Zanyar Muhammadineko
Directing
Biography
Zanyar Muhammadineko is a Kurdish filmmaker, he was born and raised in Bokan, Kurdistan (Iran), He got a Bachelor of PE at UTTC- Ûrmiye, and also a Diploma in Filmmaking at IYCS- Ûrmiye branch in 2016, he made his first film in 2016, he received a golden medal as a young talented artist of Ûrmiye Province, also granted a talent campus program which is a filmmaking course for talented filmmakers in 2018, he founded Rêtaw Film Company with Hawar Rahimi in 2020, which is a film production and distribution company, he made four films as writer, producer, director up to now.
Known For
Gando is the story of Hawa, a 9 year old girl who lost part of her arm to a Gando, a type of Iranian crocodile, while fetching water. Nevertheless, she and others of this province honor the Gandos. They believe when there is a Gando, there is Water.
Gando
Halime is nursing her elderly father who is spending the last days of his life and taking care of their cow that is about to give birth, will her father who is waiting for the cow to give birth see the calf?
Time To Live
Zara is a working Kurdish woman, who lost both her national ID card and birth certificate. She goes to a civil registry office to get them again because she needs them for an employment application, but the staff tells her that she has lost her fingerprints and needs to give her hands a break for a couple of weeks. Her employment application has a strict deadline and she can’t wait that long. That’s when she tries to find a different solution.
Fingerprint
It’s midnight and Jiyar is driving in the local route of the Sawmill factory where he works when his wife wants him to come home in a video call because she's afraid of wolves howling outside and can't make it through nights alone. But if Jiyar got back he'd his job loose…
The Witching Hour
A city, a bike, a girl... She had to hide herself from the police while she is riding her bike, but how it could be?