Kurdish Cinema Residency Program

Name: Kurdish Cinema Residency Program
Start: 2026-09-25T04:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-30T04:00:00+00:00
Location: New York City

Fri, 25 Sept 2026, 00:00 → Wed, 30 Sept 2026, 00:00

Local time · America/New_York

NYKCC

İlisa Barbash

2nd Avenue 181-189, New York City, United States

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About this event

The NYKCC announces its first residency program on Kurdish cinema in New York City. The hybrid program consists of lectures and workshops by experts in thinking, making, and distributing Kurdish films, and is open to participants who work in Kurdish films or think about and through Kurdish films. The opening lecture, “The Art of Story Seeking,” will be given by İlisa Barbash on September 25, followed by sessions on Kurdish storytelling, memory, documentation, economics, and the politics of the Kurdish film industry through September 30. To join in person or virtually, applicants should submit a résumé and motivation letter to info@nykcc.org by September 5.