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BERLIN (DIHA) - While Turkey is not represented with any film at Berlin Film Festival, a Kurdish film is shown in the panorama section. 'Nêrgiz Biskivîn' (Narcissus Blossom) directed by the Kurdish Masoud Arif Salih and Hussein Hassan Ali from Duhok was given great interest by the viewers.
As well as the well-known Kurdish cinema people like Bahman Ghobadi, Hiner Saleem, there are new film makers who have won international acclamation. Masoud Arif Salih and Hussein Hassan Ali, who shared happiness of shooting the first long film after short ones, are guests at 56th Berlin Film Festival with 'Nêrgiz Biskivîn' (Narcissus Blossom) that they shot together in Duhok. The film that was supported by the Kurdistan Regional Government tells about the peshmergas.
The film starred by Salih and Ali who were the scenarists and directors is a melodrama telling about the tragedy of the Kurdish people under the oppression of Arabic people. While the first show of the film was given great interest by the viewers in Cinestar in the extent of the Berlinale, there were some viewers on foot.
'Cinema is a need for the Kurdish'
Giving an interview after the film, Ali said that they came from a country where there is no cinema, spoke: "Cinema and cultural activity was banned in our country and under oppression. Our aim is to show the suffering and drama of our people via cinema. Cinema is a must for the Kurdish."
As for Salih, he said that the Kurdish are under great oppression in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria and that they are facing great suffering. It is difficult to even fight for life in this geography, let alone shot films." He also said that they shot the film under foul conditions just like the lives of peshmergas. "The Kurds fight not only for their lives and freedom but also for the cinema today" Salih said.
Two people from the film team died
The directors also said that two people working behind the camera died. The young directors who said that they wanted to reflect the difficult life conditions of peshmergas and their fight for freedom onto the white screen spoke these final messages:
"We, as the Kurdish people want to live in peace and freedom in the Middle East. We want equal rights with all nations. This is our aim. There was no Kurdish cinema. It is developing for the sake of the Kurdish."
The film will be shown today and on 17th February.(sc)