ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Duaa, the latest Kurdish short film is produced and filmed in the city of Koya, east of the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil, and is shedding light on Kurdish societal grievances.
Mohammed Sherwani, the director of Duaa, who has recently received his MA in cinema in Turkey, explained that the movie "tells the story of the grievances of a woman who is deprived of interests in studying and reaching goals of life due to pressure from family."
"To develop the level of cinema … I was fortunately able to successfully finish all the artistic work and scenes of the film which is a short film and a true story featuring the issues and problems inside the Kurdish society," Sherwani said.
The film will be premiered at the Duhok Film Festival in September and at Sulaimani's in October.
Mohammed Sherwani, the director of Duaa, who has recently received his MA in cinema in Turkey, explained that the movie "tells the story of the grievances of a woman who is deprived of interests in studying and reaching goals of life due to pressure from family."
The 11-minute long film is ready to be premiered at international and local film festivals and will have an event at Royal Mall in Erbil next week.
Duaa, which means pray in English, was produced by Sami Productions and filmed by Hawkar Farhad.
Sherwani explained that his main aim was introduce the world to the "tragic stories, customs and issues of the Kurdish society."
Sherwani said the bulk of the actors and actresses were from the Kurdistan Region and East Kurdistan, or Iranian Kurdistan.
"Some renowned artists from the East and South Kurdistan have taken part in this movie," he said, adding that "the main actress of the movie is a Turkish woman who made her first debut in a Kurdish [movie]."
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