Kobani International Film Festival
Film submissions open on April 1, 2025.
The festival Program.

Vision
Toward a better cinema. Cinema was born to be renewed, created, and mastered. Despite all the circumstances and obstacles the independent directors go through.

Mission
Giving opportunities, and pioneering the diversity and creativity of the world through your lenses.

Values
Freedom of creativity; the supportive hand for creativity makers and opening doors for diverse topics.
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Festival Editions

2024
5th Edition
Best Film Award For the Syrian film - Bitter Sweetness Directed by- Zaher Kusaibati Best Kurdish Film Award Movie - Son Director - Saman Hosseinpuor Best Documentary Film Award For the Kurdish film - Afrat By Director C - Mikael Rahmani Best Animation Film Award For the Spanish film - In Half Made by Jorge…
2023
4th Edition
After the curtain came down on the fourth session of the Kobani International Film Festival, which was distinguished from its predecessors in its organization, presence, and quality of the participating works; the festival achieved important results by highlighting these experiences and works. International films category 1-Best Film My Black Heart 2-Directing We Are Happy 3-Best Actor/Actress LA…
2022
3rd Edition
-The first edition that took the name of the legendary filmmaker “ Yilmaz Guney”, and it was held on his birthday. -The winner films and their categories: 1.Best Actor Said Darif in his role in "Charter" 2. Best Actress Rozhan Hamajaza in her role in "I Will Wait" 3. Best script Shorsh Vekili for "Pel'e"…
2021
2nd Edition
The 2nd edition took place in Germany, with hundreds of movies, guests, and activities. 1.Best Actress Angela Mourad for "Taa AL-taaneth" 2. Best Cinematography Mustapha Farmati for "The Last Wave" 3. Best Animated Film "Amani" directed by Fadel Mahood 4. Best Documentary Kamil Qader for "Hemay Aarami" 5. Best Scriptwriter Marwa Mustafa for "Potato" directed…