YAR

22 mins
Iraq
Kurdish
Winner
  • FFTG AwardJury Choice Best Documentary Short (Musical-Iraq) - Aram Hassan, Sirwan Saleh (co-producer), Salah Khzri (co-producer)
  • FFTG AwardBest Director - Aram Hassan
  • FFTG AwardBest Cinematography - Aram Hassan
  • FFTG AwardBest Editing - Solivan hadi
  • FFTG AwardBest Music - Ali Akbar Moradi
  • FFTG AwardBest Sound Design - Hozan Derki

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Synopsis

In a part of middle east in eastern and northern Kurdistan lives a group of people who have their own religion and perform their prayers and worship god using tanbur. Tanbur is an old musical instrument that has its own special ritual of crafting. Yar talks about the process of crafting the Tanbur and how it is used for religious ritual of the Yarsans.

Title: 

YAR

Original Title: 

YAR

Production Year: 

2020

Subtitles: 

English

Director: 

Producer: 

Aram Hassan (Exec. Producer)

Co Producer: 

Sirwan Saleh, Salah Khzri

Writer: 

Aram Hassan

Editor: 

Solivan hadi

Dir. of Photography: 

Aram Hassan

Music:

Ali Akbar Moradi

Director's Interview

Festival: 

2020

Category: 

Documentary Films, Short Films under 40 minutes

Country: 

Iraq

Language: 

Kurdish

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