There are a number of Kurdish director from different countries whose artistic work draw international attention and win major prizes at international film festivals. Below is the list of some of the most known Kurdish directors. Yilmaz Guney
lots of feature films but the most popular ones are; ‘Seyitxan’, ‘Arkadas’ (Friend), Endise (Anxiety), Umut (Hope), ‘Yol’ (The Road), ‘Suru’ (The Herd) and ‘Duvar’ (The Wall).
These are ‘A Time For Drunken Horses’, ‘Marooned in Iraq-Songs of My Motherland’, ‘Turtles Can Fly’ and Half Moon. Last year Ghobadi has been chosen 'one of the best living 100 director' in the world.
one feature film. These are ‘Ax’ (short film), ‘Photograph’ and ‘Dur’ (documentary).
live the Bride-Liberation of Kurdistan’, 'Beyond our Dreams', ‘Vodka-Lemon’ and ‘Zero Kilometre’.
Layla’ which has been invited to 23. Jerusalem Film Festival in 2006. Jano Rosebiani
in Kurdistan. He established his own production company called Evini Films.
won the best documentary awards at Innsbruck Film Festival in Austria in 2006. Yesiloz has also two other documentaries 'Fasting to Topple Walls' and 'Alevit Songs'. His has completed a new documentary about some musicians living in Switzerland, called "Musikliebe" (Love of Music), in 2007. Jamil Rostami
Requiem of Snow in 2005. Rostami currently filming Jan-i Gal (The Agony of a People) in Kurdistan Region of Irak. Said Kekeyi He made a docu-drama called "Waiting for Hiwa" which deals with the Halabja massacre, in 2002. Aras Rashid A Kurdish director from South Kurdistan based in Sweden. His feature film "The Burning Paradise" shot in 1999. Hussein Hassan Ali
programmes in a local television and shot video clips for different artisists and singers. He shot a number of short film, Narcissus Blossoom, (U Nergis Biskivin) his first feature film which Ali directed with Massoud Arif Saleeh.
years old. Then Saleeh started to work in some local tv. stations. He is the co-director of Narcissus Blossom, (U Nergis Biskivin).
Tears" (Firmiski Bexal) in 2005 in Iraqi Kurdistan. Omar now is woking on his next project called
in Germany. Polat shot a several short films such as Fremdennacht (The Night of Foreigner-1992), Ein Fest für Beyhau (A Fist for Beyhou-1993) ve Gräfin Sofia Hatun (Mrs Barones Sofia-1997) Her first feature film Auslandstournee (Trip out of Country-1999) won young talent award in Ankara Film Festival. Polat's last feature En Garde-2004 won special prizes at Hamburg ve Locarno film festivals. Yuksel Yavuz
when he was 16 years old. He studied at Hamburg Fine Arts School between 1992-1998. Yazuz's won the best documentary award with his first short film 'My Father a Guess Worker" in 1995. Yavuz shot his first feature 'The April Children' in 1998 and and won special awards at Salemo adn San Francisco Film Festivals. Jiyar Gol Born in Eastern Kurdistan, Gol lives in Canada since 1998. He owns Jiyar Productions Inc. and has produced several documentaries until now including; 'Liberation of Occupation? A Passage Through Iraq-2004', 'The Emblem Of Turkey. The Kurdish Problem,' 'The Struggle For Justice; Leyla Zana': Leyla Zana a Kurdish Parliamentarian who was imprisoned for 11 years for simply speaking Kurdish in the Turkish National Assembly. Gol graduated at Vancouver Film School majoring in Documentary Filmmaking. Rahim Zabihi Zahibi is a young Kurdish director from eastern Kurdistan and still lives in Iran. He made his first feature film last year called 'Roja Duyemin' (Second Day). Zahibi also shot several short films and invited to some film festivals. Sirin Cihani
di nav rojê de bêreng in' (The stars do not have colurs during daylight). Cihani has also shot several documentaries including the one that tells the life of famous Kurdish poets Siware Ilxanizade and Jila Huseyni. Özay Sahin
in Germany. Sahin made an excellent documentary called 'Can Baz' which tells tragedy of three Kurdish boys on of them is addictive to tiner. She also writes scenerios and invited to several film festival in Europe and Turkey. Arin Inan Arslan
talent who made two short films called 'Kirinti' (Crumb-2004) ve 'Si u Ba' (Shadow and Wind-2006). Arslan received special jury awards at 16. Ankara International Film Festival and 26. IFSAK Festival. Arslan also won Yilmaz Güney best film award in 1. TKM Short Film Festival by his first short film.
