In this first of three different director interviews from the Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdish Director, Actor and Documentarian Kae Bahar talks about the needs of Kurdish media in the future, as well as his own short film submission: Where Was I?

Kae Bahar's Website, Joka Films:

https://www.jokafilms.com/English/

Where Was I? Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5C88bRGCNo&t=1s&ab_channel=KaeBahar

In this first of three different director interviews from the Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdish Director, Actor and Documentarian Kae Bahar talks about the needs of Kurdish media in the future, as well as his own short film submission: Where Was I?
Kae Bahar's Website, Joka Films:
<a href="https://www.jokafilms.com/English/">https://www.jokafilms.com/English/</a>
Where Was I? Trailer:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5C88bRGCNo&amp;t=1s&amp;ab_channel=KaeBahar">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5C88bRGCNo&amp;t=1s&amp;ab_channel=KaeBahar</a>

Inside Kurdistan brings insight to cultural and political developments in the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an international audience. We focus on a broad range of topics related to Kurdish culture, bringing context and coverage through interviews with experts and first-hand accounts to help provide a responsible perspective on what's happening in the region, Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.

Inside Kurdistan brings insight to cultural and political developments in the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an international audience. We focus on a broad range of topics related to Kurdish culture, bringing context and coverage through interviews with experts and first-hand accounts to help provide a responsible perspective on what's happening in the region, Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.

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April Cuenca is from the Philippines. She moved two Erbil about two years ago and is a grants manager in Shareteah Humanitarian Organisation (SHO). She is also a certified yoga teacher, certified in trauma informed yoga, sound healing and therapy.

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