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Iraq’s Duhok International Film Festival to host ‘The Blue Bicycle’
The festival, established in memory of Kurdish filmmaker Yılmaz Güney, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1982, is among the most closely watched cultural fixtures in the Middle East for works centred on Kurdish life and language.
The 12th edition runs from December 9 to December 16, in the mountainous, border-hugging city of Duhok.
‘The Blue Bicycle’ tracks a soft-spoken teacher in a remote highland village, as he prepares to leave the place he has long called home after a profound loss. In the hush of farewells and unspoken grief, an abandoned blue bicycle passes from hand to hand, binding strangers without a word — a quiet thread through lives on the verge of parting.
The film will vie against entries from filmmakers across the Kurdistan Region, Iran and neighboring countries in the Kurdish section.
Cast members include Armin Azizi, Ardeshir Ahmadi, Matin Veisi, Omran Moradi, Azad Karimian, and Delaram Ahmadi.