Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents travel to New York City to capture a known terrorist. Along the way, they encounter unexpected obstacles and the line between good and evil becomes blurred.
In 'Welcome,' a teenager from Iraq attempts to reach England by swimming across the English Channel. Along the way, he befriends a grumpy neighbor and they form an unlikely bond. The movie explores the challenges of illegal immigration and the social injustices faced by refugees.
Before Your Eyes tells the heartbreaking story of a young Kurdish boy who witnesses the extrajudicial killing of his parents and is forced to become a street child in the war-torn city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. He navigates through the dangers of the streets, facing eviction, political killings, and the constant threat of violence. Along the way, he forms a close bond with his orphaned siblings and learns the harsh realities of life as a Kurd in a conflicted region.
In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She's due to arrive in the next few days. The two men strike up a friendship and when Avdal dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Philippe finds himself left to organize the funeral arrangements. What should he do with the body? Siba arrives in Paris, and soon learns that Avdal has died. She is taken in by a group of Kurdish men and before long she also meets Philippe - all of whom are quite smitten by her beauty. Meanwhile, Avdal's father Cheto, a devout Muslim, comes to Paris to grieve for his son. He intends to force Siba to return to her homeland, but the young woman has now had a taste of freedom.
Ziné and Avdal are madly in love in spite of their families’ ancestral feud. When both parties finally set aside their differences and agree to their children getting married, Avdal is injured at the front and his inability to perform sexually casts a shadow over the wedding night. As this revives the family tensions, the newlyweds start exploring new forms of pleasure. Will their love overcome decades of conflict and tradition?
Iraq in Fragments is a documentary film exploring the shattered reality of Iraq through three different narratives - the daily struggles of Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds as they navigate the chaos and violence in war-torn Iraq. Through personal stories, the film provides an intimate look into the lives of ordinary Iraqis and the impact of the ongoing war on their daily lives.
In 1990s Turkey, a political journalist gets caught up in a web of political violence, corruption, and oppression as he investigates the murder of a fellow journalist. He becomes a target himself, facing kidnapping, torture, and threats to his life. Amidst the chaos, he persists in his fight for press freedom and exposing the truth.
Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto (Georges Corraface) seeks a wife via videotapes while still seeing his French girlfriend, immigration office worker Christine (Stephanie Lagarde). Cheto places an order for a beautiful girl, but he's disappointed when her sister, country girl Mina (Marina Kobakhidze), arrives at the airport as a substitute. Family pressure forces him to marry her. Unhappy with the way she's treated by Cheto, Mina acquires some progressive notions from Leila (Schahla Aalam) and other local feminists, leading to confrontations with Cheto.
Faruk and Ali meet on a bus. They are about the same age but they are on their way to opposite destinations. Faruk is going to do his military service in the Turkish army while Ali is on his way to the mountains to join the Kurdish rebels. Hiding each other the reason of their journey, during their journey, a genuine friendship develops between them. Several months later they "will meet again", but in the front line.
Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.
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 the Parliament. Kudret Gunes' personal look at the life of Zana takes her to her birth-place, friends and exiled husband.
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