Beri Shalmashi
Writing
Biography
Shalmashi comes from a family with Iranian Kurdish heritage, she was born in Paris and raised in the Netherlands. After graduation from the national film school she wrote and directed several awarded shorts and tv films, and the interactive bigvillagestory.com, about the Iranian Kurdish diaspora and their shared revolutionary past. Shalmashi works as a screenwriter, director, film fund advisor, script consultant, and tutor and runs Avanti, a center for debate and inclusion.
Known For
Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring. From the hell of an Iraqi jail, Giwar Hajabi emigrated to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and has to start right at the bottom. There are opportunities, but far more obstacles. Giwar’s rise from petty criminal to major dealer is swift. Until one shipment goes missing. In order to clear his debts with the cartel, he plans a legendary gold heist. But just as everything goes wrong, another door opens for Giwar thanks to his passion for music …
Rhinegold
How a young family deals with the loss of their mom.
Mama
An Iranian official (Reza Behboodi) tries to find husbands for a group of young Kurdish women who are threatening to kill themselves because of the scarcity of marriageable men Due to wars, bad economy, and politics.
About 111 Girls
Dutch-Kurdish Ceylan is living the perfect life; and has a nice boyfriend, Bastiaan. However, the war in her homeland is fighting for her attention. She no longer can handle watching the misery on TV without taking action. Therefore she decides to become 'Peshmerga' and say goodbye to her secure life with Bastiaan, maybe forever.
Frontline
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De ander
This interactive documentary recreates a time and place that only exists in the memories of Iranian Kurds who are forced to live in diaspora around the world. Many people died during the events recounted here and in the years that followed.
Big Village
Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Beri Shalmashi travels from the Netherlands to the border with Iran in Iraqi Kurdistan, where she encounters activists who participated in the protests that were sparked by the death of Jina Amini in Tehran in September 2022. She explores first hand accounts of the current uprising and life as a Kurdish person under the oppressive Islamic regime. What is boiling at the edge of the revolution?
At the Edge of the Revolution
Salina has to leave her safe Roma camp to drive south with her father. In the car, Salina clings to a figurine of St. Sara. Will this patron saint show her the way?
Maybe Tomorrow
A romantic story set in the heart of a war-torn Kurdish town. When Sherin leaves to fight, her anguished lover Ferhat stays behind awaiting her return.