Huner Saleem, also transliterated as Huner Salim,, is an Iraqi-Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah (Akre) in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon made his way to Italy, where he completed school and attended university. Later on, he moved to France where he lives now.
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Photos 1
Filmography 12
My Sweet Pepper Land
Vodka Lemon
Who Killed Lady Winsley?
If You Die, I'll Kill You
Kilometer Zero
Goodnight, Soldier
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Tight Dress
Dol: The Valley of Tambourines
Beyond Our Dreams
After the Downfall31 credits on file
Awards 1
Connected to Huner 6
Robert GuédiguianAlso in Goodnight, Soldier (2022)
Belçim BilginAlso in Dol: The Valley of Tambourines (2007)
Feyyaz DumanAlso in My Sweet Pepper Land (2014)
Goncagül SunarAlso in Who Killed Lady Winsley? (2019)
Maurice BénichouAlso in Beneath the Rooftops of Paris (2007)
Osman AlkaşAlso in Tight Dress (2016)About this person
Huner Saleem, also transliterated as Huner Salim,, is an Iraqi-Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah (Akre) in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon made his way to Italy, where he completed school and attended university. Later on, he moved to France where he lives now. In 1992, after the First Gulf War, he filmed undercover the living conditions of Iraqi Kurds. This footage was shown at the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, he made his first movie, Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan. His second, Passeurs de rêves, came out in 2000, and his third film, Vodka Lemon, released in 2003, won the San Marco Prize at the Venice Film Festival. He wrote and directed all three. He was honored with the prestigious title Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in 2005. His memoirs titled My Father's Rifle has been published in French, English, Greek and Tamil.
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