KURDISTAN IN CORTO
WEDNESDAY 14. 17: 00H.
The Kurdistan Film Commission is the official body responsible for developing, promoting and representing the audiovisual industry of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq internationally. Integrated in Creative Kurdistan, it works to connect Kurdish talent and film production with international industry.
The Commission supports both national and foreign production, provides locations, shooting permits, professional equipment, production services and institutional coordination, and promotes Kurdistan as a film destination.
Its aim is to contribute to the creation of a sound, professional and sustainable audiovisual industry, promoting the formation of new talents, co-productions and international alliances, while promoting a greater presence of Kurdish cinema and stories on the international scene.
The Benalmádena International Film Festival presents three recent short films by Kurdish filmmakers, three very different proposals that move between drama, absurd comedy and satire. Beyond the mind, Before the function and a million dollars offer a sample of the diversity of looks and genres present in an emerging film that seeks to open the way on the international circuit.
Beyond the mind
Original title in Kurdish: Le Derewey Eqil
Address: Lanya Nooralddin Abdallah
Script: Lanya Nooralddin
Story: Karzan Abdalla
Production: Lanya Nooralddin, Karzan Abdalla
Producer: Hadeel Lawi
Photography address: Karzan Abdalla
Assembly and color: Halgurd M. Tahir
Music: Ahmed Natiq
Sound design: Ahmed Natiq
Production design: Barham Taeb
Artistic direction: Rekar Barzan
Costume design: Hawzhin Hatam
Main delivery: Azhdar Sazgar (Dara), Mejak
Country of origin: Kurdistan
Language: Kurdish
Genre: drama
Duration: 17 min
Year: 2025
Synopsis: Mejak is a smart, kind, working donkey who lives with a family in a village. When its owner considers it no longer useful, he decides to leave it on a far and threatening mountain. Despite the dangers, Mejak managed to return home, moved by the hope of rejoining the family.
But your return will not be welcome. As much as he strives to prove his usefulness and fidelity, he is rejected again and again. Finally, Mejak will make an important sacrifice to be able to stay with those to whom he considers his family, a decision that will eventually lead him to an even more tragic destiny.
Before the function
Original title: Pêş Nimayşeke
Address: Rawand Ahmad
Script: Rawand Ahmad
Production: Rawand Ahmad
Producer: Zamwer Advertising, Production
Photography address: Shan Redvals
Assembly: Lawand Abdulkhaliq
Music: Karzan Qaradaxi
Country of origin: Iraqi Kurdistan
Language: Kurdish
Duration: 25 min
Year: 2024
Overview: It is only a few minutes before the premiere of the theatrical work The revenge of Achilles, adaptation of texts by Homer and Karim Karimi. The director and the author warmly congratulate the actors before leaving them behind to complete the preparations for the representation.
But behind the curtain, far from the public's eyes, everything starts to fall apart. Chaos and a panic as absurd as uncontrollable take over the camerinos and the bambalines. Actors and technicians will have to face a succession of unusual personal problems and technical setbacks as the time to go on stage inexorably approaches.
A million dollars
Original title: 1 Million Dollar
Address: Shan Redvals
Script: Shan Redvals
Production: Shan Redvals
Photography address: Shan Redvals
Country of origin: Kurdistan
Duration: 7 min
Year: 2024
Overview: Patrice has bought a ticket to attend a world boxing competition. In the middle of the show he feels the need to go to the bathroom, an apparently trivial decision that leads him to a completely unexpected situation.
The toilet door is closed and Patrice is trapped inside. Soon he discovers that leaving there will not be so simple: he will have to face other people in a peculiar competition whose prize is a million dollars. Winning no longer means just getting rich, but getting away from the place.
