Half Moon (2006) - Vulpes x Kriterion

About this event

In collaboration with Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica, we present a special screening of Half Moon, a film by Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi. The screening takes place on the day we commemorate the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini. She died in 2022 following her arrest by Iran's morality police, an event that led to massive protests worldwide under the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom" - "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî." In Half Moon, the elderly Kurdish musician Mamo travels through Iraqi Kurdistan with his sons to give a concert. He wants to bring the singer Hesho along on this journey, but because women in Iran are not permitted to sing in front of men, her presence puts the group in danger. Ghobadi blends together humor and surrealism with the political reality of the Kurdish people.