Siddiq Barmak
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Pusan fest revels in all films Asian...wars were the subject of several Central Asia films. "Opium War," directed by Afghanistan's Siddiq Barmak, whose "Osama" won the 2004 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, chronicles the unlikely meeting between two U.S. helicopter... In this article: Pusan International Film Festival, Busan, Thirst, Hollywood, New York, Siddiq Barmak, Park Chan Wook, and Asia |
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Guardian Unlimited | February 20, 2008
Erlend Clouston on the men who saved the Afghan film archive from the Taliban Film The Guardian
...the cash came from investors in France, Germany, Japan and Ireland. The festival's headliner is Osama, Afghan director Siddiq Barmak's 2004 Golden Globe-winner, a bleak reworking of Twelfth Night that stars an actual street child, Marina...
In this article: Taliban, Afghanistan, Edinburgh, London, Kabul, and Coal
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Wikipedia | September 10, 2009
Marina Golbahari
...girl who had to dress and act as a boy to support her family during the Taliban years. She was cast as Osama by the Afghan film director Siddiq Barmak. The movie went on to earn a Golden Globe award as best foreign film, and Golbahari's job...
In this article: Marina Golbahari, The Arizona Republic, and Golden Globe Award
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Daily News Egypt | November 02, 2008
War films garner top honors at Rome film festival
...the Rome Film Festival. Afghan filmmaker Siddiq Barmak, whose film relates the adventures of two US soldiers, one white and one black, lost in the poppy fields of Afghanistan, won the jury prize for best film. Barmak's "Osama," about an...
In this article: Walter Veltroni, Rome, Giacomo Battiato, Osama, War films, Gianni Alemanno, Krzysztof Zanussi, Golden Globe Award, and Gina Lollobrigida
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | May 08, 2009
Jewel of Afghan cinema saved from the Taliban
...the first time it has had subtitles attached. Siddiq Barmak, the Afghan director of Osama, which won a Golden Globe in 2004, said his short films were also saved by the archivists in 2001. "The Taliban unfortunately got other copies and...
In this article: Rabia Balkhi, Taliban, Afghanistan, Osama, London, Seema, and Balkh
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New York Post: Entertainment | November 02, 2008
ROAMIN' IN ROME
...Russian tank and, upon investigation, discover that it is home to a large Afghan family. "We don't have good security, but we have good stories," the director, Siddiq Barmak, quipped. His first feature, "Osama" (2003), won a Golden Globe.
In this article: Sergei Bodrov, Kazakhstan, Rome, Silvio Berlusconi, Golden Globe, Mongol, and New York
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Siddiq Barmak (Born September 7, 1962 in Panjshir, Afghanistan) is an Afghan film director and producer. He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1987.
He has written a few screenplays and has made a few short films. His first feature film Osama won Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004.
There is a stylistic echo in Osama of the "Afghan" films by the Iranian Makhmalbaf dynasty - father Mohsen's Kandahar and daughter Samira Makhmalbaf's At Five in the Afternoon, the latter also shot in post-Taliban Kabul. Barmak directed Osama with significant funding and assistance from Mohsen Makhmalbaf; the Iranian director invested thousands of dollars in the film, lent Barmak his Arriflex camera and encouraged him to send the movie to international festivals, which eventually generated further funding from Japanese and Irish producers. Barmak received "UNESCO’s Fellini Silver Medal" for his drama, Osama, in 2003.
Barmak is also director of the Afghan Children Education Movement (ACEM), an association that promotes literacy, culture and the arts, founded by Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The school trains actors and directors for the newly emerging Afghan cinema.
Barmak is one of the celebrated figures in Persian cinema as well as emerging cinema of Afghanistan.
- Birth Date:
- September 07, 1962
- Occupation:
- film director, screenwriter and film producer
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