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SHORT FILM PROGRAMME 1
 THE
FORGOTTEN
Director: Mansur Tural
Kurdistan-France 2001 / 13m / French, Turkish and Kurdish
with French subtitles
The film covers events of a day in which the time keeps changing
constantly. A postman dong his round asks some questions.
DEAD ALIVE
Director: Mansur Tural
Kurdistan-France 2001 / 10m / Kurdish and French with no subtitles
A short film that explores the border between life and death,
being and non-being: a world in which personal freedoms and
social responsibilities are recognised as going hand in hand,
and are indestructible.
HOPE
Director: Mansur Tural
Kurdistan-France 2002 / 18m / Kurdish with French subtitles
Hasan and Rojda are husband and wife. Because of the state
terror, they flee from Kurdistan for France, while leaving
their three children with Hasan’s brother in Kurdistan.
A BREATH OF DEATH
Directors: Lina Abdulkarim & Dilek Boztas
Britain 2002 / 7m / English
A brief informative piece which explains the basics of chemical
bombing and what happened to the Kurdish village of Halabja
in 1988.
 THREE
FIGURES OF A MOUNTAIN-MAN WHO WISHES HE WAS A SEAL
Director: Ibrahim Selman
Netherlands 1991 / 38m / Kurdish and Dutch with English subtitles
This television drama deals with the experiences of Ibu Kordo,
a Kurd. On March 16, 1988 his hometown Halabja is bombed with
chemical weapons by Iraq. When he comes back from a business
trip he finds all the inhabitants lying dead in the streets,
among the victims his own daughter. Ibu Kordo escapes Iraq
and arrives in the Netherlands.
SHORT FILM PROGRAMME 2
 RIGHTS
OF PASSAGE
Director: Simon Brown
Producer: Maria Pavlou
Cast: Arsalan Nawroly, Dana Jalal, Hardi Rashid, Zolfa Afrazi,
Karzan Krekar
Britain 2002 / 25m / Kurdish with English subtitles
Two Kurdish friends, Nawrol and Saman, arrive at the Sangatte
refugee camp in Northern France on their way to England. That
night they break into the nearby Channel Tunnel, and nearly
succeed in jumping on a train. However, playing the hero,
Nawrol stops to help a young kid, Mohammed...
TO STAY OR TO GO
Director: Resul Gultutan
Switzerland 2001 / 23m / Kurdish with English subtitles
War often drives families from their homelands. Children
are often able to adapt to their new lives quickly unlike
their parents who have difficulties in coping with many aspects
of their new lives. But what really happens to the older members
of the family?
 BERIVAN
Director: Miraz Bezar
Germany 1995 / 12m / No dialogue
A day in the life of ten-year-old Berivan and her family.
A family without a father. Her mother is working all day,
so Berivan takes care of the household and her little brother.
It is a normal day. But in the evening, Berivan makes a decision.
 BELLA
AND REAL
Director: Borje Beratt
Sweden 2002 / 27m / Swedish and Kurdish with English subtitles
Real, an immigrant soccer team recruits a Swedish coach,
to create order. All of the players want to play centre as
their fathers also demand. Sammi, patriarch of a Kurd family
has a son on the team and a daughter Bella with the impossible
dream of becoming the goalkeeper.
 DEATH
IN EXILE
Director: Ayten Mutlu Saray
Switzerland 2002 / 27m / French and Kurdish with English subtitles
Khalil, a Palestinan refugee who grew up in Algeria, is in
prison waiting to be deported. Memories of his homeland accompany
him during this long wait. The story of the film is based
on the real case of Khalil Abuzarifeh who died in Zurich on
3rd March 1999 while awaiting deportation from Switzerland.
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