Neighbor Film by Mano Khalil received three awards at the 9th Duhok IFF.

 The Rain Bride film directed by Hussein Hassan has won five awards at the 9th Duhok IFF.

panel titled “Lobbying for drafting in the constitution of Kurdistan Region to support the Kurdish Cinema” at Duhok International Film Festival which was be moderated...

Today’s panel titled “The Swedish cinema: from Ingmar Bergman to Ruben Ostlund” at Duhok International Film Festival which was moderated by Freddy Olsson with panelist...

Today’s panel titled “Modern Kurdish literature as a source for Kurdish cinema” at Duhok International Film Festival was moderated by Sabri Silevany with panelists Abdullah...

A panel under the name of “Obstacles to young Kurdish directors in filmmaking and ways to overcome them”. for watching the full panel click here.

This year’s Kurdish Film Jury is spearheaded by Jury President Producer Marcos Tellechea who worked on prestigious productions starring actors like Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise...

Apart from the film programs, Duhok IFF carries on the tradition of arranging panels during the festival week, inviting filmmakers, festival guests, intellectuals, and government...

We are honored to reveal this year’s jury members. This year’s Short Film jury is led by Jury President Swedish screenwriter and director Jennifer Malmquist...