After the fall of Saddam Hussein,  Mamo (Ismail Ghaffari), a famed Kurdish musician living in Iran, gathers his many sons for a trip across the border to Iraqi Kurdistan and a long-planned celebratory concert. Despite failing health and his offspring's fluctuating commitment to the dangerous enterprise, Mamo is resolute; neither callous border guards nor his own recurring premonitions of disaster will derail the performance.

Review from The New York Times...

"Fateful and funny, haunting and magical, "Half Moon" balances delicately between the harsh realities of its location and the mystical power of Mamo's visions. Shooting mainly in Iranian Kurdistan, the cinematographers find an unearthly beauty amid the gambling frenzy of a cockfight and the silent ranks of exiled female singers lining the rooftops of a mountain village."

Review from The Times...

"The savage drama of the landscape, the indomitable optimism of the people and the passion of the ubiquitous music – almost every character is a musician – is universal in its appeal."