A History of The Slemani International Film Festival: An Interview with Hemn Hussein, Director of Communication for the Festival

Alan Ali Saeed

doi:10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.125

A History of The Slemani International Film Festival

An Interview with Hemn Hussein, Director of Communication for the Festival

Authors

Alan Ali Saeed Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST), Sulaimani University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.125

Keywords:

Iraq Kurdistan, Kurdish cinema, Slemani International Film Festival, Hemn A. Hussein, Danar Omer, Kurdistan, Film festival, Kurdish culture, Film culture

Abstract

This interview with Hemn Hussein presents a history of the Slemani International Festival from its inception to the present. The interview looks at the practical issues of funding and running the festival. Attention is focused on its particular context of being a Kurdish yet international festival and its significance within Kurdish cultural aspirations.

Author Biography

Alan Ali Saeed, Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST), Sulaimani University

Alan Ali Saeed, the interviewer, lectures in English literature at University of Sulaimani in Iraqi Kurdistan. His website is https://sites.google.com/a/univsul.edu.iq/alan-ali-saeed/.

An audience watches a film in a plaza at the Locarno Film Festival

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Published

2023-02-23

How to Cite

Saeed, Alan Ali. 2023. “A History of The Slemani International Film Festival: An Interview With Hemn Hussein, Director of Communication for the Festival”. Journal of Festive Studies 4 (1):135-43. https://doi.org/10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.125.