Box Office 0161 274 0600 mon-fri 10-6, sat 10-6


Kurdish Creative Film Centre

Manchester Kurdish Film Festival

Saturday 20 September to Wednesday 24 September Screenings from 3pm to 10pm

£5 Adult, £3.50(10-16) per Screen.£40 Fest. Pass

Kurdish Creative Film Centre deliver the 3rd Manchester Kurdish Film Festival at Contact and Odeon Manchester.

This year it includes 6 feature films, 15 documentaries and over 50 short films blended with Q&A sessions and film-making workshops all delivered by industry professionals.

Tickets

  • Call 0161 274 0600 to book

  • £5 per Event (Adults)

  • £3.50 per Event (Aged 10-16)

  • FREE per Event for under 10s.

  • Get a Festival Pass for all Events for only £40

Sat 20 September 2008: Contact


EVENT 1

2pm-2:30pm         

  • Welcome Speech

2:35pm – 4:00pm          

  • Opening Gala Concert

  • Lost Melody Music Group

4:00pm – 4:30pm             

  • Break


EVENT 2

4:35pm – 6:00pm             

  • Screen 1Feature Film

  • “Crossing the Dust”  

  • Dir: Shawket Amin Korki (73mins), Kurdistan, 2006

6:00pm – 6:15pm             

  • Break


EVENT 3

6:20pm – 7:25pm             

  • Screen 2 Documentary Programme

  • (64.32mins)

  • “A Day with PKK”

  •  Dir: Karzan Sherabayani (7.15min) UK

  • “The Thin Blue Line”

  • Dir: Karzan Sherabayani (22mins) UK

  • “Patrol & Bread”

  • Dir: Marwan Ibraham (14min) UK

  • “Snowy Days Night”

  • Dir: Danish- Babak Salvati (15min) Kurdistan

  • “Alcohol Smuggling”

  • Dir: Karzan Sherabayani (6.20min) UK

7:25pm – 8:20pm             

  • Break


EVENT 4

8:25pm – 9:35pm             

  • Screen 3 Documentary Programme (100min)

  • “Finding My Legs” 

  • Dir: Alan Amin (18mins) UK, English 

  • “Flying” 

  • Dir: Sirwan Rehim / France-South Kurdistan (Iraq) /2006 / 82m / Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles / PG

Sun 21 September 2008: Contact


EVENT 5

2:00pm – 3:47pm             

  • Screen 4 Double Bill

  • “Legend of Kawa Black Smith”

  • Dir. Havi Ibrahim & Stuart Palmer (Kaway Asngar) / (55min) / English, UK

  • “Haven In Mirror”

  • Dir: Masoud Arif & Ako Aziz Mezra (52mins) Kurdistan 2007  

3:47pm – 4:10pm             

  • Break


EVENT 6

4:15pm – 5:23pm             

  • Screen 5 KCFC Educational Films (68mins)

  • “No Problem” 

  • Dir: Aso Mohmin 

  • “Broken heard” 

  • Dir: Alan Amin (17) UK 

  • “The Girl from The Shop” 

  • Dir: Alan Amin (17min) UK 

  • “Silence” 

  • Dir: Ako Mohammed Saheed (2.50min) UK 

  • “No Way out” 

  • Dir: Aso Mohmin (18min) UK

5:23pm – 6:30pm             

  • Break


EVENT 7

6:35pm – 7:50pm             

  • Screen 6 Feature Film

  • “Hoppet”  

  • Dir: Peter Stormare (75min), Denmark

7:50pm – 8:10pm             

  • Break


EVENT 8

8:15pm – 9:20pm            

  • Screen 7 Two films by Hisham Zaman 

  • “Winter Land” 

  • Dir: Hisham Zaman (52mins) Norway 

  • “Bawke” 

  • Dir: Hisham Zaman (12min)


Mon 22 September 2008: Odeon


EVENT 9

4:00pm – 5:36pm             

  • Screen 8 Feature Film

  • “Fratricide”  

  • Dir: Yilmaz Arslan (96min) Germany

5:36pm – 6:00pm             

  • Break

EVENT 10

6:05pm – 7:40pm             

  • Screen 9 Feature Film

  • “Kilometre Zero”

  • Dir: Hiner Saleem, France-South Kurdistan (Iraq) 2005 / 96min / Kurdish with English subtitles / 15

7:40pm – 8:00pm             

  • Break


EVENT 11

8:05pm – 10:00pm          

  • Screen 10 Feature Film

  • “Half Moon” 

  • Dir: Bahman Ghobadi. 

