Director · Born 1971, Sine, Doğu Kürdistan (İran)
Jamil Rostami
A director from Sanandaj who made the first film to represent Iraq at the Oscars.
- 2
- films in the guide
- 2005–2007
- years
- 1
- festival awards
Born in Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan. Requiem of Snow, about a young woman fleeing an arranged marriage, won best director at Fajr and was the first film to represent Iraq at the Oscars. Jani Gal, adapted from Ibrahim Ahmad’s novel, follows a man searching for his wife and son in 1940s Kurdistan.
- Fecr Film Festivali · 2005Requiem of Snow — Kristal Simurg – En İyi Yönetmen
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