Ako Zandkarimi
Directing
Biography
Ako Zandkarimi was born in Sanandaj/Kurdistan/Iran at 1993. He started Filmmaking when he was just 15 years old and he was just a student in high school and that was the start of his passion for Cinema. after that, he started to Write and direct films, and Then in 2018 he started to Co-Direct his new films With Saman Hosseinpuor.
Known For
After his wife's death, a man makes a dramatic discovery that turns his life upside down.
The Other
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
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
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
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
A new teacher in the village begins to notice that one of his students and only girl in the class doesn't seem to talk much. One day he finds a cigarette burn visible on her hand.