bestun Baban
good. From an artistic point of view, they could not have been said to be art for art’s sake; most were... >>> December 28, 2007 |
Kurdish School of Cinema at Salahaddin University
(KSC) at the College of Fine Arts/Salahaddin University is the first film school ever in Kurdistan and is... >>> December 28, 2007 |
Musikliebe, new documentary of Yusuf Yesiloz
completed his new documentary, Musikliebe (Love of Music), which will be premiered at the >>> January 8 2007 |
Film about female PKK leader Nuriye Kesbir
Wietsma's latest documentary "Sozdar, She Who Lives Her Promise" tells the life of a Kurdish woman... >>> January 12, 2008 |
An interview with Hisham Zaman on Bawke by Richard Raskin
longer film, with more action and more characters in a broader universe. >>> 24 January 2008 |
KurdishCinema has two new addresses: www.kurdishcinema.org and www.sinemakurdi.com |
Kurdish films at 37. Rotterdam International Film Festival
feature Turkish films about Kurds will be shown at 37. Rotterdam International... >>> January 25, 2008 |
Aristotle's seven golden rules of story telling by Jalal Jonroy
lasting, worthwhile ideas relevant to our world, lives, troubles, nightmares, dreams, hopes, loves... >>> February 4, 2008 |
Half Moon takes cynical approach toward Turkey / By Elif Tunca *
receive their fair share of criticism from Ghobadi's latest feature- length movie, "Niwemang" >>> February 22, 2008 |
Inteview with Huseyin Karabey, director of "My Marlon and Brando" by indieWIRE Huseyin Karabey's "My Marlon and Brando retells the true story of Turkish actress Ayca Damgaci, who heads to Baghdad in search of her husband... >>> 27 October 2008 |
Celebrate Newroz with Shiva Rose at David & Layla premiere in San Francisco
at David & Layla premiere, San Francisco. 7:00 PM Saturday March 8 at Sundance Cinemas, |
Call from Manchester Kurdish Film Festival (MKFF’08)
Festival, returns in September for seven intensive days of screenings... >>> March 19. 2008 |
David Tolhildan banned in Singapore film fest
documentary "David the Tholhildan" is banned at Singapore's film festival. >>> April 11 2008 |
My Marlon and Brando (Gitmek) is at New York Tribeca Film Festival
"My Marlon and Brando" (Gitmek), is being shown at New York Tribeca Film Festival. >>> April 28, 2008 |
Ghobadi's film in Bahrain Human Rights Film Festival
at the Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival on May 2, 2008. Ghobadi will be attending to the festival. >>> April 28, 2008 |
Script award from KurdishCinema.com KurdishCinema.com com will give a script award in 2009. The aim of this award, which would be the first of its kind, is to support the young screen-writers and directors and to promote the script writing among the concerned circle. >>> December 27, 2008 |
Turtles Can Fly wins Two Awards in Bahrain
Can Fly' won two awards at the Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival. >>> May 6, 2008 |
Film feast / by James M. Wall
film is a gritty, realistic portrait of the U.S. role in the betrayal of the Kurdish people's desire for independence. >>> March 5, 2008 |
Prix du Public / Audience Award to David and Layla
to Director J Jonroy by the Ministry of Culture - who is also an actress - ... >>> September 13 2008 |
Censorship from Culture Ministry; 'Turkish girl cannot fall in love with a Kurdish boy!'
censorship cast its shadow on ‘Culturescapes-Türkei’ festival. >>> November 6 2008 |
Kurdish films to be screened in India
Bahman Ghobadi, will be screened at the 13th International Film festival of Kelara in India. >>> December 12, 2008. |
Kurdish director won the big prize in Belgium
Kalifa won the best film award at International Leuven Short Film Festival in Belgium >>> December 14, 2008 |