Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre

Events at Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre

• 2nd Yilmaz Güney Short Film Competition Programme 6

  Special event

  26 Nov 2009 to 26 Nov 2009

  The Gift: Dir. Shler B. Murdochy, UK, 2009, 23 min; Five Liras: Dir. I. Serhat Karaaslan, Turkey, 2009, 3 min; Snowy Dream: Dir. Salem Salavati, Iran, 2008, 25 min, Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles; Dream House: Dir. Ahora Zamanpira, Iran, 2008, 10 min.

   

• 6th London Kurdish Film Festival

  Special event

  23 Nov 2009 to 27 Nov 2009

  The London Kurdish Film Festival was launched in 2001 by a group of volunteers and this year it will be showcasing a selection of the best Kurdish films of all genres from Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and the rest of the world.

   

• A Day in the North + Background + One in a Thousand + Turkey’s Hidden Shame

  Film

  27 Nov 2009 to 27 Nov 2009

  A Day in the North: Dir. Juan Hamdo, Syria, 2008, 13 min, Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles; Background: Dir. Nahid Ghobadi, Iran, 2008, 21 min, Kurdish (Sorani) with English subtitles; One in a Thousand: Dir. Hatice Kamer, Turkey, 2008, 32 min, Kurdish (Kurmanji) with English subtitles; Turkey’s Hidden Shame: Dir. Julia Rooke, UK, 2009, 22 min, English and Turkish with English subtitles.

   

• A Fatal Dress: Polygamy + How is it Like Outside?

  Film

  27 Nov 2009 to 27 Nov 2009

  A Fatal Dress: Polygamy: Dir. Müjde Arslan, Turkey, 2009, 45 min, Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Turkish; with English subtitles; How is it Like Outside?: Dir. Nursel Dogan, Turkey, 2007, 46 min, Turkish with English subtitles.