Berbû
Region: Rojava
Films
17 feature films and documentaries and a short film program at Kino Xenix and KINOKONI.
Feature films
Documentaries
All the Mountains Give
Region: Rojhelat
Arzela from Amed
Region: Bakûr
Dream’s Gate
Darvazeye Royaha
Region: Başûr/Rojhelat/Rojava
Kardeş Türküler ile 30 Yıl
Kî me Ez?
Who am I?
Region: Bakûr/Başûr/Rojava/Diaspora
Mediha
Region: Başûr
Paradies! Paradies!
Region: Başûr/Diaspora
Rêya Penaber
Region: Diaspora
Opening film
Singing Wings
ئاوازی باڵەکان
Region: Rojhelat
The Traveling Cinema
Sînema Gerok
Region: Rojava
Short films
Short-film program
Wo wir herkommen
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Rouge Jaune Vert
Accompanied by archival material from Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) about Kurdish people in Switzerland, Selin Dettwiler asks in what key we interpret the songs of our childhood as adults.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Rengê Kevir (Color of Stone)
At the intersection of personal and political memory, Tuğba Yaşar offers a glimpse into her family’s photo album and explores how the destruction of Kurdish villages in the 1990s lives on in intergenerational and collective memory.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Dancing amid Fire, Rising above Ruins
In her animated film, Essmat Sophie traces Tara’s experiences as a Kurdish girl in Iran, the war and her flight to Europe. Many years later, she is reminded of them in Norway.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Uncle Ali and I
Shahab Mehrabi enables his beloved uncle Ali to visit Kermashan, the city he fled many years ago, using a virtual-reality headset. Together, they take us on a journey to the places they long for.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Unser Name ist Ausländer
Together with her siblings Hêlîn, Fırat and Serhat, Selin Besili brings the living room of their family home into public space, offering insights into childhood memories as well as their experiences of exclusion and discrimination.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix
In the short film program “Wo wir herkommen”
Les mots qui restent
Jowan Rousseau embarks on a visual journey through the streets of Paris’s 13th arrondissement, creating a tribute to the beauty of this former working-class neighbourhood, its residents and allies in hidden places.
Sat 11/21 · 16:00 · Kino Xenix