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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Crossing the Dust

    Road movie shot in a documentary style about to Kurdish soldiers who have to take food to their comrades along dusty Iraqi roads. On the way, they

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  • Zara

    In an expanse of stony Turkish landscape, two women roam around looking for the village of Zara. The Kurdish Mirka is returning to her birthplace a

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  • Searching for God

    A surrealist short film by a young film maker from the Kurdish part of Iraq.

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  • The White Page

    Short film by a young Iraqi film maker about the contrast between poor and rich in his country.

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  • We Have Gasoline

    A young Kurdish film maker provides a subtle commentary on today’s energy policy of the present Iraqi government.

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  • Water

    Several short films in which the young Iraqi-Kurdish film maker tackles several taboos such as incest and rape in a daring way.

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  • Rhino Season

    A political indictment and an epic love tragedy by IFFR audience-award winner Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly), with Monica Bellucci playing the le

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