Festival
Kobani International Film Festival 2025 (6th Edition)
Hosted by Kobani International Film Festival
- Date and time
Fri, 5 Sept 2025, 00:00 → Sun, 7 Sept 2025, 23:59
Local time · Europe/Berlin
Hosted by Kobani International Film Festival
Fri, 5 Sept 2025, 00:00 → Sun, 7 Sept 2025, 23:59
Local time · Europe/Berlin
Schauburg Filmpalast
Horster Straße 6, 45897 Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
The 6th edition ran under the theme "Here the Story Begins". The festival received over 1,100 films from 127 countries and shortlisted 29 for screening across three days. Held at the Schauburg Filmpalast in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Award winners: - Best Film: Ortie (Nettle), directed by Toni Hilgersson - Best Director: La Villa, directed by Alvaro Raul Diamanti - Best Screenplay: I Left, written by Irine Javakhidze and Shalva Shengeli - Best Cinematography: The Skin Speaks, shot by Yu Yiming and Zhang Yihan - Best Performance: Kristin Grue in Siste Stopp, directed by Shokat Harjo - Best Kurdish Film: A House Near the Sun, directed by Maryam Samadi and Roni Schamlian - Best Documentary Film: Habibullah, directed by Adnan Zandi - Best Animated Film: 113 Words for You Today, directed by Bo Qing Tang Official selection. 29 films were shortlisted from over 1,100 submissions; these 20 are the ones published by name. Short films: - Holy Water (Iran) - La Villa (Italy) - I Left (Georgia) - Last Stop / Siste Stopp (Norway) - Nettle / Ortie (Belgium) - The Tragedy of the Lady (Israel) - Loneliness (Spain) - Ashruta, The Unheard (India) - Miss Goldfish (China) - The Skin Speaks (China) Documentaries: - Biji Jibirkirine (Against Forgetting) (United States, Kurmanji) - Habibullah (Iran, Kurdistan) - Cut (Iran) Animation: - Jus d'orange (France and Poland) - Fire and Spark (Romania) - 113 Words for You Today (United States) Films with Kurdish ties: - The Tailor (Erbil, Iraq) - The Ninth Cycle (Iran) - Unchain (United States) - A House Near the Sun (Urmiye, Iran) The festival never published which film screened on which day, so these are recorded here rather than as separate screenings.