Kurdistan screens at the WFF

KURDISTAN-KURDISTAN

Réal./Dir.: Bulent Gunduz.

Monday, August 31st, 4.10 pm, Cinéma Quartier Latin, Room 16

Synopsis

In the 1990s, Delil Dilanar, one of the great Kurdish singers, who continues to keep alive a tradition of a rich and complex musical style of dengbej that he has inherited from master Egîtê Cimo, was forced to leave his homeland and go into exile in Europe. After 20 years of exile, he finds that his heart hasn’t followed him. During a concert in New York, he announces his return to his roots. But back in Kurdistan he falls into a deep depression. He tries to recover with his music master who comes to join him in the village.

Biography

Born in Turkish Kurdistan, Bulent Gunduz graduated in engineering from Kahraman Maras University but he quickly realized that his interests lay elsewhere. He studied film and journalism in Istanbul and left to Paris for political reasons. After a first documentary, in 2011 he directed ROBOSKI MON AMOUR.