TODAY’S MESOP FLASH : BRAVO BAHMAN GHOBADI !

Famous Kurdish director in Italy: Kurdistan should be independent

17.07.2014 – BasNews, Italy – Well-known film director Bahman Ghobadi made statements recently expressing his views that the autonomous region of Kurdistan has a right to independence and says that Iraqi Kurdistan has become the home of Kurds all over the world.

Ghobadi made his statement from Italy where he was participating in the Spoleto Film Festival. Approached by journalists, he expressed unabashedly that Kurdistan, as like any other country in the world, should be independent.

“When I participate in international events I would love to be called a Kurdish director, not only an Iranian director. Kurdish cinema should develop in a way that can introduce Kurdish culture to the world,” added Ghobadi. The famous exiled director said that he calls Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, his true home. “For me Erbil is the safest place in the world, not only or Iraqi Kurds, but for everyone. Every Kurd in the world has a safe home here in Erbil,” said Ghobadi. The independent filmmaker sought refuge in Iraq and then Turkey three and a half years ago and has been in exile since. He is known for his touching films that have received much praise and won many film awards at festivals the world over. A large number of Iranian actors and directors have had to flee Iran in order to pursue their art undisturbed.