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Anvar Hassanpour _ Director

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

Anvar Hassanpour _ Director

Anvar Hassanpour is an independent Kurdish filmmaker. With over two decades of experience, he has created and produced a diverse array of films, including documentaries, experimental works, film essays, and narrative films. Anvar earned a BA in Cinema Art, and an MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University; currently, he is pursuing his PhD in the Communication department at UCSD. His scholarly work focuses on the concept of totality in film production, exploring its significant impact on both the form and content of cinematic works. As an immigrant filmmaker, he delves into the complex interactions within the political economy of film production. His debut feature narrative film, "Demsala Nan" (The Bread Season), is currently under consideration for its premiere on the international film festival circuit.

Emeer Hassanpour _ Director

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

Anvar Hassanpour _ Director

Emeer Hassanpour is an independent filmmaker and a graduate student at the University of Southern California, specializing in Cinema Studies. Engaged in both practical and theoretical projects, he brings a diverse skill set to his academic pursuits. Emeer served as the former president of the Chicago Experimental Film Society and is the founder and chief editor of Cine Bizarre Journal. Before his first feature film, he directed and produced several short documentaries and experimental films, showcased in multiple festivals and public screenings.

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

Nicoletta Vangelisti is an independent producer currently based in San Diego, CA. She produces films, audio content, digital print media and other forms of creative expression. Recent films include: Pandemic Bread (dir. Zeinabu irene Davis); Sydney & Kim (dir. Hazel Katz); Demsala Nan (dirs. Emeer and Anvar Hassanpour); and Stars of the Northern Sky (dir. Zeinabu irene Davis). Nicoletta began her production career in New York City and in partnership with Palestinian artists living and working in the West Bank where she contributed to the growth of a robust story production industry. She is the founder of Casa di Vangelisti, a production support house providing critical services to alternative independent media makers. Nicoletta is also completing her PhD in Communication and Critical Gender Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on the relationship between cultural philanthropy and cultural production at the social margins. Nicoletta specializes in creative development and works with an artist-centered approach to production. [more at www.nicolettavangelisti.com]

José Homer Mora Acosta - Sound Designer

José Homer Mora Acosta - Sound Designer

Nicoletta Vangelisti _ Executive producer

José Homer Mora Acosta, a Honduran Sound-engineer, chief/operator and Sound-Mixer, professor at Cinema Schools (regulary at Altos de Chavón) Born 25 July 1988 in Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Studied Ad & Communication in UNITEC, Laureate Universities, then went to Cuba for Cinema and Sound Studies at the EICTV. His primary occupation is the authenticity of Sound: above all he likes building the whole universe of sound of one film, through every stage from production to post production sound-mixing. His work has been presented in several Film Festivals such as Rotterdam Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, FID Marseille, Lima Latin American Film Festival, Bildrausch Filmfest Basel. He is also a Founding Member of STEMS GROUP SRL, (San Tranquilino Editors, Mixers and Sound Recordists).

Yavuz Akkuzu (Mahmud)

José Homer Mora Acosta - Sound Designer

Yavuz Akkuzu (Mahmud)

In 2003, while a third-year architecture student at Dicle University, Yavuz Akkuzu  was accepted into the acting course at the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality City Theater. While receiving acting training, he also had the opportunity to practice in small roles in the City Theater’s productions. In 2005, he joined the main cast of the City Theater, where he acted in at least two different plays each year.

During his professional acting career, between 2010 and 2015, he studied "Theater History and Theory" at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History, and Geography (DTCF). In 2015, he taught Theater History and Acting at the Aram Tigran and Cegerxwîn City Conservatories in Diyarbakır. In the same year, the Kurdish edition of his compiled book, Kurdish Theater History, was published by Peywend Publishing, and the Turkish translation was released by Evrensel Publishing in 2016.

When the government-appointed trustee shut down Kurdish art institutions in November 2016, he founded the Amed City Theater in February 2017 with 15 theater artists, embarking on an independent theater journey.

Şilan Alagöz (Fatima)

José Homer Mora Acosta - Sound Designer

Yavuz Akkuzu (Mahmud)

Şîlan Alagoz was born in 1980 in Iğdır. She graduated from the University of İnönü, majoring in mechanical engineering. She studied theater for three years at the Academy of Performing Arts. In theater, short films, and feature films, she has worked both as an actress and as an assistant director. Currently, she is a theater artist in the city of Diyarbakır.

