SHAHO NEMATI
FILM DIRECTOR“When the earth denies a homeland, cinema creates one.”
NEWS ↗Films

AVÎN
Writer / Director
A young Kurdish Yazidi woman and the right to choose her own life.

JIN JIYAN AZADÎ
Director
A documentary project exploring Kurdish women’s lives and the everyday meaning of freedom.

LIFE ON THE BORDER
Consulting director
Children from refugee camps turn their cameras on their own lives.

MARDAN
Assistant director · Scheduling
A drama set in Iraqi Kurdistan, directed by Batin Ghobadi.

A FLAG WITHOUT A COUNTRY
First assistant director
A documentary from Iraqi Kurdistan, directed by Bahman Ghobadi.

SOMETIME SOMEWHERE
Writer · Director · Producer · Editor
An independent short film by Shaho Nemati.

STATION
Director
Shaho Nemati’s first short film, directed in 2013.

PROJEKTIONEN
Co-creation · Shaho Nemati
A performance created with Martina Droste and Jorma Foth, in collaboration with Schauspiel Frankfurt and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum.

About
Stories of identity, memory
and belonging.

Photo
Light. Silence.
A different way of seeing.
Beyond the frame.
Every film begins with a conversation.
Seeking producers, co-producers, supporters, funding partners and international collaborators to bring meaningful stories to the screen.
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