Directing
Against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the Qandil Mountains, a film that asks the most basic yet painful of questions about war, love, and lost ones.
The film begins in 1980, the beginning of Saddam Hussein's presidency, and continues until 2003, the fall of his government.
Due to the ISIS war, Kani (a pregnant singer) and her husband decide to leave Kurdistan. After meeting with a Turkish smuggler, they have no choice but to make the arduous journey inside an emptied, claustrophobic oil tanker across the Turkish border, stuck with a group of people who are also running for their lives.
Rojin is a young Kurdish woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin's unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.
It is the story of a foreign reporter who accompanies Kurdish rebels (Peshmerga) forces reporting on their national movement against the former dictatorship in Iraq. The government is informed about this and attacks the mountainous area to arrest her. What will the Peshmerga do?
A love story between a poor boy and a rich girl.
Qetran (Tar) is a feature-length documentary film about the history of the Sulaymaniyah Cigarette Factory(Now: Culture Factory) and the stories of some of its workers, including the bitter and sweet tales of their lives, especially the female workers. It explores the impact and role of this factory from social, economic, and political perspectives.
