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Siddiq Barmak is a Director, Writer, Producer and Editor born on 7 september 1962 at Panjshir

Siddiq Barmak

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Birth 7 september 1962 (61 years) at Panjshir

Siddiq Barmak (Born September 7, 1962) in Panjshir, Afghanistan, is a film director and producer. He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from the 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 the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004.

There is a stylistic echo in Osama featured in 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 the elder Makhmalbaf. The Iranian director invested thousands of dollars in the film, lending Barmak his Arriflex camera and encouraging 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, which was also founded by Makhmalbaf. The school trains actors and directors for newly emerging Afghan cinema.
Barmak is one of the celebrated figures in Persian cinema as well as the emerging cinema of Afghanistan.

Biography

Siddiq Barmak obtient un diplôme de maîtrise en réalisation de cinéma à l'Institut national de la cinématographie (VGIK) à Moscou en 1987.

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Filmography of Siddiq Barmak (2 films)

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Director

Osama
Osama (2004)
, 1h23
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Feminist films
Rating72% 3.647333.647333.647333.647333.64733
In the film, the Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation becomes difficult for one family consisting solely of three women, representing three successive generations: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. With the mother's husband and uncle dead, having been killed in battle during the Soviet invasion and their civil wars, there are no men left to support the family. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but the Taliban cut off funding to the hospital, leaving it completely dysfunctional with no medicines and very little equipment. One foreign woman working as a nurse in the hospital is arrested by the Taliban. The mother does some nursing outside the hospital and receives payment from the caretaker of a patient, but after the patient dies the mother cannot find any more work.

Scriptwriter

Opium War
Opium War (2008)
, 1h30
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1413.1413.1413.1413.141
Osama
Osama (2004)
, 1h23
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Feminist films
Roles Writer
Rating72% 3.647333.647333.647333.647333.64733
In the film, the Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation becomes difficult for one family consisting solely of three women, representing three successive generations: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. With the mother's husband and uncle dead, having been killed in battle during the Soviet invasion and their civil wars, there are no men left to support the family. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but the Taliban cut off funding to the hospital, leaving it completely dysfunctional with no medicines and very little equipment. One foreign woman working as a nurse in the hospital is arrested by the Taliban. The mother does some nursing outside the hospital and receives payment from the caretaker of a patient, but after the patient dies the mother cannot find any more work.

Producer

Osama
Osama (2004)
, 1h23
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Feminist films
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.647333.647333.647333.647333.64733
In the film, the Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation becomes difficult for one family consisting solely of three women, representing three successive generations: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. With the mother's husband and uncle dead, having been killed in battle during the Soviet invasion and their civil wars, there are no men left to support the family. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but the Taliban cut off funding to the hospital, leaving it completely dysfunctional with no medicines and very little equipment. One foreign woman working as a nurse in the hospital is arrested by the Taliban. The mother does some nursing outside the hospital and receives payment from the caretaker of a patient, but after the patient dies the mother cannot find any more work.

Editor

Osama
Osama (2004)
, 1h23
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Feminist films
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.647333.647333.647333.647333.64733
In the film, the Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation becomes difficult for one family consisting solely of three women, representing three successive generations: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. With the mother's husband and uncle dead, having been killed in battle during the Soviet invasion and their civil wars, there are no men left to support the family. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but the Taliban cut off funding to the hospital, leaving it completely dysfunctional with no medicines and very little equipment. One foreign woman working as a nurse in the hospital is arrested by the Taliban. The mother does some nursing outside the hospital and receives payment from the caretaker of a patient, but after the patient dies the mother cannot find any more work.