Full cinemas, numerous guests, a good atmosphere during discussions and many emotional moments. The 10th Kurdish Film Days Vienna closed looking forward to another year. 

This year's Kurdish Film Days Serçavan took place in Vienna's Votivkino after a break of several years. From 7 to 10 November, works by filmmakers from all four parts of Kurdistan were presented to interested audiences. The event was organized by Feykom, the council of the Kurdish community in Austria.

Closing films "Being a winner" and "Berbû"

Soleen Yusef's "Being a winner" tells the story of a young girl who goes to Germany as a refugee and finds distraction from her dreary everyday life in football. On the same evening, Sevinaz Evdike's film "Berbû" was shown, which deals with a wedding in the turmoil of the Turkish offensive against Rojava in 2019. This screening was followed by a panel discussion with the director.

Numerous cross-genre productions from recent years found their way to Viennese film lovers - some of them in their first performance - in order to make various aspects of the everyday life of the people in Kurdistan accessible to a wider public: the opening on 7 November was the film by Özkan Kücük, "Rojbash" (2022). The following day, Derya Deniz's "Hêza" (2022), a short film block consisting of six parts, and Haşim Aydemir's "Dema Dirîreşkan/Time of the Blackberries" (2021) flickered across the screen. On Saturday, Nadya Derwîş's "Jinwar" (2024), Hevi Nimet Gatar's "GotûbêJin" (2024), Mano Khalil's "Cîran"/Neighbors (2021) and "Lêgerîn" (2023) by Maria Laura Vasquez and Dersim Zerevan were presented. The entire program met with great interest from the audience.

The 10th Kurdish Film Days Vienna can claim to have been a success in its goal of initiating a cultural dialogue. Not only did Kurdish filmmakers get a platform to present their work to potential new interested parties, but new contacts were also made, networking promoted and potential projects for the future discussed.

Feykom reiterated the plan to have the Kurdish Film Days take place annually again in order to create a cultural fixture in the calendar.