Iraq's Erbil holds month-long night cinema festival

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Iraq's Erbil holds month-long night cinema festival

STORY: Iraq's Erbil holds month-long night cinema festival DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: ERBIL, IRAQ CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Night Cinema Festival in Erbil 2. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish): MUHAMMAD FARES HASSAN, Responsible person of Erbil Night Cinema Festival 3. various of Night Cinema Festival in Erbil STORYLINE: Klinkand Park in the center of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, hosts the second Erbil "Night Cinema" Festival, which lasts for a month. The festival is organized by a group of young people based on consolidating the culture of cinema and reviving the phenomenon of open-air night cinema, which used to be widespread during the past century in various cities of Iraq. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish): MUHAMMAD FARES HASSAN, Responsible person of Erbil Night Cinema Festival "The aim of this idea is to make it possible for people to enjoy watching films in the open air, allowing them to eat food while watching. This idea exists in many cities in the world, but

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