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The Bread Season

Demsala Nan

Anvar Hassanpour, Emeer Hassanpour
North Kurdistan (Bakur), The United States of America
2025
92 min

Synopsis

Demsala Nan (The Bread Season) is set in the present day in Amed (also known as Diyarbakır), a Kurdish city in eastern Turkey. The film portrays the everyday pressures of working-class life and how these strains weigh heavily on family relationships.At the center of the story is one family: Mahmoud, the father; Fatma, the mother; and their son, Azad. As they navigate financial hardship and emotional tension at home, each of them quietly longs for a different way of living. The film follows their efforts to endure, connect, and imagine change while caught in a household shaped by conflict and unspoken frustrations.

Credits

Producer(s)

Anvar Hassanpour
Emeer Hassanpour

extra info

Original Title

Demsala Nan

Year

2025

Duration

92 min

Category

Feature Fiction

Genre

Fiction

Production Country

North Kurdistan (Bakur)
The United States of America

Dialogue

Kurdish (Kurmanji / Northern Kurdish)

Subtitles

English

AKFF Edition

AKFF 2026

Extra

Screenings

Sunday 10 May

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Tickets & times

Sunday 10 May
12:00 –
13:32
Ketelhuis, zaal 1
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