Los Angeles Kurdish Film Festival
Please join us and the Los Angeles Kurdish Film Festival (LAKFF) on Sunday, March 23 at 9:30 pm at the Frida Cinema for a special presentation of Ayşe Polat's multi-award-winning film IN THE BLIND SPOT, presented with the support of the Goethe-Institut as part of this years LAKFF.
Germany (2023) 118 min. DCP Projection. German/Kurdish with English Subtitles
Writer-Director Ayşe Polat,
DOP Patrick Orth, Editing Serhad Mutlu, Jörg Volkmar,
Cast Katja Bürkle, Ahmet Varli, Çağla Yurga, Aybi Era, Max Hemmersdorfer, Nihan Okutucu, Tudan Ürper, Muttalip Müjdeci, Riza Akin, Aziz Çapkurt, Producers Mehmet Aktaş, Janna Heine,
Production Company mîtosfilm (Berlin)
A German crew is filming a documentary in north-eastern Turkey, more precisely in a remote Kurdish village, where they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The German team’s Kurdish translator is also the nanny of Melek, a seven-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organisation, and is caught between loyalty and fear for his family’s well-being when his daughter seems to be pursued by a mysterious force. Three different perspectives that, when intersected, develop a destructive power.
IN THE BLIND SPOT reveals a complex web of conspiracy, paranoia, and generational trauma. The film develops its own formal language to express the unspeakable, playing with familiar references from horror films and political thrillers.
(Source: LAKFF)
AWARDS
IFF Berlin 2025 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik - Best Screenplay
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2025 Directing Award
EDIMOTION 2024 Filmstiftung NRW Editing Award - Feature Film
Deutscher Kamerapreis 2024 Best Camera / Fiction Cinema
Deutscher Filmpreis 2024 Lola - Beste Director, Best Screenplay, Best Feature - Bronze
IFF Oldenburg 2023 German Independence Award, Best Film
The Los Angeles Kurdish Film Festival (LAKFF) is a vibrant cultural celebration showcasing the rich diversity of Kurdish stories from Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Through compelling films, this festival brings to light the complexities of Kurdish identity, history, and the ongoing struggles faced by Kurdish communities worldwide. With a diverse lineup of feature films, documentaries, and short films, LAKFF offers a platform for Kurdish filmmakers to share their voices, fostering dialogue and understanding around universal themes like displacement, resilience, and cultural preservation.
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