The Festival will run until 19 November and will present a selection of some 80 films from all over the world. Everything is set for the opening, today, of the Kobanê International Film Festival.

The Festival will end on 19 November and it promises to present a very rich and wide selections of long and short features, animation, documentaries from all over the world.

“Jiyan”, a film about the freedom struggle of the women resisting in Rojava, will be screened for the first time on March 8.

Award-winning filmmaker Çayan Demirel and veteran journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu are under trial for their documentary ‘Bakur’.

On Wednesday a press statement was organised by Susma (the Platform against self-censorship and censorship) with the participation of scores of directors, actors, cinema people. The statement called for an end to this “unjust trial, which is not only against universal law but also against the Constitution, the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court decisions. ”

FilmAmed will present 44 documentaries in this which is the 7th edition of the festival.

The 7th FilmAmed Documentary Film Festival opens today in Amed. The festival will continue until May 12 and offer movie lovers a rich selection of documentaries.

The conference of the Mesopotamia Democratic Culture and Art Movement held at the Aram Tigran Cultural Center in Rimelan, ended after two days of meetings and panels.