With a new $2 million fund and a second year at Cannes, the Kurdistan Film Commission, led by H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy ...

Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and president of the new Kurdistan Film Commission Slemani, stepped onto the Croisette stage with founder/chair Bavi Yassin.

“3 Faces” by Jafar Panahi won the award for best feature film and Navid Mohammadzadeh won the award for best actor feature film for his role in Vahid Jalilvand’s acclaimed drama “No Date, No Signature ...

The 3rd Slemani International Film Festival kicked off on October 10 and wrapped up on October 16 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. The festival’s Best Director award went to Majid Majidi for ‘Beyond ...

The first edition of the Slemani International Film Festival was held on 1-4 October 2016 in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraqi Kurdistan. The festival with a focus on ‘identity’ screened 50 feature and ...

PROTESTING public-sector workers were attacked by police as they demanded the resignation of the government in Slemani today. Hundreds of teachers, health workers and civil servants gathered in the ...

TURKISH intelligence services have been accused of the extraducial execution of the head of a leftist workers organisation in the city of Slemani in Iraqi Kurdistan. Mehmet Zeki Celebi was shot as two ...

With a new $2 million fund and a second year at Cannes, the Kurdistan Film Commission, led by H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and commission president, ...

The Golden Oak for the best director in the international competition was presented to Atefeh Rahmani for her short film “Golden Time”. The film tells the story of a couple who abduct a child for ...