All the Mountains Give / Bheir na Beanntan Uile
Dir: Arash Rakhsha, 2024, Iran, 1hr 31min Language: Kurdish with English subtitles. HIFF: 12A
A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods trade between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and Yasser over six years as they contend with the life threatening conditions they and their families have to face to survive. A rare insight into the plight of the Kurdish people, this is an elegant portrait of a marginalised people, where the palpable sense of risk and danger is contrasted with the gentle rhythms of family life under harsh conditions. Cunntas cumhachdach de mhalairt falaichte Na Kolbari, eadar bailtean mòra na Kurdish, bailtean Iran agus crìochan Iraq. Tha am film a’ leantainn Hamid agus Yasser thar sia bliadhnaichean, a measg suidheachaidhean far a bheil iad fhèin agus an teaghlach ann an cunnart am beatha gach latha. Chan ann tric a chithear àmhghar na Kurdaich, seo dealbh grinn de dhaoine a tha air an iomall, far a bheil meatraigeadh agus cunnart aon coltach ri beatha sèimh nan teaghlaichean a-staigh.
My Name is Anik/ ’S mise Anik
Dir: Bircan Birol, 2019, UK, Language: Turkish
Bircan has decided to learn Kurdish,her once-forbidden mother-tongue, with all the words her grandmother has forgotten and all the stories that have remained unspoken. Ràinig Bircan air co-dhùnadh gu Kurdais ionnsachadh, a cànan màthaireil a bha uaireigin toirmisgte, leis a h-uile facal a chaidh a seanmhair a dhìochuimhneachadh agus na sgeulachdan nach deach innse fhathast.
