Back in Erbil.

The festival is finished and I am back to my city ( Erbil )

I really miss everything in festival, it was fantastic experience.

In the morning today, I start on some arts management ideas which we had plan for it in the festival, I spend my morning of researching and translating information from english to Arabic and kurdish, was very good feeling as I start thinking one more time about project I love to do it and work on it. I think the weather and the atmospheric in Erbil maks you think differently, not bad, I always like to start and do new things!

Today afternoon, I was in the old market in Erbil with my friend and then we went in Erbil football stadium, Erbil was plying   against Malaysian team KELANTAN, in FAC CUP, we win 5-1 , what a great game ! and the ticket was free as well :)   

I am thinking know how to make a good film festival in Erbil?

Good night :)

5th day of Duhok International film festival

In the Duhok film festival yesterday I watched one short film made by a Kurdish Director Iraj Mohammadi, ( Ghi ghoo ), Feature France film by Alan gomis ( Today ) , Short Turkish film ( Bread ) by Koray Sevindi , and Feature Kurdish Irani film by Shahram Maslakhi.  

I liked all of them as an art work and appreciate all their hard work, but some directors and film makers in the festival told me that they didn't like all of them! and my answer was that is normal because we all are different and I am sure there are people they dont like your work too! I siad that to work and build a philosophy of excepting each other hard works and tray to not show that we are complete and know everything, and then thinking about others that they are below then you! I know you all good film makers and we all have to learn more!

I also been around the city today, Duhok is a beautiful city,,, I love it :)

Miss Angela Movileanu the a young moldavian researcher which she is doing research in Kurdistan about Kurdish Identity, I met her few days ago and we met again yesterday and we sit yesterday night with Mr Nasir Hassan a Kurdish TV an Film director, we had a very long conversation about the  work in this industry, he kindly told me many stories related on his experience, he also shoed me some of his last tv drama Kirkuk4, it was a good story to have in Kirkuk city, hi been attacked by terrorists 3 times and now he have 14 bullets in his body! but he stil want to work and shier his imagination with other people.    

Duhok International film festival is great, I feel I am very lucky to be here, thanks to all of you guy who organised this festival, you all are great :) 

4th day in Duhok international film festival.

It was a very nice day as my feeling was fully of positive energy, I really met a very nice people and very good actors!

 I watched short Italian film Babylon fast food, by Alessandro Valori, Documentary France, Avierge les coptes et moi, by Namir Abdel Messeeh, Short Iran, Ghorobe Halazon, by Azad Mohammadi, Feautre Spanish, Open 24h, by Carles Torras, Short Kurdish, Power , by Husain Hassan, Short Iran, Kochei poshte Khane ma, by Shilan Saadi, and Feature Kurdish, 10 Seconds,by Ako aziz.

I really liked all of them, Open 24h and 10 Seconds was my favorite, http://www.duhokiff.com/index.php/en/program-2012

I also met with all this films directors and we had a good conversation about their films and some back ground about their works and the place they came from.

I met With The Shirin film director Mr Hassan Ali and we had a long conversation regarding job opportunities in Kurdistan for me, he really gave me good advices, I also had a very deep chat with Shilan Saadi and a turkish directo Miss Asmin Bayram ( The director of Ones again peace ) about film festivals is Kurdistan of Turkey ( North Kurdistan ) and Kurdistan of Iran ( East Kurdistan ), we also exchanged ideais about how we see the future of Kurdistan, as this was my first time to discase this issues with other Kurdish people from other parts of Kurdistan! I had feeling that we need to meet and talk more and more to know each other better, this is for me, because it was the first time :)

I am planing to go back to erbil today, but I have feeling that I want to stay more, but I will see, just because my budget! it is only me who came from Erbil on my won budget, all the other are invited from the festival.

Duhok international film festival in Kurdistan

Have been long time! I know that, but I really had a very busy live with both parts in our reality, good time and bad time! but here I am agin making time to writ again.

I am in Kurdistan know, in Dohuk city, it is Duhok international film festival and I came from Erbil to join my new friends and make more contacts with Kurdish and international film makers, today is my second day in Duhok, I watched many movies, I watched Shirin film by Abas ali, Feature film, The  Guerilla son, by Zanyar Adami, Documentary, Ghost, by Dahci Ma, short film and some other short films.

I really like the idea of being in Duhok and the festival, I met many people and we already start to making plans to work in film and media in Kurdistan, I met Bery Shalmashi , Ako Sirini and Zanyar Adami, they all are film makers and they came back from Europe to work in Kurdistan.

I really believe that all my trip have been organised from last year, I got a new job last year, I could make some  money to be able to travel to kurdistan, I came and was a conference for job to meet some people, then they told me about Duhok film festival, then I met all this people! and now I am planing to come back to kurdistan for good! many other small details I cant remember now, but I will write them down when I remember :) I am sure you guys will understand!

I have feeling that the shoe I am wearing it this day is good size but not the 100% one so I am thinking to wear the one is smaller size to feel pain.

talk soon
Kawa :)