Director · Born 1973, Dersim
Kazım Öz
A director from Dersim who traces Kurdish memory, from nomads to university students, from a lost song to a love under the snow.
- 4
- films in the guide
- 2001–2017
- years
- 1
- festival awards
Born in Dersim, he began acting at Teatra Jiyana Nû in 1992 while working on films. His spare first feature The Photograph won best film at the Milan Film Festival. With The Last Season: Shawaks, about a nomadic tribe, Bahoz, about 1990s students, Zer, which follows a song from New York to Dersim, and The Life of a Snowflake, he built a body of work about memory, language and belonging.
- Milano Film FestivaliFotoğraf — En İyi Film
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