Özkan Şeker (Serhed)

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Özkan Şeker 27 Kasım 1993 yılında Diyarbakır'da doğdu. İlk, orta ve lise öğrenimini Diyarbakır'da tamamladıktan sonra 2014 yılında girdiği Aram Tigran Kent Konservatuvarından 2017 yılında mezun oldu ve aynı yıl Amed Şehir Tiyatrosunda "Sê Ezezok" adlı çocuk oyununda yer aldı ve 2017 yılından bu yana aktif olarak Amed Şehir Tiyatrosunda oyunculuk yapmaktadır.

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Şahabettin DAĞ began his theater career at the Diyarbakır Art Theater in 1987 and started working at the Municipal City Theater in 1990. Currently, he continues his work as an actor at the Amed City Theater. He has also acted in several films and TV series.

Erdal Kaya (Ali)

Şahabettin DAĞ (Rashid)

Mirsha Zana Jir (Azad)

Erdal Kaya began his theater career in Batman as an amateur. He graduated in Turkish Language and Literature. In 2007, he joined the City Theater of the Afyonkarahisar Municipality, where he began working as a professional actor in 2012. Later, he continued acting at the City Theater of the Batman Municipality. Currently, he works as an actor and director with the "Yenisahne" theater group and the "Amed City Theater" in Batman.

Mirsha Zana Jir (Azad)

Mirsha Zana Jir (Azad)

Mirsha Zana Jir (Azad)

Sedef Güler (Eva)

Mirsha Zana Jir (Azad)

Sedef Güler (Eva)

Credit

Cast

  

Yavuz Akkuzu

Şîlan Alagöz

Sedef Güler

Mîrşa Aktaş

Özkan Şeker

Şahabettin Dağ

Erdal Kaya

Sîdar Jîr

mehdi ahmadpourian

muhmmed aslan

Serhed Güneş

Havvanur Tunç

Suzan Bozdaş

Ramazan Gül

Erol Bilgiç 

Mehmet Ramazan Aydın

Nevzat Yeşil

Fettah Savan

Ferman Barca

Bereket Tunç

Şakir Tunç

Abdullah Tunç

Fatma İlhan

Hüsna Zama

Mesude Danış

Gülşirin Güzel

Necip Yüce

Çetin İpek

mehdi ahmadpourian

Erdal İpek

Ahmet Çınar

Selehattin Balta

Mehmet Kan

Remziye Eren

Sıddık Baran

Halime Alpay

Farideh piroutiazar

farzaneh piroutiazar

lania hassanpour

lawan hassanpour 

bahoz ahmadpourian

Production Department

Production Manage

Azad Baltacı 

Pre-Production Assistants

Rojhilat Aksoy

Hebun Polat

  

Production Assistants

Ahmet Kaplancı

Hakan Aktaş

Camera Department

  

Director of Photography

Evren Gündoğdu

Cameras Assistant I

Ferit Bingöl

Cameras Assistant II

Mehmet Emin İsi

Focus Puller

Kadir Uluta

Still Photographer

Mir Zeki

ArtDepartment

Art director

Sidar Aslan

Art Director Assistant

Mazlum Tekin

Makeup artist

Serap Ergin 

costume designers

Beyan bahmani

Deniz Terece

Sound Department

  

Sound recordist

İsmail Hakkı Hafız

boom operator

Sipan Dağdeviren

Additional sound recording

Azad azizyan

Sound post-Production services

  

Stem Group

sound designer

Homer Mora

Sound Post supervisor

Denis Godoy

Sound Post Coordinator & Conform

Maria Garabito

Ambiences, Atmospheres &

Dialogue Editor

María Garabito

Noise Makers & Recordists

Diego Steffens 

Josmilaine Luna Feliz

Camila Díaz Roa

Re-recording mixer

Homer Mora

Sound FX Editors

Robert Romero 

Diego Steffens

re-recording mixer 1st assistant

Maria Garabito

Color

 josé Eduardo durán Tejeda (Chuba-K!)  

Script translation

 Sîdar Jîr

 Graphic Designer

Marina Massidda

Visual effects artist

Alexandra Petrus

  

Gaffer

İsmail Şara

Key grips

Bayram Can

Muhammed Aslan

Make up artist

Serap Ergin

costume designers

Beyan bahmani

Deniz Terece

still photographer

Mir Zeki

production manager

Azad Baltacı

Production assistants

Ahmet Kaplancı

Hakan Aktaş

pre-production assistants

Rojhilat Aksoy

Hebun Polat

  

transportation

Şehmus

Mehmet

Special Thnaks

Zeinabu irene Davis

Daniel Martinico

Çeko kurd

Soran Artîn

jayme joyce

jihan brifkî

vandahana ravi 

Lal laleş

sîdar jîr

baymîr et çiftlik

ferhat aktaş

suzan doza

Hinar Cafe

Kurdish American Education Society 

Local legend films 

şanaoya bajar a amedê

payîz pirtûk

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