My Sweet Pepper Land
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Huner Saleem
Written by	Antoine Lacomblez Huner Saleem
Produced by	Marc Bordure Robert Guédiguian
Starring	Golshifteh Farahani Korkmaz Arslan
Cinematography	Pascal Auffray
Edited by	Clémence Samson Sophie Reine Juliette Haubois
Distributed by	Memento Films (France)
Release dates	22 May 2013 (2013-05-22) (Cannes) 19 March 2014 (2014-03-19) (France) 27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) (Germany)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France Germany Iraq
Language	Kurdish

My Sweet Pepper Land is a 2013 Kurdish-language internationally co-produced drama film directed by Huner Saleem.^[1] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It was nominated in the 7th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Achievement in Directing for Huner Saleem and Best Performance by an Actress for Golshifteh Farahani.^[3]

Plot

In a remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan lives the Kurdish patriot Baran who since recently serves as a policeman. He cannot help but provoke the local villain Aziz Aga and finds himself supported by an attractive lady named Govend who works as a teacher.

Cast

• Korkmaz Arslan as Baran (as Korkmaz Arslan)
• Golshifteh Farahani as Govend
• Suat Usta as Reber
• Mir Murad Bedirxan as Tajdin
• Feyyaz Duman as Jaffar Mohammed Emin
• Tarik Akreyî as Aziz Ağa