Kurdish Movies

Kawa Nemir is like a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language. He flees Turkey and takes refuge at Anne Frank's former house in Amsterdam. Will he...

Shobo is a young woman who is in a misery situation for having a child, a decision that has a particular impact on her life and her people.

The story of two youngster girls who became the victims of female genital mutilation.

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

With almost 800,000 men and 70,000 officers, the Turkish army is the second largest in NATO. This 1998 documentary by ZDF examines how this powerful...

When his friends introduce him to a pretty girl, Aras falls in love with her and wants to propose to her.

KÖY (Turkish for village) is about the longing for home, for belonging and the freedom of the self. Three women from three generations are...

A man realizes he has a disease after killing his girlfriend.

Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological blues. Meanwhile, old gods are upset with us, and...

“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and freedom. It takes place along the...

A child becomes seriously ill and eventually dies as a result of his father’s actions. The father overcomes guilt and grief, withdraws from...

American Herro is the remarkable story of a young Kurdish girl who comes to America as a refugee from Iraq and lives out the American dream. 30-years...

"DEQ" is a legacy in Kurdish Culture. A bridge between Human and Nature and a way to find meaning of life.

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

This documentary discusses how LGBTIQA+ people experience the streets and nightlife of Istanbul in terms of a safe space through the unique, yet...

"The Last Season: Shawaks" revolves around an extended Shawak family whose life is marked by seasonal migration.

In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, innovative, experimental groups. To a deep love...

Leyla Zana, the first woman Kurdish MP to be elected to the Turkish Parliament in 1992, was impisoned in 1994 for 15 years for speaking in Kurdish in...

Filmmaker Binevsa Bêrîvan travels to Armenia to capture the daily life, customs, and history of the country's Yazidi Kurdish community.

Documentary on the Turkish invasion of Afrin in Northern Syria in 2018.