News Center- The Kezi Women Collective, a collective of independent women filmmakers in North and East Syria, will organize the “Women’s Film Festival” at the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Centre and the Azadi Park in the city of Qamishlo (Qamishli) from May 25 to May 32, 2025.

Short films, feature films and documentaries by women from four parts of Kurdistan, South America, European countries such as Germany, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iran and Egypt will be screened at the festival supported by Sine Jin Rojava and Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Cultural Movement.

At the festival, seminars and panels will be also organized. The festival will kick off at the Azadi Park on May 25. According to the program of the festival, the films to be screened at the festival are as follows:

Siwariyên Şengalê (English: The Cavalry of Shengal) directed by Kurdish filmmaker Dersim Zêrevan

El Vaquero (2024) directed by Emma Rozanski

La mer et ses vagues (2023) directed by Liana Kassir and Renaud Pachot

Ghalia (2023) directed by Amira Sayed

Dream (2023) directed by Gulê Welat

The Desert Rocker (2022) directed by Mariam Ohanyan

The Pasha, My Mother and I (2023) directed by Nevine Gerits

Zar û Zaman (2023) directed by Xecê Redur

The last Cowboy (2023) directed by Basma Sheren

A Picture to Remember (2023) directed by Olga Chernykh

Sima’s Song (2024) directed by Roya Sadat

As I Open My Eyes (2023) directed by Ghazzal Abdullah

Amplified (2023) directed by Dina Naser

Hope (2023) directed by Mozhgan Kavousi

“Kwistan” directed by Fatemeh Bakhshipour and Ali Bahmani

“I’m Not Ready” by Emma Organization for Human Development

Women in Armenian Cinema (2023) by Mariam Ohanyan

The Mother and the Bear (2024) by Yasmina El Kamaly

The Key (2024) by Sharo Shorsh

Aurora's Sunrise (2022) by Inna Sahakyan

A House Near the Sun (2023) by Maryam Samadi and Roni Schamlian

Left Handed (2021) by Nasrin Mohammadpour

If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mounth and Smile (2025) by Marie Luise Lehner

Hêza (2022) by Derya Deniz

Anqa (2023) by Helin Çelik.