
Saman Hosseinpuor
Directing
Biography
Saman Hosseinpuor was born in Saqqez, Iran on January 1993. He started acting on stage when he was 14. He also worked as a journalist for Hamshahri. He has made more than 10 short films and got lots of international and national awards. He is Kurdish, currently pursuing Ph.D. in cinema, and lives in Sanandaj, Kurdistan.
Known For

A young boy is at home, alone with his sick mother. It is raining outside and the roof of their home is dripping. He is playing with his toys and also collecting the pouring water but one spot is very challenging where his mother is sleeping. He wants to keep his mother dry and does not want to wake her up.
It Hit Upon the Roof

After his wife's death, a man makes a dramatic discovery that turns his life upside down.
The Other

An old couple is living in an apartment, the man is sleeping and the woman is doing housework. The lady wants to change the fish tank's water but it slips out of her hand and falls on the ground. They've run out of water and there's no water for the fish. But with the help of the man they find water for it.
Fish

The girl wants to show her drawing to her family, but everybody is busy with their cell phones, the little girl because of loneliness goes to her grandpa who has just past away a few minutes ago without anybody noticing it.
The Last Embrace

Roja is a teenage village girl who is forced to marry a religious old man for blood money. On their wedding night, the husband demands to have sex with Roja against her will. Running against time, and with the help of a close friend, she embarks on a desperate lonely journey towards hope and emancipation.
Congenital

Five short films
Five Short Films

In a small village outside Sanandaj, 60-year-old Maryam is waiting for her son Farhad's return from military service. One day, Farhad turns up at her door, wearing a chador, and tells her that he is now living as a woman.
Son

Ghasem is forced to sell their cow to spend a hard winter in their village. As soon as the sale is made, the cow goes missing.
Slaughter

Shadi's family do not allow her go to school. Her friend decides he will try to teach her himself.
Pomegranate Is the Fruit of Paradise
Far from his own homeland, a Kurdish refugee lives in his suitcase. In it he carries memories of his family. When someone steals the suitcase in the tumult of the foreign city center, he loses his home a second time
Suitcase

The Barber started cutting the boys hair while watching a Football game on TV.
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A Man who forgets to breathe while sleeping recently had a quarrel with his wife, she wanted to leave him and get divorced.