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Soleen Yusef was born in 1987, in Duhok/Iraqi Kurdistan. At the age of nine she and her family had to flee to Germany because of the political circumstances. She graduated high school in Berlin and afterwards attended the Academy of Stage Arts, where she was trained as a singer and actress. Meanwhile she also finished her training as a fashion seamstress and tried out her expertise in different creative fields. Eventually she ended up working in the film industry for a few years and was a production and director assistant at Mîtosfilm. In 2008 she then started studying feature film directing at the Baden-Wurttemberg Film Academy. Her film Trattoria, which she had made in her third year, premiered at the 62. Berlin International Film Festival in 2012. Because of her outstanding academic achievements, Soleen Yusef was distinguished with the Germany Scholarship in 2012. She also participated as a Baden-Wurttemberg scholarship holder in the UCLA Workshop at the Film Academy in Los Angeles in 2013. House Without Roof, which is not only her graduating project but also her first feature film, that has been shot in spring 2015 within and around her hometown Duhok, could achieve a great success. Since then, Soleen Yusef has been working as a director for several international series productions. Among others for Netflix and Amazon Prime. In addition to developing her own cinema, serial and television projects as a creator, Soleen Yusef is currently fulfilling a long-awaited dream with writing her first children's film called Winners, which will be produced by DCM Pictures.- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Hogir Hirori was born on 7 May 1980 in Duhok, Kurdistan. He is a director and editor, known for Sabaya (2021), The Deminer (2017) and The Girl Who Saved My Life (2016).- Farhad Khudeda was born in 2000 in Shekhan, Iraq which is located in northern Iraq. There he was born and raised. is a Kurdish Youtuber. He started Vloggen in Amsterdam in 2022. He is also a photographer. Farhad Khudeda creates entertaining Vlog for social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube while exploring new places and providing relevant information throughout the vlog. Farhad Khudeda can also edit some programming languages.
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- Writer
- Actor
Masoud Arif Salih was born in 1973 in Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq. He is a director and writer, known for Û nergiz biskivîn (2006), Shadow of a Bullet (2012) and Heaven in Mirror (2007).- Additional Crew
Started early at the age of 11 as a TV presenter for children shows and programs in Kurdistan TV satellite channel. During her studies in university she hosted a raising social awareness program (Tik Tak) in Kurdistan TV, which was about the issues of youth, community and their interests. Shahyan was one of the presenters of the famous show (Good Morning Kurdistan) for 6 years in Kurdistan TV.
When she graduated from college engineering, civil department at university of Duhok 2011, she worked 2 years in the field of engineering, and in 2014 she hosted a TV show (Restart) about city development from many view points in Waar TV mainly dealing with engineering planning and environmental issues. in addition she works as a presenter for Nuroj Morning show in Rudaw TV.
Shahyan also covers most the important events held in Duhok, such as Duhok international film festival and stage moderating dozens of international events, celebrations and conferences held in the region.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Casting Department
- Director
Bina Qeredaxi was born in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. She earned her BA in Law and Politics in 2010 but started her film and media career in 2007 by writing and directing a popular social awareness-raising show for Kurdistan TV channel, followed by many other successful TV shows. In the past years, she worked in different award-winning films such as "Bekas" by Karzan Kadir. She is the co-founder of the Duhok international film festival.- Actor
- Editor
- Director
Galjaar Nerway was born on 1 January 1985 in Duhok, Kurdistan. He is an actor and editor, known for Being Frank (2012), Sins of the Father (2012) and Visions of a Background Actor (2014).- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Shamal Sabri is a Kurdish independent award winning film producer and the Artistic Director of Duhok International Film Festival, graduated from Duhok University with BA in English Literature. He was born on 1985 in Duhok city, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Apart from being one of the co-founders of Duhok IFF in 2009, he has worked in many other fields of video productions, produced many commercials and music videos in NV Production and Vin TV. Throughout his film carrier, he has contributed in many award winning films as an assistant director, production manager, assistant producer and line producer. His latest contributions were in many films such as "Before Snowfall" by Hisham Zaman, "The Swallow" by Mano Khalil, "Memories on Stone" by Shawkat Amin Korki and Michael by Kurdo Duski. He has proven himself over and over as an important player in Kurdistan's developing film industry and eventually earned the position of Artistic Director of Duhok IFF in 2016. Shamal is the head of submission committee for films representing Iraq in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.