MON 14 SEPT
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




Night of Kurdish Films


6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.



No Signal
Hevar Omar Sediq. Drama 12 mins 12 Iraq.
In a tall building whose windows the sunlight rarely touches, a solitary man devotes himself to tending to his vases . Each day he lifts them to the unseen light, hoping to nourish life in a space of quiet decay. After falling and growing desperate, he meets a group of children who change his life.

30 YEARS 1 NİGHT
Drama 20 mins. 12A.
In 1993, in the village of Hani-Gömeç, where political events were intense, Kevok, who was forced to migrate to Istanbul after the forced evacuation of her family, was forced to leave ,Suddenly one night her son Serhat was detained and their village was quit.
30 Years later one night, After seeing her missing son in a dream, she decides to return to the village. The return of adventure of Kevok and her son Baran continues as they return to their village, which has been empty for 30 years, first for forensic medicine and then to trace the findings of her missing son Serhat. Kevok's only goal is to reach the well she saw in her dream and get her son out of there.

Crazy Glue
Raz Kamaran Ahmed. Animation. 9 mins. 12A Iraq.
A moment of realization when things are falling apart and have to shift to another dimension, she finds a unique solution to communicate with her partner.

Things Unheard Of
Ramazan Kilic. Drama 15 mins 12 Turkiye
A little Kurdish girl tries to put a smile back on her grandmother’s face after the disappearance of her television, her only window into the world.

Sweet Border
Hadi Ahmadi. Drama 15 mins 12A Iran.
A woman bakes cookies and travels across the border to sell them along with other smuggled travellers. Because of insecurity and the possibility of border agents firing, travelers are dissuaded from going. But cookies get stale. The woman is forced to cross the border on her own.

A Dance for Freedom
Salem Salavati. 14 mins Iran. Drama
Nanny Asiah, an elderly woman who makes a living by selling sugar, makes a promise to herself after her son's execution in the Kurdistan prison that if she can stop someone from retribution (execution), she will dance and rejoice until the morning call to prayer.

Body
Ashkan Ahmadi. Drama. 20 mins 12A. Iran
An Iranian student living abroad, decides to free her brother from detention during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement. However, when she sends the money, a bitter truth is revealed: it's demanded for delivering her brother's body.

DESCENT
Ashkan Saedpanah. Drama 15 mins 12A Iran.
Youssef, a religious man, along with his son Mostafa, accidentally commit the murder of a young girl during an incident at their workplace. They decide to secretly carry out the religious ceremonies of shrouding and
burying the girl's body. But Youssef and Mostafa undergo a transformation as a result of this decision.

Anita, Lost in the News
Behzad Nalbandi. Animation. 17 mins 12A Iran
On October 27th, 2020 an inflatable boat leaves the coast of Dunkirk, France, to take 19 illegal immigrants to England, however, it is capsized after a few minutes. Seven migrants drowned in the English Channel, five belonged to a Kurdish-Iranian family (Rasoul 35, Shiva 35, Anita 9, Armin 6 and Artin just 15 months) who had gone on this difficult journey dreaming of a better life. This is an anima-documentary based on a true story.

Limo knew everything
Edris Mahmoudian Drama. 20 mins 12A Iran
After giving birth to eight daughters, a woman is about to give birth to a child, probably a boy...

Morî
YAKUP TEKİNTANGAC. Drama 18 mins 12 Türkiye.
The only memory left to Mori from his father is the audio recording of the story he told him. Mori listens to this tale from time to time.
One day, a new teacher comes to school. When Mori sees the teacher, he thinks he is his father. Mori's insistence on this issue turns into an emotional bond between him and his teacher.

One hour left
Zaniar Kakekhani. Drama. 13 mins 12A Iran .
Hooman and Sima fight in front of the school over who their son Kian should stay with, and in the midst of the fight, Kian disappears.

Nietzschean Suicide
Payam Kordestani. Drama 16 mins 12A Iran.
“Nietzschean Suicide”tells the story of
pharmacist Dr Samuel, who lives with his
pregnant wife in a sad, war-torn city and sells
suicide drugs in his strange pharmacy.When
the city’s only midwife, Mrs Sissi, comes in
one day with her “suicide prescription,” he
realizes he must delay her death until after
his child is born. His initial plan backfires on
him but he eventually invents an unconventional
suicide method that keeps Sissi alive long
enough to deliver his child. The method
quickly proves popular with his customers
and can revive their will to live.

The Plain Sings
Gita Feizi. Drama 15 mins 12A
Zhina, a 13-year-old girl, lives in the village with her traditional family. she loves to sing and whenever she takes the sheep to pasture, she uses this opportunity to sing, but her father figured out and he can put her in trouble, it's depends on Zhina.

manli
Adib Fereydoon Habibi. Drama 9 mins 12A Iraq.
Between the coldest season of a relationship between a man and a woman, between separation and continuity, between a thousand and silence, a voice is heard.

Agony
Borhan Ahmadi, Leila Baghpira. Drama. 25 mins. 12A Iran
A mentally handicapped girl has been raped a few month ago. Her parents, Jalal and Maryam are trying to abort the baby and get rid of it but somthing worse happens

Son
Saman Hosseinpuor. Drama 17 mins 12A Iran.
In a village in Kurdistan, an old mother is waiting for her son to return from military service. After a long absent, the mother tries to find him but she discovers a secret which pushes her in a dilemma to deal with her Son identity.





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