Hiner Saleem – MRQE

My Sweet Pepperland

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.

Si tu meurs, je te tue

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Paris’ cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who’s fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She’s due to arrive in the next few days. The two men strike up a friendship and when Avdal dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Philippe finds himself left to organize the funeral arrangements. What should he do with the body? Siba arrives in Paris, and soon learns that Avdal has died. She is taken in by a group of Kurdish men and before long she also meets Philippe – all of whom are quite smitten by her beauty. Meanwhile, Avdal’s father Cheto, a devout Muslim, comes to Paris to grieve for his son. He intends to force Siba to return to her homeland, but the young woman has now had a taste of freedom.

Dol

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On his wedding day a man must flee through several countries to safety.

Kilomètre zéro

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq’s Kurdistan.

Vodka Lemon

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife’s grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are penniless–she works in a local bar that is about to close down, while he has been forced to start selling his meager possessions. All seems hopelessly bleak, yet when Hamo begins to court Nina, their unexpected love revitalizes them.

Passeurs de rêves

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Passeurs de Reves opens with longtime sweethearts Dolovan and Zara fleeing from their Mesopotamian village, which has been ravaged by ethnic warfare. As they make their way across the frigid Caucasian Mountains, Zara’s parents, who are traveling with the couple, succumb to the elements. Dolovan and Zara eventually make it to a run-down evacuee camp presided over by a friendly Kurdish “tsar,” where Zara discovers that her deceased father’s suitcase is filled with cash. Although this is ostensibly good news, the cash makes the couple vulnerable to smugglers, dodgy guides, and counterfeiters, all of whom are eager to take advantage of Dolovan and Zara’s newfound wealth. To further complicate matters, although they have money, the couple lack necessary visas to continue their journey, and soon Dolovan is taken away by the police. Abandoned in the Ukraine, Zara is robbed and then disappears, while Dolovan, traveling solo, eventually makes it to Paris to reunite with his love.

Sous les toits de Paris

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An old man living in an attic in a rundown part of Paris, becomes increasingly lonely and prey to ill-health.