Private Project

1988

In the spring of 1988, in the depth of the Iraq-Iran war, the border town of Halabja was attacked by chemical weapons with all its people and their different stories.

  • Hezhwan Zendi
    Director
  • Hezhwan Zendi
    Writer
  • Reman Shawkat
    Producer
  • Hamid Mirhaj Yousef
    Key Cast
    "Tolla"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    History, Drama, War
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 25, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,000,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Iraq
  • Country of Filming:
    Iraq
  • Language:
    Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Hezhwan Zendi

Hezhwan Zendi was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. Growing up Hezhwan was always a film fanatic, after high school he went to study filmmaking at the University of Sulaymaniyah, he graduated majoring in writing and directing, in his years in college he has written and directed more than five short films, and participated in more than fifteen short films working in different positions. In Duhok international film festival he won two international awards in a project that was created by Goethe institute, then made the successful short film (Paths) which he worked at as a writer and a cinematographer and won an international award for cinematography. After that he made his first feature film (1988) working as a writer and a director, which was a successful high budget film working with the famous Iranian cinematographer Hooman Behmanesh.

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