Kurdish Filmmaker Wins Top Director Award in Milan

Kurdish filmmaker Rakat Hama Tofiq was honoured with the Best Director award at the Vertigo Film Festival in Milan, Italy, for his documentary "Baba Noel".

The Vertigo Film Festival, in its sixth year, is an international showcase of independent cinema, and this edition screened more than 50 selected films from around the world. Tofiq's winning film was produced by the General Directorate of Culture and Arts in Sulaymaniyah, under its Cinema Arts Department.

A graduate of the Theatre Department at the Fine Arts Institute of Sulaymaniyah who now serves as a director in the city's Cinema Department, Tofiq has earned accolades at festivals across the United States, Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Greece and Spain. (Kurdish Globe)