Editing Kurds (section)

===Cinema===
{{Main|Kurdish cinema}}
[[File:BahmanGhobadi2009.JPG|thumb|left|[[Bahman Ghobadi]] at the presentation of his film ''Nobody Knows About Persian Cats'' in [[San Sebastián]], 2009]]

The main themes of [[Kurdish cinema]] are the poverty and hardship which ordinary Kurds have to endure. The first films featuring Kurdish culture were actually shot in Armenia. Zare, released in 1927, produced by [[Hamo Beknazarian]], details the story of Zare and her love for the shepherd Seydo, and the difficulties the two experience by the hand of the village elder.<ref>IMDb '[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184075/ Zare (1927)]' Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> In 1948 and 1959, two documentaries were made concerning the Yezidi Kurds in Armenia. These were joint Armenian-Kurdish productions; with H. Kocharyan and Heciye Cindi teaming up for ''The Kurds of Soviet Armenia'',<ref name="Kurdish Cinema">R. Alakom '[http://www.kurdishcinema.com/RohatAlakomZere.html The first film about Kurds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929215257/http://kurdishcinema.com/RohatAlakomZere.html |date=29 September 2013 }}'. Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> and Ereb Samilov and C. Jamharyan for ''Kurds of Armenia''.<ref name="Kurdish Cinema"/>

The first critically acclaimed and famous Kurdish films were produced by [[Yılmaz Güney]]. Initially a popular, award-winning actor in Turkey with the nickname ''Çirkin Kral'' (''the Ugly King'', after his rough looks), he spent the later part of his career producing socio-critical and politically loaded films. ''[[Sürü]]'' (1979), ''[[Yol (film)|Yol]]'' (1982) and ''[[Duvar (film)|Duvar]]'' (1983) are his best-known works, of which the second won Palme d'Or at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] of 1982,<ref>{{cite book|author=DVD ~ Yilmaz Güney|title=Yol (1982)|asin=6302824435}}</ref> the most prestigious award in the world of cinema.

Another prominent Kurdish film director is [[Bahman Qubadi]]. His first feature film was ''[[A Time for Drunken Horses]]'', released in 2000. It was critically acclaimed and went on to win multiple awards. Other movies of his would follow this example,<ref>IMDb '[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315842/awards Bahman Ghobadi's Awards]'. Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> making him one of the best-known film producers of Iran of today. Recently, he released ''[[Rhinos Season]]'', starring [[Behrouz Vossoughi]], [[Monica Bellucci]] and [[Yilmaz Erdogan]], detailing the tumultuous life of a Kurdish poet.

Other prominent Kurdish film directors that are critically acclaimed include [[Mahsun Kırmızıgül]], [[Hiner Saleem]] and the aforementioned Yilmaz Erdogan. There's also been a number of films set or filmed in Kurdistan made by non-Kurdish film directors, such as ''[[The Wind Will Carry Us]]'', ''[[Triage (film)|Triage]]'', ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', and ''[[The Market: A Tale of Trade]]''.