Author: exilefilmfestival

He is educated in history at the former Norges Lærerhøgskole (now part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim, and film production at Volda University College. He has worked as a documentary filmmaker and investigative reporter since 1984, primarily for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s television news magazine Brennpunkt. He has directed in excess of 30 films, and has worked extensively in Southern and East-Africa, USA, the Balkans and Russia.

SOU ABADI, director of Recherche la femme Born in Iran of a communist father and right-winger mother, Sou Abadi, arrived in France at the age of 15 and put an end to the exquisite advantage of growing up under two dictatorships. After a few years of scientific studies, she is attracted to Jean Rouch’s visual anthropology and ethnographic cinema. Passionate about cinema, she decided to approach film art through editing, she had the chance to assist the greatest French editors such as Denise de Casabianca, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte and Yann Dedet. In 2000, she returned to Iran to shoot for six months SOS in Tehran, a great documentary where she applied the method of cinéma-vérité, a style of filmmaking characterized by realistic, typically documentary motion pictures that avoid artificiality and artistic effect and are generally made with simple equipment, with Raymond Depardon and Frederick Wiseman to film from the inside of the Iranian institutions and where Iranian come to confide. Sou Abadi then continues to edit documentary films and fiction, obtaining several awards for editing and the Lutin for best editing in 2006 for a musical called BHAI-BHAI. After spending five years of his life trying to find funding for a documentary on a former Israeli spy, Sou Abadi recovers from his disappointment by writing the screenplay for Search the Woman, hoping to make tragedies of his life, a comedy that never veils his face.

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu was 19 years old at the time of the September 12th, 1980 military coup. He spent 8 years in jail for political reasons between 1980 – 1991. During his periods of freedom, he completed his degree in journalism. He worked nearly 30 years as a journalist at various newspapers and television stations.  He received 2 awards for investigative journalism from the Progressive Journalists Association. “BAKUR” is the director’s first feature length documentary.

She is an award-winning Israeli filmmaker and journalist. She is the former Israel/Palestine correspondent for The Real News Network (TRNN) where she produced short, documentary-style reports exploring the context behind the news.

Sahraa Karimi is a young female Afghan filmmaker who grew up in Iran. In her early twenties, she migrated to Slovakia, and spent the next 12 years studying for Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate degrees in film and directing. When she returned to Afghanistan, Karimi co-founded the Kapila Multimedia House to promote independent cinema and has recently re-opened the Kaluch Kapila Cinema. Karimi continues to live between Kabul, Bratislava, and Tehran. Her films, mostly about civil rights issues faced by women in Afghanistan, have won international awards and are frequently screened in international film festivals.

Education: 1988-1999 Maktab Zeinab – Kabul /Afganistan/, grammar school, major mathematics, physics, Teheran /Iran/. 1999-2001 Shahid Chamran University/Iran/, Polytechnic faculty – major engineering. 2004-2009 The Academy of Music and Performing Arts (VŠMU), major: documentary. Courses: 1997-2000 course of camera – Institute of Arts – Baqhe Ferdous – Teheran /Iran/. 1999-2000 creative writing course – Institute of Arts – Baqhe Ferdous – Teheran /Iran/. Work experience: 1998-2001 Arqavan atelier – cameraman, Teheran /Iran/. 1999-2001 lecturing in mathematics and physics, Teheran /Iran/. 1999 „Daughter of the Sun “ / Mariam Shahriar/ – main role. 1999 „Shooting in the dark“ /short film, directed by: Najib Ahmadi/ – Assistant Director. 2000 „White Dream“ /film, directed by: Hamid Jebeli/ – main role. 2000 „The History of Sorrow“ /documentary on Afghanistan – 10 episodes/ – TV Iran 1 – First
Assistant Scriptwriter. 2002 „Who is Sahraa?“ /documentary, directed by: Martin Hossein Fazeli/ – main role. 2003 „At School with Foreigners“ /short documentary – director/. 2003 „Gabo“ /short documentary/ – director. 2004 „ Searching for a Dream“ / documentary/ – director. 2005 „ Light and Dark “ / short film / – director. 2005 „Behold Alone Women at the Beginning of a Cold Season” /short documentary/ – director. 2006 „A Simple Question“ – film survey, documentary – director.

He was born in Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan-Iraq and graduated

1992 I Graduated in Institute of Fine Arts – Theater Department.

2008 I Graduated in University of sulaimaniya – Language and literature of English Department.

from 1988 to 1992 I participated in most of the plays in theatre as an actor and as a director

1997 I directed the play “Happy days” by Samuel Bekeet.

I directed documentary film “Tired”

I directed documentary film “Darwesh”

I was a member of the jury in the second Festival violence against women”

I directed Short film “White and Black”

2012 feature film (Leave to stay) directed by Awat osman

As a first assistance director

2012 I’ve written the script under the title 9:00 PM

2013 I was a member of the jury at the youth festival of the year in the field of cinema

2013 I’ve written the script under the title SHILANA , Now, this film is at the stage of preparation for filming, directed by Awat Osman

2013 I’ve written the script under the title first story

2014 I directed Short film ” first story ”

First story participated of competition section in many international film festivals , and it’s got best film award in Kolkata international film festival in India, and participated in short film corner in festival de Cannes 2015

2015 I’ve written the script under the title Pearl Island

2016 I directed Short film ” Pearl Island ”

Pearl island  participated of competition section in many international film festivals , and it’s got best screenplay award in  Buddha international film festival in India , and got best film award in Eurasia international film festival in Russia , Pearl Island also got best screenplay award in 12 months international film festival in Romania, and participated in short film corner in festival de Cannes 2017

I am an employee in the Directorate of Film in Sulaymaniyah

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