  • South Kurdistan (Iraq)-Iran-Austria 2006 / 114m / Kurdish with English subtitles / 15

Tuesday 23 September 2008: Contact


EVENT 12

2:00pm – 3:35pm             

  • Screen 11Short Films (85mins)

  • “First Picture of Sun” 

  • Dir: Jafar Nur Muhamadi  (13.30min) Kurdistan

  • “Promise in Ooze” 

  • Dir: Behroz Noranipor (42min)Kurdistan 

  • “Chirpay be Dengy Drekh” 

  • Dir: Raza Alaei (14min) Kurdistan 

  • “Border” 

  • Dir: Sattar Charmani Gol (10min) Kurdistan

  • “Rawchi” 

  • Dir: Jafar Salehi (6min) Kurdistan

3.35pm – 4.00pm             

  • Break


EVENT 13

4:05pm – 5:42pm             

  • Screen 12 Short Films (86.88mins)

  • “Garbage Dump” 

  • Dir: Adnan Osman (4min) Kurdistan  

  • “Niga” 

  • Dir: Hawre Bahget Husen (6.18min) Kurdistan 

  • “Breath” 

  • Dir: Zirek Mira (5.45min) Kurdistan 

  • “Rain” 

  • Dir: Hawre Bahget Husen (14.53min) Kurdistan

  • “Lost Dream”

  • Dir: Amir Musavi (8min) Kurdistan

  • “Address”

  • Dir: Behnam Safari (15 min) Kurdistan

  • “Cold Summer”

  • Dir: Akram Kiro (15.30min) Kurdistan

  • “Water”

  • Dir: Mahdi Hasan, AvinFilm (9.30min) Kurdistan

  • “Mirror and Water”

  • Dir: Bijhan Zamanpira (9min) Kurdistan

5:42pm – 6:10pm             

  • Break


EVENT 14

6:15pm - 7:52pm        

  • Screen 13 Films by Kurdish Female Directors (87mins)

  • “Gift” 

  • Dir: Shler (20min) UK 

  • “End Fever”

  • Dir: Nahid Gohbadi (12min) Kurdistan 

  • “White Dove” 

  • Dir: Viyan Mayi (26.50min)Kurdistan  

  • “The Scorpion” 

  • Dir: Narin Jeng 

  • “Sza” 

  • Dir: Chiman Rahimi (12.30min) UK 

  • “My Tree” 

  • Dir: Sara Saidat Najad (6min) Kurdistan 

  • “Pain” 

  • Dir: Hana Namdari  (2.50min) Kurdistan

7.52pm – 8.17pm             

  • Break


EVENT 15

8.22pm – 9.52pm             

  • Screen 14 Short Films (79mins)

  • “Intermate” 

  • Dir: Jasur Jang (9.30min) Kurdistan 

  • “Radio” 

  • Dir: Fathy Aewar (3.15min) Kurdistan 

  • “If I Go” 

  • Dir: Salim Salwati. (30min) Kurdistan 

  • “Refused” 

  • Dir: Saro Younsy 

  • “Hamwman Kerin” 

  • Dir: Adnan Osman (9.52min) Kurdistan

Wed 24 September 2008: Contact


EVENT 16

2:00pm – 3:30pm             

  • Screen 15 Documentaries (90.47mins)

  • “One Day Full of Pain”

  • Dir: Sattar Charmani Gol (20min( Kurdistan 

  • “Cat and Mouse” 

  • Dir: Bijhan Zamanpira, Nahid Ghobadi (26min) Kurdistan 

  • “Sajade” 

  • Dir: Nazir Mirrzai (10min) Kurdistan 

  • “Debe (Jerry Can)” 

  • Dir: Mariwan Rawf Mahmud (19.47min) Kurdistan

  • “White Gold” 

  • Dir: Bijhan Zamanpira

3:30pm – 4:00pm             

  • Break


EVENT 17

4:05pm – 5:30pm             

  • Screen 16 Short Films (81mins) 

  • “Emergency State” 

  • Dir: Lawan Husani (14min) Kurdistan 

  • “A Song is Heard” 

  • Dir: Jalal Said Pana (21min) Kurdistan 

  • “Fence” 

  • Dir: Nezir Korky (7min) Kurdistan 

  • “Colour Ice-cream” 

  • Dir: Ako Sirini 

  • “Bread” 

  • Dir: Mohamed E. Ettroshi (5.20min) Kurdistan

  • “Dowaiyn Sima” 

  • Dir:  Hawkar Farhad (6.25min) Kurdistan

  • “My Beautiful Sun Will be The King”

  • Dir: Salim Salvati

5.30pm – 5:55pm             

  • Break


EVENT 18

6:00pm – 7:40pm             

  • Screen 17 Short Films (95mins)

  • “Hard Luck” 

  • Dir: Ako Sirini (23.50min) Holland 

  • “Waste Land” 

  • Dir: Alan Amin 

  • “Crossing the Border of” 

  • Dir: Hatam Said Panah (19min) Kurdistan 

  • “Broken Frame” 

  • Dir:  Dilshad Barwary 

  • “Duh i” 

  • Dir: Mohamed Ali Atrushy (12min) Kurdistan 

  • “A Blank Page” 

  • Dir: Fathy Evari (4.15min) Kurdistan 

  • “Strana Jyan”

  • Dir: Hishyar Zero Neroiy (8min) Kurdistan 

  • “The Window” 

  • Dir: Khalid Hamalaw

7:40pm – 8:25pm             

  • Break


EVENT 19

8:25pm – 9:15pm             

  • Announcing the six  best short films.

  • Closing speech & best shorts screened.

9:10pm – 10:30pm          

  • Lost Melody Music Group

  • Music Concert

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