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The story of Vyan, a Kurdish woman sniper during the war against ISIS in Iraq (2013–2017). A war film written and directed by Halkawt Mustafa.

F No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

Halkawt Mustafa2026

BÎR / FILM2026

Earth SongErol Mintaş

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Rojîn, a Kurdish-born anaesthesiologist who has spent almost her whole life in Helsinki, has to face years of estrangement and her own past when her …

F Earth Song

Erol Mintaş2026118 min

Avesta, a young Yazidi woman who has escaped ISIS, comes to Brussels to make the man who enslaved her answer for it, hunting his family to force him …

F The Virgin and Child

Binevsa Berivan202480 min

In Germany, 22-year-old Elaha faces expectations of virginity as her wedding approaches. She searches for a way through family loyalty and the right …

F Elaha

Milena Aboyan2023110 min

A German crew filming in eastern Turkey records Hatice, a Kurdish mother whose son was abducted twenty-six years ago, and is drawn into a conspiracy …

F In the Blind Spot

Ayşe Polat2023118 min

BÎR / FILM2022

Angels of SinjarHanna Polak

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Hanifa, a Yazidi woman who survived ISIS’s 2014 attack on Sinjar, risks her life in ISIS-held territory to find her five younger sisters, abducted an…

D Angels of Sinjar

Hanna Polak2022106 min

Ziné and Avdal love each other despite an old feud between their families, and marry once the families make peace. But Avdal, wounded at the front, f…

F Goodnight Soldier

Hiner Saleem202297 min

BÎR / FILM2022

SinjarAnna M. Bofarull

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

In Barcelona, Carlota searches for her teenage son, who has vanished without trace; in Sinjar, Yazidi Hadia is forced to live as a slave with three o…

F Sinjar

Anna M. Bofarull2022127 min

Passing a university entrance exam could let Rojin escape an unwanted marriage. Her sister Shilan’s help draws them both into a network of exam cheat…

F Ezmûn / The Exam

Shawkat Amin Korki202189 min

BÎR / FILM2021

SabayaHogir Hirori

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

The documentary follows a group who risk their lives to rescue women held captive by ISIS in the al-Hol camp. Shot and edited by Hogir Hirori himself…

D Sabaya

Hogir Hirori202190 min

BÎR / FILM2019

MomêRodi Güven Yalçınkaya

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Arjin and her friend Sidar take in a missing Kurdish woman and come under intelligence surveillance; an agent’s lip-reading mistake ties them to a pl…

F Momê

Rodi Güven Yalçınkaya201998 min

About a battalion of Kurdish women fighting ISIS to free their homeland and the French war reporter who travels with them, the film competed for the …

F Girls of the Sun

Eva Husson2018115 min

Most of the men of Xalko, the Kurdish village where Sami Mermer was born, have left as refugees; the women who remain keep daily life and tradition g…

D Xalko

Sami Mermer, Hind Benchekroun2018100 min

After accusations in her village, Havin leaves for Belgium with her daughter. When shepherd Zagros follows his wife, he finds himself caught between …

F Zagros

Sahim Omar Kalifa2017102 min

Zaynê Akyol’s documentary approaches the everyday lives, conversations and shared time of Kurdish women fighters, placing public struggle alongside p…

D Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Zaynê Akyol201686 min

In Kobanî, freed from ISIS, 20-year-old Dilovan starts a radio station. Her broadcasts with survivors, returning refugees and musicians become the vo…

D Radio Kobanî

Reber Dosky201670 min

Between documentary and fiction, the film follows two people in Iraqi Kurdistan: Nariman, a pilot trying to start a flight school for the young, and …

D A Flag Without a Country

Bahman Ghobadi201597 min

BÎR / FILM2014

Sesime Gel / Were Dengê MinHüseyin Karabey

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Berfe and her granddaughter Jiyan must find a weapon to hand over in order to free the detained Temo. Having no weapon sets them on a strange search …

F Sesime Gel / Were Dengê Min

Hüseyin Karabey2014

BÎR / FILM2013

Houses with Small WindowsBülent Öztürk

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

In a Kurdish village, 22-year-old Dilan pays with her life for loving a young man from the next village. A quiet, devastating short about an honour k…online

S Houses with Small Windows

Bülent Öztürk201316 min

Teacher Govend and police officer Baran cross paths in a border village. Hiner Saleem connects personal freedom and local power with a western sensib…

F My Sweet Pepper Land

Hiner Saleem2013100 min

Sumru, a music researcher, travels to Diyarbakır to trace laments for her thesis; the stories of families of the disappeared lead her to face a grief…

F Future Lasts Forever

Özcan Alper2011108 min

BÎR / FILM2011

Red HeartHalkawt Mustafa

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Secret lovers Shirin and Soran run away on the night she is forced into a marriage. When Soran is arrested, Shirin is left alone in the big city; Hal…

F Red Heart

Halkawt Mustafa201180 min

BÎR / FILM2011

If You Die, I’ll Kill YouHiner Saleem

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

Fresh out of prison in Paris, Philippe befriends Avdal, a Kurd hunting an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal’s sudden death brings his fiancée Siba and his de…

F If You Die, I’ll Kill You

Hiner Saleem201190 min

BÎR / FILM2010

The Flowers of KirkukFariborz Kamkari

CINEMA / MEMORY / STORY↗

In late-1980s Iraq under Saddam, Najla, a medical student in Rome, returns to Kirkuk to find her Kurdish fiancé Sherko. Caught between him and an arm…

F The Flowers of Kirkuk

Fariborz Kamkari2010115 min