Sarkew Mesgari

Against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the Qandil Mountains, a film that asks the most basic yet painful of questions about war, love, and lost ones.

Haibat and six of her grandchildren are making furnaces (tandoor ovens) under the burning sunlight of Kirkuk, but they don't have any bread to eat themselves! Haibat's son became depressed and died due to poverty and lack of employment. While her city is one of the biggest sources of oil worldwide, Haibat and her six grandchildren are trying to make ends meet in this city of oil. This vicious circle goes around.

In a Kurdish village, a couple collects the remnants of war, breathing new life into these symbols of destruction. Somewhere between fiction and documentary, the deeply moving images and striking soundscape illustrate resilience and humanity....

The story of Kurdish women laboring to weave clothes for their men to dance in.

In a Kurdish village in the mountains of Iran, Kak Saee is busy filming the local life and traditions with his old video camera. Unlike the other villagers, a mysterious old folk singer stubbornly avoids being part of the project.

The story of a woman who is forced to cross the border alone to sell her sweets before they go stale.

A former Iraqi army commander under Saddam Hussein, responsible for the mass murder of Kurds, is looking for witnesses who want to testify that he actually saved lives.

A century after the establishment of modern schools and four decades after the adoption of Article 15 of the Iranian constitution. The right to mother tongue education has not made any official progress and is in a state of ambiguity. Despite many obstacles and threats to life, civil society activists and language teachers continue helping children and students who have been deprived of learning, reading, and writing in Kurdish.