Amer Alwan (born 1957 in

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film director. Alwan was forced to shoot his movie Zaman, The Man From The Reeds on videotape, as when Iraq was under severe economic sanctions the

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, would not allow Iraq to import 35 and 16 millimeter film stocks, because they believed that the materials contained some chemicals that could have been used to produce weapons of mass destruction. So, he then transfer it to 35-millimeter film when he went back to

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, where he has lived since 1980. He also had issues dealing with the Iraqi government censors. The film was shown at several film festivals in

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as well as the United States.

Filmography

* 2003 - Zaman, The Man From The Reeds (Zaman, l'homme des roseaux)

Awards

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in th ...

Future Talent Award for Zaman, The Man From The Reeds

References

External links

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"ZAMAN,the man who lives in the reeds" a film by Amer Alwan 2003
1957 births Living people Iraqi film directors People from Hillah French people of Iraqi descent {{France-film-bio-stub