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Half Moon / by Kirk Honeycutt
absurdist comedy and deliriously emotional characters. "Half Moon" represents a more tragic side to Ghobadi, but there is a sense of acceptance of fate. Even death is not bad luck, one character insists. >>> April 4, 2007 Suspension of Disbelief / by Jalal Jonroy
including the “Suspension of Disbelief.” The rules of ‘believability / credibility” varies according to the different genres: tragedy, drama, comedy, satire, suspense, thriller, epic... >>> April 1, 2007
observed indelible, and provocative examination of the inextricable social cycle of poverty, exploitation, disenfranchisement, and disposability. >>> April 1, 2007 |
KurdishCinema.com - April 2007
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Silence tells often much more than words / interview with Hiner Saleem
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
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 Watch Kurdish films here!
Mem u Zin, Vodka Lemon, Jiyan and Turtles Can Fly are the films that you can enjoy watching now. Please note only some part of the films is available. >>> April 7, 2007 Half Moon will be screened in Portugal, USA and Germany Bahman Ghobadi’s latest feature film Half Moon which won the best film award at the last San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2006 is invited in three different international film festivals. >>> April 7, 2007 |
Watch more Kurdish Films!
Middle East, Delalo and Turtles Can Fly at our site. The full version of Delalo, a short Kurdish film is availabe here! >>> 20 April 200 Dol in German cinemas
2007 in the city of Köln, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Wuppertal and Freiburg of Germany . >>> April 18 2007 The First Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival will kick off!
25 of April 2007, at 3001 Cinema in Hamburg in Germany. The festival will be a showcase for short, feature and documentary films of Kurdish directors. >>> April 16 2007 The first Paris Kurdish Film Festival
October in 2007 at the Film library Latin Quarter in Paris, France. Organized by Collective of the Scenario Writers and Kurdish Artists (CCAK) in France, Paris Kurdish Film Festival aims at supporting and promoting the Kurdish Cinema while endeavouring to create an address for young directors. >>> 16 April 2007 Watch documentaries about Kurds!
you to watch. 'E`en rapport over Koerden' is a Dutch documentary made in 1980 that is about the Kurdish struggle against Khomeini's regime. 'Good Kurds Bad Kurds' is a documentary made by an Kurdistan's Peshmerga' is short documentary made by ChristianPayne. And a German documentary about the Yezidi Kurds in Armenia. You can watch full version of two documentaries by following the links provided. >>> 15 April 2007 Waiting for the rain / A Kurdish love story / by Kawa Akrawi & Huseyin Umaysiz
the heart of Kurdistan, Hawler. The film with its dynamic characters and cinematic vision, will capture the heart of most people at all age. >>> April 11, 2007 |
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Half Moon at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Festival
Festival. The premiere screening of Half Moon was on Friday 27th in the World Narrative Feature Competition section. Ghobadi will be present at the second screening on April 30th. >>> 29 April 2007 David & Layla will be screened in Verona Film Festival
Schermi d'Amore (Love Screen) Film Festival on 4th of May at 20.15 in the Panorama sectionshowing a new version of Romeo & Juliet each year from different countries. The film will be shown at Via Roma 1 cinema. >>> 25 April 2007 Why write? / by Jalal Jonroy “Whatever you see with your imagination, whatever you feel and create with your heart is art.” We write to heighten our awareness of life…we write to taste life twice, in the moment and in introspection… >>> 21 April 2007 |
