Kick Off Kirkuk 2009
6.9 / 10
Kick Off Kirkuk
Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.
Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 3 Photos
cast
Full Cast & Crew
... Aso
... Mam Karim
GA
Govar Anwar... Sako
RHJ
Rozhan Hama Jaza... Helin
... Mam Majid
... Helin's Mother
Directors:
Genres:
Release Date:
Oct 10, 2009 (Iran, Islamic Republic Of,Iraq,Japan)
Run Time:
1hr 21`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Kurdish
Production Countries:
Iran, Islamic Republic Of,Iraq,Japan
Status:
Released
Plot Keywords:
Cast & Crew of
Kick Off Kirkuk - Kick Off Kirkuk
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Aso
... Mam Karim
GA
Govar Anwar... Sako
RHJ
Rozhan Hama Jaza... Helin
... Mam Majid
... Helin's Mother
... Diyar
Produced By
... Producer
HA
Hassan Ali... Producer
Videos & Photos of
Kick Off Kirkuk - Kick Off Kirkuk
Videos ( 1)
KICK OFF KIRKUK Trailer.mp4
YouTube
Photos ( 3 )
Related Movies To
Kick Off Kirkuk - Kick Off Kirkuk
Turtles Can Fly (2005)
8 /10
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Run Time: 1hr 38` . MMPA: . Release: 07 Jan 2005
Director: Jalal Saed Panah , Bahman Ghobadi , Shahram Shah Hosseini
Producer: Sadegh Sourchi , Babak Amini , Abbas Ghazali
Stars: Soran Ebrahim , Avaz Latif , Saddam Hossein Feysal , Hiresh Feysal Rahman , Abdol Rahman Karim , Ajil Zibari
Bekas (2012)
7.5 /10
Two shoeshiner homeless brothers named Zana and Dana live on the edge of survival. They catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema and decide that they want to go to America in order to meet Superman.
Run Time: 1hr 37` . MMPA: . Release: 30 Nov 2012
Director: Karzan Kader , Mhiadin Raza , Rebin Chalak
Producer: Alan Ali , Peter Possne , Rebwar Hama Hawrami
Stars: Zamand Taha , Sarwar Fazil , Diya Mariwan , Suliman Karim Mohamad , Rahim Hussen , Abdulrahman Mohamad
Goodnight, Soldier (2022)
0 /10
Ziné and Avdal are madly in love in spite of their families’ ancestral feud. When both parties finally set aside their differences and agree to their children getting married, Avdal is injured at the front and his inability to perform sexually casts a shadow over the wedding night. As this revives the family tensions, the newlyweds start exploring new forms of pleasure. Will their love overcome decades of conflict and tradition?
Run Time: 1hr 37` . MMPA: . Release: 29 Jun 2022
Director: Hiner Saleem
Producer: Robert Guédiguian , Omar Tovi , Marc Bordure
Stars: Galyar Nerway , Dilin Döğer , Barzan Shaswar , Bekir Ma'rof , Shadyana Moradi , Lila Gürmen
My Sweet Pepper Land (2014)
7 /10
Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
Run Time: 1hr 26` . MMPA: NC-17 . Release: 09 Apr 2014
Director: Hiner Saleem , Yılmaz Özdil , Véronique Wüthrich
Producer: Karsten Frank , Robert Guédiguian , Marc Bordure
Stars: Korkmaz Arslan , Golshifteh Farahani , Suat Usta , Mir Murad Bedirxan , Feyyaz Duman , Tarik Akreyî
Before Snowfall (2013)
7 /10
Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family reputation. The mission proves a dangerous one for the inexperienced Siyar. First stop is Istanbul, where he meets Elvin, a young girl who becomes his travel companion. On the way from east to west, through Europe and all the way to Norway, Siyar comes to realize his own need for respect, and for love.
Run Time: 1hr 45` . MMPA: . Release: 15 Jan 2013
Director: Hisham Zaman
Producer:
Stars: Abdullah Taher , Bahar Ozen , Suzan Ilir , Billey Dimirtas , Ava Abdulsattar , Cabbar Baris
Chaplin of the Mountains (2013)
7.5 /10
A recently orphaned young Kurdish-French woman travels to Iraqi Kurdistan to find her mother's village, likely destroyed during the Anfal genocide. On her journey she meets two American film students who are traveling to remote villages screening Charlie Chaplin films. They decide to help her search, an undertaking that brings them to the war-weary Mount Qandil, dubbed by the locals the Kurdish Bermuda Triangle, along the Iraqi-Turkish-Iranian borders.
