Amsterdam
Koerdisch Film Festival 2024

10, 11 & 12 May
Het Ketelhuis

A multitude of looks at the Kurds and a chronically urgent cinema.

OPENING FILMS AKFF 2024 – 10 May

Short films are all too often overlooked in the film world. But we know that their power and impact are just as valuable as those of longer films. This year we are breaking boundaries and are doing something unique: our opening film will consist of five unique short films, each with their own story and charm.

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THE DREAM

An old mother from Kobane grieves for the death of her young son, who was martyred in one of the battles against ISIS. She finds peace in her dreams every night, where she gets the chance to share her life and daily thoughts with her son.

THE LAND OF BURIED WOMEN

Mam Ali, an elderly man, has been working in the graveyard for more than 13 years. Mam Ali has prepared his entire life for a graveyard that dedicated to women who are killed by their relatives, society, husbands and fathers.
Mam Ali will dig graves for these women, bury them and serve their graves by himself.
Mam Ali is concerned about the oppression of these women in Kurdistan and stands as a protector to their graves

THE LAND OF BURIED WOMEN

Mam Ali, an elderly man, has been working in the graveyard for more than 13 years. Mam Ali has prepared his entire life for a graveyard that dedicated to women who are killed by their relatives, society, husbands and fathers.
Mam Ali will dig graves for these women, bury them and serve their graves by himself.
Mam Ali is concerned about the oppression of these women in Kurdistan and stands as a protector to their graves

THINGS UNHEARD OF

After the Kurdish satellite is taken away, 10 year old Şevîn wants to put a smile back on her bedridden and mute grandmother’s face. She does not understand Turkish and the television was the only way for her to see something of the world. Şevîn has a heartwarming plan to make her grandmother happy again.

SUITCASE

Far from his own homeland, a Kurdish refugee lives in his suitcase. In it he carries memories of his family. When someone steals the suitcase in the tumult of the foreign city center, he loses his home a second time.

SUITCASE

Far from his own homeland, a Kurdish refugee lives in his suitcase. In it he carries memories of his family. When someone steals the suitcase in the tumult of the foreign city center, he loses his home a second time.

STAR ON THE BORDER

In March 1993, Gendarmerie Unit Commander Hasan Atilla Uğur and a group of soldiers in the administration organized a house in a residential area called “Dirbesiyê” in Mardin-Kızıltepe, which was then a town, now a neighborhood, right next to the Syrian/Rojava border.