This short, harrowing documentary focuses on the struggle of a former Peshmerga fighter and his wife to make a living by selling the cans they collect.

This is a documentary about Kurdish children surviving in Sanandaj city in East Kurdistan by collecting crumbs. They are out of school and working to save money and help their families financially. They are poor and most of them are unwell as result of the work they do.

This tells the story of Kurdish expatriates working as labourers and how they are exploited. It is a year in the life of six families living in Ceylanpınar and emphasizes the working conditions of women and child labour.

A girl and a boy in a village want to learn how to read and write but both are blind.  A teacher who beings to instruct them must leave the village after a while and so eventually the two learn how to read and write on their own.

Reversing the route of refugees fleeing conflict and insecurity in Kurdistan, Yüksel Yavuz documents his journey from the safety of Europe back though Turkey to a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. Through the often harrowing stories of those he meets along the way – including Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ismail Besikci, imprisoned for 17 years as a dissident intellectual – Yavuz's film provides an intimate glimpse into the daily realities of a people often forgotten in American discussions of the Middle East. Groundbreaking in its reinvention of the documentary form, Close Up Kurdistan gives Western audiences an invaluable perspective.

This is a documentary about Cihan Sincar, the mayor of a town in Kurdistan whose life story runs parallel with the separation of Kurdistan. She was born in Qamislo in Syria, her father was arrested in Iraq while fighting as peshmarga and they were sent to Turkey. She married Mehmet Sincar a Kurdish MP killed by the Turkish deep state in 1993 and she became ever more involved in politics. This is the story of a woman coming from a feudal society and becoming a decision maker.