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KurdishCinema.com - December 2007
| 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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Release of Hallf Moon around the world
"HalfMoon" will be released in different countries around the world. >>> 8 July 2007 |
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 |
Bahman Ghobadi and Jose Saramago in Spain
Saramago will attend together a conference in Madrid, Spain. >>> 22 July 2007 |
Great success of Half Moon in Spain
Ghobadi, Half Moon, was screened in several cinemas in Spain and became the 2nd best- selling movie in cinemas in the country. >>> 5th of August 2007 |
Half Moon in Melbourne Australia
Melbourne Interanational Festival on 10th of August at 5 pm at Forum Theatre. >>> 5th of August 2007 |
| "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 |
| Call for submissions to 2nd Iraqi Short Film Festival
Festival will be held from the 18th of August 2007, for three days. >>> 7 August 2007 |
| Amsterdam Film eXperience 2007 is now accepting submissions
(AFX) is a short film festival that takes place in Het Ketelhuis in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. >>> 10 August 2007 |
| Bahman ghobadi as a Jury in the 55th San Sebastian Film Festival
Director, is invited to Spain as a Jury for the 55th San Sebastian Film Festival. >>> 19 August 2007 |
A Kurdish director: Shewket Amin Korki
Kurdish director who was born in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1973. >>> 8 September 2007 |
Call for 5th London Kurdish Film Festival
Kurdish Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the festival which will be held in London in December 2007. >>> 18th of September 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 Most of the films were not very good. From an artistic point of view, they could not have been said to be art for art’s sake; most were aimed at influencing people in a nationalist direction. >>> December 28, 2007 |
| Kurdish School of Cinema at Salahaddin University The Kurdish School of Cinema (KSC) at the College of Fine Arts/Salahaddin University is the first film school ever in Kurdistan and is a first step towards establishing the Kurdish Cinema. >>> December 28, 2007 |
