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Kurdbun - to be kurdish

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Kurdbun - to be kurdish (Kurdbun - essere curdo)

original title:

Kurdbun - essere curdo

directed by:

Fariborz Kamkari

cast:

Berfin Kar, Heja Netirk, Berfin Hezil, Hevi Dilara, Cudi Ronahi, Barbara Spinelli, Arturo Salerni, Shorsh Surme

screenplay:

Fariborz Kamkari

cinematography:

Baran Yasak, Paolo Modugno

editing:

Paolo Modugno

production:

Far Out Films, Acek, supported by Ministero della Cultura, in association with IDEV, STERK TV

distribution:

Officine Ubu [Italy]

world sales:

ACEK [Italy]

country:

Italy / France / Belgium

year:

2021

film run:

90'

format:

colour

release date:

06/03/2022

"To be Kurdish is the irresistible will to exist.
An impassioned documentary on the resistance of the largest population in the world without a country. Their identity perennially denied, told through dramatic unreleased footage filmed by a Kurdish journalist during the siege of Cizre in the Kurdistan that was yet never born.”