Shadow of the Kurdish Mountain (2019)

“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and freedom. It takes place along the 911 km of the turkish-Syrian border. On the one hand the ISIS, in the other Erdogan’s Turkey. In the middle the borders and one hope. This hope is called Rojava, only one point on the chart of a troubled region, a region of resistance and an example of grassroots democracy that speaks about gender equality, self-determination of peoples and peaceful coexistence.

이라크 국경지역의 쿠르디스탄, 미국의 이라크 침공이 임박했다는 소문에 사담 후세인의 핍박을 피해 많은 사람들이 몰려든다. 이들 중에는 어린이답지 않은 리더십과 조숙함으로 또래 아이들의 인정을 받으며 살아가는 "위성"이라는 소년과 전쟁 속에서 팔을 잃은 소년 "헹고"가 있다. "위성"은 "헹고"의 여동생인 "아그린"을 보고 첫 눈에 사랑에 빠지나, 그녀는 전쟁 중 받은 상처로 늘 악몽에 시달리며 괴로워한다. 전쟁이 임박한 가운데 "위성"은 지뢰를 내다팔고 무기를 사두는 등, 나름대로 살아가는 방법을 찾아나가면서 "아그린"의 관심을 끌기 위해 갖은 노력을 기울인다. 그러나 아그린은 그런 "위성"과 자기를 아껴주는 오빠 "헹고", 그리고 불쌍한 아들인 "리가"가 곁에 있음에도 불구하고 전쟁 중 군인들에게 겁탈당하고 아이까지 낳은 악몽 때문에 늘 자살을 생각하는데......

A Kurdish woman as a suspect of terrorism: the exciting political thriller deeply depicts the racist surveillance system in Turkey. The young Kurdish woman Arjin is under surveillance by the Turkish intelligence service. Her offense: She housed another Kurdish woman for one night, who then disappeared without a trace. Every step of Arjin and her friend Sidar is monitored from now on. When Ramo, a secret service worker of Kurdish origin, claims to have found evidence that Arjin and Sidar are involved in the planning of a suicide bombing in Istanbul, the ugly face of the Turkish government is uncovered.

이란과 이라크의 오랜 전쟁을 겪으며 황폐해질대로 황폐해진 국경 마을, 바네. 어머니가 막내를 낳다 죽고 밀수길에 나섰던 아버지마저 지뢰를 밟고 목숨을 잃으면서 12살 난 소년 아윱은 졸지에 가족들을 책임져야하는 꼬마 가장이 된다. 아윱은 학교까지 그만두고 돈벌이에 뛰어들지만, 아픈 동생 마디의 약값을 치르고나면 여동생 아마네에게 새 공책을 사주기도 빠듯하기만 하다. 설상가상으로 수술을 서두르지 않으면 마디가 몇 개월 못가 죽게 될 거라는 의사의 진단에 아윱은 수술비를 마련하기 위해 밀수하는 사람들의 심부름꾼이 된다. 국경을 넘나들어야하는 밀수는 이란과 이라크 국경 수비대의 눈을 피해야 하는 것은 물론, 밀수꾼을 습격하여 물건을 강탈하는 무장괴한의 위협을 감수해야하는 위험하기 짝이 없는 일. 게다가 사방에는 전쟁 중 양국에서 뿌려놓은 지뢰들이 깔려있어 언제 밟을지 모르고, 짐을 나르는 말과 노새들에게 술을 먹이지 않으면 안 될 정도로 혹독한 추위와 눈보라도 견뎌내야 한다.

In the metropolitan city of Hamburg, illegal immigrant Chernor, an openly gay African youth with blond hair, makes his money by dealing drugs and dreams of one day living in Australia. Baran, meanwhile, is a Kurdish bicycle delivery boy living in constant fear of deportation, who keeps his past in a video camera. The two form a bond when they meet, and their shared struggles to survive soon develop into a relationship that is threatened when Baran loses his job.

A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.

The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.

이란의 이슬람혁명 당시 반혁명 죄로 30년간 투옥되었던 쿠르드족 시인 사데그 카망가르의 실화를 바탕으로 만든 영화이다. 쿠르드족으로 인기 시인인 사헬과 아내 미나는 이슬람혁명기에 체포되어 투옥된다. 5년 후 풀려난 뒤 미나는 남편이 죽은 것으로 알고, 교도소에서 낳은 아이들을 키우며 살다가 터키로 이주한다. 30년 뒤 풀려난 사헬은 터키로 그들을 만나러 가지만, 또 다른 비극을 맞는다. 그리고, 이 모든 비극의 원흉인 악바르를 죽이고, 자신의 죄값도 치르려 한다. 사헬 역의 베흐루즈 보수기와 미나 역의 모니카 벨루치의 열연은 이 작품의 비장미를 극대화한다. (제 17회 부산국제영화제)

After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman sultan) before he continues his travels through Kurdistan. Achmed El Corda, the son of Halef's Hadedhin Beduin tribe's sheik Mohammed Emin, has been captured by the machredsh (Turkish governor) of Mossul for resisting water seizure by his Turkish troops. Kara takes charge of the rescue.

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers from Northern Syria’s Rojava region. Featuring a stunning scenery of poetic landscapes, the film is interlaced with stories of Kurdish and Assyrian songs that narrate the long history of love and suffering of this semi-autonomous region.

As the forces of ISIS and Assad tear through villages and society in Syria and Northern Iraq, a group of brave and idealistic women are taking up arms against them—and winning inspiring victories. Members of “The Free Women’s Party” come from Paris, Turkish Kurdistan, and other parts of the world. Their dream: To create a Democratic Syria, and a society based on gender equality. Guns in hand, these women are carrying on a movement with roots that run 40 years deep in the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey. GIRL’S WAR honors the legacy of Sakine Cansiz, co-founder of the PKK who was assassinated in Paris in 2013, and reflects on the sacrifices made by all of the women in the movement, who have endured jail, rape, war, and persecution in their quest to liberate their lives and sisters from male dominance. With scenes of solidarity, strength, and love amongst these brave women soldiers, GIRL'S WAR is a surprising story of Middle Eastern feminism on the front lines.

The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds living in Syria. With the outbreak of the civil war —in the frame of the called ‘Arab Spring'— the Kurds of Syria have taken advantage of the context to fight for their political and cultural recognition and thus end the repression that started more than 50 years ago.

Hundreds of Western volunteers have joined Kurdish armies in Syria and Iraq in their efforts to fight the Islamic State. What drives some Canadians to put their lives on the line?

Documentary on Sakine Cansız (Sara), the Kurdish revolutionary and PKK co-founder killed in Paris in January 2013 by Turkish agents.

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.

Kurdistan, partitioned between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, could play a major role in a torn Middle East. But who are the Kurds? What influence do they have? Who exactly is Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party? An enlightening investigation by Luis Miranda.

"Nû Jîn", New Life, with the slogan ' Woman is life. Life is resistance and resistance is Kobanê', depicts the daily life of women guerillas, Elif Kobanê (18), Vîyan Peyman and Arjîn, joining in the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in their battle against ISIS. The documentary relates the ISIS assault of 15 September 2014 and the five-month resistance by the YPJ and People's Defense Units (YPG) through the lens of three women fighter

During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.

1987년, 이란과 이라크 국경의 쿠르드족 도시인 사르다쉬트와 주변 여러 마을이 이라크군의 화학무기 공격을 받는다. 이 지역 주민 가데르와 그의 임신한 아내 그리고 3명의 어린 아이들이 화학물질에 노출되어 부상을 입는다. 가데르는 홀로 가족을 지키기 위해 노력한다.

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, 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.