‘Nîvê Heyvê’ is invited in Istanbul Film Festival KurdishCinema.com – Melbourne – 12.03/07
Heyvê’ (Half Moon) has been invited to Istanbul International Film Festival which will take place between 31st March and 15 April 2007. The festival which is organized by İstanbul Culture and Art Foundation is the most important film festival in Turkey. Ghobadi’s earlier films ‘Time for Drunken Horses’, ‘Marooned in Iraq’ and ‘Turtles Can
It is said that Ghobadi will individually attend the festival too. The leading roles in Half Moon are played by İsmail Ghaffari, Allah Morad Rashtiani and Hedye Tehrani and the film will be shown three times on 10, 12 and 14 April 2007. At 26th Istanbul International Film Festival 235 films will be screened from different countries. ‘Half Moon’ tells the story of some Kurdish musicians traveling from Iranian Kurdistan to South Kurdistan. The film which has been banned in Iran but invited 13 international film festival until now and won several awards including The Golden Shell (the top prize), The Best Director of Photography Award and The Jury Award for the Best Screenplay at the 54th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain, 2006 Director Bahman Ghobadi permission to shoot films in Iran has also been suspended by the Ministy of Culture and Islamic Guidance last month on the basis that his films are promoting ‘separatism’. Ghobadi is now in Australia and attending a workshop in Byron Bay in NSW. KurdishCinema.com |
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