Memories on Stone

Memories on Stone (Kurdish: Bîranînen li ser kevirî) is a 2014 Kurdish-language German-Iraqi film directed by Shawkat Amin Korki.^[1][2] It was produced by mitosfilm and mitosfilm Iraq. It describes the struggles of schoolfriends Alan and Hussein of making a post-war film about the atrocities against the Iraqi Kurdish population in Al-Anfal campaign during Saddam Hussein's regime. The film was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[3]

Memories on Stone
Film poster
Directed by	Shawkat Amin Korki
Written by	Shawkat Amin Korki Mehmet Aktas
Starring	Hussein Hassan
Release date	6 July 2014 (2014-07-06) (Karlovy)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Iraq Germany
Language	Kurdish

Cast

• Hussein Hassan
• Nazmi Kirik
• Shima Molaei
• Ala Riani

See also

• List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Kurdish cinema