Karrar Al-Azzawi
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Karrar Al-Azzawi (born 1st April 1994 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-Norwegian film director and cinematographer. He studied film directing in Norway.[1] He is known for his documentary films, which focus on human rights and political affairs in the Middle East and their effects on interpersonal relationships.
Personal life[edit]
Al-Azzawi was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. In 2016, he fled Iraq to Greece where he lived in refugee camps for more than a year. Afterward, he got to Norway and starting a new life.[2]
Al-Azzawi is unmarried and does not have children.
Education and career[edit]
He started his career in a tent in a refugee camp in Greece where he made his first short film Just Crumbs, which was screened at The Norwegian Documentary film festival and Independent Iraqi Film Festival.[3][1]As well as making Forgotten[4] a photography exhibitions in Norway and in several European countries, highlighting the refugee crisis in the refugee camps in Greece.[5][6][7]
His first job in Norway was as a freelance photo journalist for Vikebladet Vestposten Newspaper.[8] He studied at The Norwegian TV School.[9] During his graduate studies, he created many short films, one of his student films is Faking Mind, which has been screened at Nordic Docs Documentary film festival [10] and Movies on War Film Festival[11], and other film festivals in Europe.
He is known for his latest film Baghdad on Fire which was a co-produciton with Al Jazeera.[12] The short version of the film was shown at Al Jazeera and Aftenposten.[13] The film was premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival[14][15] as well as several festivals in Europe and Canada.
The feature length version of the film is at the last stage of production and will be finished soon.
Filmography[edit]
2022: Baghdad on Fire short documentary (as Director and Screenwriter)[16]
2022: Faking Mind documentary film, a student film (as Director, Screenwriter and Editor)[17][18]
2016: Just Crumbs documentary film (as Director, Screenwriter and DOP)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Karrar Al-Azzawi". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "About". Karrar Al-Azzawi. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "IIFF 2021 Programme". INDEPENDENT IRAQI FILM FESTIVAL. 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Artists put healing hands to work | World Refugee Week 2022 - UNHCR Malta". UNHCR Malta. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "First Refugee Week festival to take place in Malta this month". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ linda@vikebladet.no, Linda Eikrem (2018-03-13). "- Han har absolutt dette fotografblikket". vikebladet.no (in norsk). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ Eikrem, Linda (2018-03-17). "Karrar med kamera". vikebladet.no (in norsk). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ redaksjonen@vikebladet.no, Karrar Al-Azzawi (2018-10-27). "(+) – Vi drøymer om at Iran ein gong skal bli fritt igjen". vikebladet.no (in norsk). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Log into Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Faking mind". www.nordicdocs.no (in norsk bokmål). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ Egge, Øystein (2022-10-27). "Nordisk-baltisk konkurranse 1: Faking Mind / Women on the Frontline". Movies on War filmfestival. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Baghdad on Fire: On the front line of Iraq's Tishreen protest". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "På innsiden av revolusjonskampen i Bagdad 2019". www.aftenposten.no (in norsk bokmål). 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Baghdad On Fire | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival". www.bigskyfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Film". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ "Film". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ↑ Faking Mind - VGTV (in norsk), retrieved 2023-02-19
- ↑ Egge, Øystein (2022-10-27). "Nordisk-baltisk konkurranse 1: Faking Mind / Women on the Frontline". Movies on War filmfestival. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
External links[edit]
- https://alazzawi.no/about
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13864151/
- https://www.nfi.no/eng/film?name=baghdad-on-fire&id=2260
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26224618/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1
- 2023 interview: http://www.wearemovingstories.com/we-are-moving-stories-films/2019/2/7/baghdad-on-fire
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