Shafaq News/ Kurdish film critic Mansour Jehani revealedon Monday that the fourth edition of the Moscow Kurdish Film Festival (MKFF)will open with the screening of the film “Sinjar,” directed by Spanishfilmmaker Anna Bofarull.
Jehani, speaking exclusively to Shafaq News,said, “The fourth edition of the Moscow Kurdish Film Festival, chaired byKurdish composer and singer Kerem Gerdenzeri, and sponsored by GulizerGerdenzeri and Inna Tedzhoeva, aims to “showcase Kurdish culture, history, andmodern life while preserving the national identity and language.”
“A variety of films will be shown from September18 to 22 in Moscow, including feature films, documentaries, and short films,with a special segment titled 'Kurdish Cinema Night.'”
“Sinjar” depicts the tragic events of 2014 whenISIS attacked the city of Sinjar, committing mass atrocities. The film followsthree intertwined stories: one character leads 30 children to safety in themountains, another escapes and struggles to return home, and a third searchesfor his missing son in Barcelona, Spain. The film explores the lengths to whichwomen go to save their loved ones.
The festival will also feature Kurdish films aspart of “Kurdish Cinema Night,” held at the Lumière Hall of the LaneBersenevsky Art Association on Saturday, September 21.
The films showcased at the festival will bescreened at several cinemas affiliated with the Moskino Film Association. Thesevenues will host 38 films, including seven feature films and eightdocumentaries in the feature film competition, as well as 14 narrative filmsand nine short documentaries in the short film competition.
Films from 12 countries, including Spain,France, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria,and the Kurdistan Region, will be featured.
Moreover, there will be a special focus on filmsabout the Yazidis.
The festival poster prominently features apeacock feather, a symbol of great significance for the Kurdish people,particularly the Yazidis, whose faith is considered the ancestral religion ofthe Kurds.