Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.
Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, p...
American Herro is the remarkable story of a young Kurdish girl who comes to America as a refugee fro...
In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, ...
Leyla Zana, the first woman Kurdish MP to be elected to the Turkish Parliament in 1992, was impisone...
Filmmaker Binevsa Bêrîvan travels to Armenia to capture the daily life, customs, and history of the ...
Casimê Celîl was born into a Yezidi Kurdish family in 1908, in a village called Kızılkule, located i...
Aslı Erdoğan, world-renowned author and activist, has fallen into silence after she fled to Germany....
The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after f...
Sivan Encü, a young Kurdish man, provided for his family by "smuggling" through the Turkish-Iraqi bo...
Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological ...
KÖY (Turkish for village) is about the longing for home, for belonging and the freedom of the self. ...
A disturbing portrait of four Western volunteers who risk their lives to fight ISIS alongside Kurdis...
This documentary discusses how LGBTIQA+ people experience the streets and nightlife of Istanbul in t...
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney...
This Rain Will Never Stop takes the audience on a powerful, visually arresting journey through huma...
In 2013, Selim Yildiz spent 29 days with Kurdish soldiers (PKK) and made his first documentary 29.
A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due...
Kawa Nemir is like a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language. He flees Turkey and takes refuge at...
Three women, three wars, one dream. Lanja is a journalist in Iraq fearlessly fighting against honor ...
"The Last Season: Shawaks" revolves around an extended Shawak family whose life is marked by seasona...