Kürdistan Müjde lives in Istanbul. She shot her first short film 'Son Oyun' (Last Game-2005) and won best picture award in Marmara University Short Film Festival. She is currently workin on her next project 'Kemik' (Bone). Nazmi Kirik
short film 'Kimlik' (Identity-2006) and has already been invited to 43. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival's short film competition section. Kirik took important roles in the films of Photograph, Journey to the Sun, Zero Kilometre, Dole (Hiner Saleem's latest feature) and Organized Businesses (directed by famous Kurdish director Yilmaz Erdogan).
mainly short films and documentaries such as “The War Game” (short film\ 1999), “The Palace” (documentary, 2000-2002), “The Story” (short film, 2003), “The German Shovel” (documentary, 2005)\ “Gül-i Zare” (documentary, not finished yet), “The Weed” (documentary, 2006), “Eyüp Sultan” (documentary, 2006), “The top of yellow is Düzgün” (documentary , 2006), “Two fishes, for people” (short film , 2007) and “Sayd” (documentary, 2007). Hiwa Aminnejad
middle class family. He obtained a diploma in Film Direction at the Association of Cinema for Youth in Tabriz. From 1998 to 2001, he practiced photography and participated in several national photos exhibitions. In 2001, he made his first short film “ Parasite”. “Atesh e Kebrit” won the “Best Picture” award at “Esfahan International Film Festival for Youth and Young Adults”. “Agar do bare harf bezanam” was selected among 20 films for the Short Film Festival in London”. “Hannabadan e dictator” was shot in Kurdistan, Iraq in 2005. (kanifilms.com)
Kurdistan. In addition to a number of theatrical plays, he has directed some short films and one feature length including The White Page (2007, short) which was shown at 37. Rotterdam International Film Festival. Shaxawan Idrees
newspapers. He directed a short film titled "We Have Gasoline". Idrees currently works as production manager at the Cinema Department of the Ministry of Culture in Kurdistan. Mehdi Hesen
currently works as director for Kurdistan satellite TV. He made a short film titled "Water" (2007) which was received the Yilmaz Guney Bronze award at the London Kurdish Film Festival in 2007. Zirek Mira
Kurdistan. He makes experimental and symbolic short films. One of them is a short film shot in 2007, titled "Searching for God". He is known for his innovative experimental sculptures, some of which captured international attention. Among his most daring works was a giant statue of Saddam made entirely by dead soldier’s boots in 2003. Inspired by Bunuel’s and Dali’s “Dogs of Andalusia” he began making experimental and symbolic short films. “Searching for God” is his second such film, which may best be described as an extension of his statue of boots in theme and irony. "Breath" (Henase) is the directors another short film which is a piece of artistry about life's continuation despite oppression, symbolizing the Kurdish resilience in the face of tyranny
was 17 years old. In 2001 he moved to Belgium and studied at St Lukas film School in 2004 in Brussels. Until now Omer Kalifa has shot 14 short films. His film "Ava Reş" (Black Water) won the jury award in Melbourne Kurdish film festival in Australia in 2007. * Note: This list is not complete. Please help us to complete this list. If you are a Kurdish director and would like your name appear in the list please send us some information about yourself. kurdishcinema@hotmail.com |
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