- Jamil Rostami
Jamil Rostami born
1971 inSanandaj ,kurdistan ) is anIran ian film director of Kurdish origin.In 2002 he made his first short film titled "The Trouble of Being a Boy" in
kurdish , which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes.He made his first feature length film,
Requiem of Snow , in 2005.Fariborz Lachini , one of the most famous Iranian film music composers, made the music of the film. The photography of the film was done byMorteza Poursamadi , a celebrated Iranian photographer. The movie was awarded prestigiousCrystal Simorgh for the best director in Asia and Middle East Films section of theInternational Fajr Film Festival . A joint production of Iran and Iraq, Requiem of Snow was the first film to representIraq in theBest Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.His latest film, "Jani Gal", is a
Kurdish language drama, aboutKurdish separatists in the 1940s and 1950 trying to create aKurdish state from parts of Iran and Iraq. This film was also selected to representIraq (as still the Kurdish nation don't have their independentKurdistan ) in theBest Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.References
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2007/10/071019_mv-gani-gol-oscar.shtml Iranian film selected as Iraqi representative in the Oscars]
External links
* [http://icff.ir/en/profiles/jamil Biography]
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