Run Time: 1hr 31` . MMPA: . Release: 01 May 2013
Director: Jano Rosebiani
Producer: Jano Rosebiani , Enwer Shexani
Stars: Estelle Bajou , Zack Gold , Kurdo Galali , Taies Farzan , Bennet Viso , Enwer Shexani
Red Heart (2011)
6.4 /10
The teenagers Shirin and Soran are in love and want to marry, but Shirin's father has arranged her marriage and forbids them. On her wedding night, Soran kidnaps her for them to be together.
Run Time: 1hr 17` . MMPA: . Release: 29 Apr 2011
Director: Soran Ebrahim , Halkawt Mustafa
Producer: Egil Ødegård , Halkawt Mustafa , Anders Graham
Stars: Shahen Jamal , Ahmed Ali , Suhaila Hassan , Akar Jefry , Soran Ebrahim , Ahmed Qeladizaei
1988 (2023)
9 /10
In the winter of 1988, in the depths of the Iraq/Iran war, the border town of Halabja was attacked by chemical weapons with all its people and their different stories.
Run Time: 1hr 20` . MMPA: . Release: 02 Nov 2023
Director: Hezhwan zendi , Mhamad Taher
Producer: Reman Shawkat , Bryar Baban , Rebwar Rwanin
Stars: Ayam Akram , Hamid Mirhaj Yosef , Qadir Jalal , Shamal Abarash , Delnya Mohammadi
Siyabend and Xece (1991)
4.7 /10
The mythological love story of two Kurdish youth.
Run Time: 1hr 38` . MMPA: . Release: 01 Jan 1991
Director: Şahin Gök
Producer:
Stars: Tarık Akan , Mine Çayıroğlu , Mine Çayıroğlu , Menderes Samancılar , Mesut Çakarlı , Mesut Çakarlı
Kobane (2022)
0 /10
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, a female Kurdish fighter guides her fellow fighters in the resistance to defend their city, Kobanê, from the deadly threat of ISIS. A real story of war, sacrifice, love and hope that kept the whole world on tenterhooks.
Run Time: 2hr 38` . MMPA: . Release: 20 Sep 2022
Director: Diyar Hesso , Özlem Yaşar
Producer: Alba Sotorra , Diyar Hesso
Stars: Dijle Arjîn , Awar Elî , Rêger Azad Kaya , Rêger Azad , Xeyrî Garzan , Nejbîr Xanim
The End Will Be Spectacular (2019)
6.6 /10
Zilan, a young woman, returns to her home town looking for traces of her dead brother, killed by ISIS. But her town is not what it used to be: social and political tensions have escalated into a state of war. The people have risen up to demand their political autonomy and the police and army repress them with brutal force. But the city’s resistance will go on for more than 100 days and Zilan will not remain a passive witness. Based on the diaries of those who died fighting and the testimony of survivors, who are the protagonists of the film, Çelik's first feature explores concepts such as hope, friendship, sacrifice and loss in the struggle for freedom of a group of young people.
Run Time: 2hr 15` . MMPA: . Release: 11 Nov 2019
Director: Ersin Çelik
Producer: Alba Sotorra , Dogan Çetin , Mazdek Ararat
Stars: Arif Demir , Arjîn Baysal , Sahire Özhan , Delîl Pîran , Cîhan Seve , Mehmet Emin Engizek
Leave To Stay (2013)
6.3 /10
Three Kurdish immigrants arrive in the UK, as illegal aliens to seek asylum. Finding they now belong to London's underground.
Run Time: 1hr 4` . MMPA: . Release: 19 Aug 2013
Director: Awat Osman Ali , Dana Karim , Funmi Ogunwo Adesanya
Producer: Kamaran Nuri Gulala , Kristie Speke , Jabber Muhammed
Stars: Shwan Attoof , Rzgar Said , Danny Darren , Salam Majeed , Elaaheh Jamali , Alice Maguire