Kurdish Cinema

Kurdish cinema (Kurdish: فلمی کوردی) mainly evokes the poverty and sufferings of the Kurdish people in the Middle East. Yilmaz Güney, Hiner Saleem, Bahman Qubadi, Mano Khalil, Shero Rauf, Jano Rosebiani, Kazim Oz, Shewket Amin Korki, Havi Ibrahim, Hisham Zaman, Jay Jonroy' and Yüksel Yavuz are among the better known Kurdish directors. The following is a list of some better known Kurdish films:

  • The Legend of Kawa the Blacksmith,2009
  • David & Layla, 2006
  • Turtles Can Fly, 2004
  • Vodka Lemon, 2004
  • Jiyan, 2002
  • Marooned in Iraq, 2002
  • A Time for Drunken Horses, 2000
  • Yol, 1982
  • A Song For Beko (Klamek ji bo Beko), 1992

Kurdish Film Files: http://tcnarchive.blogspot.com/2006/10/kurdish-film-files.html

Kurdish culture
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Folklore
  • Cinema
  • Cuisine
  • Dance
  • Music
  • historical sites
  • Newroz
  • Rugs
  • Clothing


Famous quotes containing the word cinema:

    “The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. Unlike painting and literature, the cinema both gives to life and takes from it, and I try to render this concept in my films. Literature and painting both exist as art from the very start; the cinema doesn’t.”
    —Jean-Luc Godard (b. 1930)