Huner Saleem
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Huner Saleem (
First Gulf War, he filmed undercover the living conditions of Iraqi Kurds. This footage was shown at the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, he made his first movie, Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan. His second, Passeurs de rêves, came out in 2000, and his third film, Vodka Lemon, released in 2003, won the San Marco Prize at the Venice Film Festival [1]. He wrote and directed all three. He was honored with the prestigious title Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in 2005. His memoirs titled My Father's Rifle has been published in French, English, Greek and Tamil[2]
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His 2013 film My Sweet Pepper Land was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1] He was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing for this film.[2]
Filmography as director, writer
- Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1997)
- Passeurs de rêves (2000) (English Title: Beyond Our Dreams)
- Absolitude (2001) (TV)
- Vodka Lemon (2003)
- Kilomètre zéro(2005)
- Dol (2007)
- Les Toits de Paris (2007) (English Title: Beneath the Rooftops of Paris)
- Si tu meurs, je te tue (2011)
- My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)
- "Tight Dress" (2015)
- Lady Winsley (2019)
Books
- ISBN 0-374-21693-2.
- ISBN 960-410-324-5.
References
- ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees 2013". asiapacificscreenacademy.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
External links
- Hiner Saleem at IMDb
- Hiner Saleem, Cannes Film Festival.
- Hiner Saleem, Literary Review, Winter 2005.
- The Shows: Making a movie in and on Iraq, International Herald Tribune, May 2005.
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