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Tofiq Amani

Tofiq Amani

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Biography

Tofigh Amani is a Kurdish director. He has starred as the director of short films including “Ant’s Apartment” and “ Bastar Dagh Yek Roya”. He has also starred as an editor in several other films.

Known For

An Alley Behind Our House
N/A

The story of two youngster girls who became the victims of female genital mutilation.

An Alley Behind Our House

2011
Pale Mirrors
5.0

Shobo is a young woman who is in a misery situation for having a child, a decision that has a particular impact on her life and her people.

Pale Mirrors

2016
Agony
5.0

A mentally handicapped girl has been raped a few months ago. Her parents, Jalal and Maryam are trying to abort the baby and get rid of it but something worse happens

Agony

2023
Harsh Land and Distant Sky
8.0

Harun, a Kurdish freedom fighter, is haunted by the memories of war that have left him with post-traumatic stress, and burdened by a profound guilt. In an effort to seek solace, his friend takes him to see a group of Yarsan musicians (an ancient Kurdish religious group), who believe that their sacred Tanbur music can soothe the soul and cure illness. When the music cannot alleviate the burden of war from Harun’s heart, he is guided to Maryam, a traditional Kurdish tattooist who lives in a remote village located in the Triangle of Borders region, where Iran, Iraq, and Turkey cross. When Harun eventually opens up about his past, his memories intertwine with those of the village, and more is subsequently unveiled.

Harsh Land and Distant Sky

2025
Lost in The Dust
4.0

Two Friends both are in love with a Kurdish Muslim girl. The girl's parents don't want their girl to marry any of the boys, the first one is from another religion and the second one is the Baath's agent.

Lost in The Dust

2014
The Stain
5.0

A story of an old man who works in a cinema salo as a cleaner. His past life and the decisions he has made have resurfaced when he finds a stain on the cinema screen that represents much more.

The Stain

2018
Fingerprint
N/A

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

2021
Habibullah
N/A

Kurdish folk singer Habibullah Zandi has been performing all his life. Whether at weddings or around the campfire, he shares his voice to bring others happiness. When a video of him goes viral on TikTok the young village mullah confronts him about the sins of singing. Tensions rise, but so does his defiance. For Habibullah, the Islamic faith and his singing are not at odds. This film mirrors its protagonist – it is quietly self-assured, joyful and with a deep love for the beauty of this world.

Habibullah

2024
Pomegranate Is the Fruit of Paradise
7.0

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

2011
Ants Apartment
6.0

This is the story of three Kurdish family members in the middle of an Iraqi desert. One day, the arrival of several people will change their destinies forever.

Ants Apartment

2014
Snowy Dreams
6.0

Kwekha and Baji are waiting for their relatives in an abandoned village but for the others, this waiting is nonsense, until…..

Snowy Dreams

2009
Seven Symphonies of Zagros
9.0

Seven Zagros Symphonies narrates the philosophy of seven musical maqams of the oldest wind instrument (shamshal) in the life of the people of Zagros. The documentary is narrated using the monologue of an old man who spent 65 years of his life playing the shamshal (a Kurdish wind instrument). The story of the film is character-oriented and the philosophy of the seven maqams in his life is implied.

Seven Symphonies of Zagros

2021
Carpenter
7.0

An old Kurdish man Hussein Mahmood who is a carpenter tries to make artificial legs for people who have lost their legs.

Carpenter

2023
Slaughter
7.0

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

2018
The Summer Of The Swans
N/A

A young disabled boy’s lifelong wish may be realised when his friends encounter a swan by the pond, which tradition says can heal everything. Together, the group of friends decide to make the journey together for this once in a lifetime chance.

The Summer Of The Swans

2019