Iraqi film director and writer Amer Alwan, whose moving drama “Zaman, the Man From the Reeds” was shot right before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and had its North-American premiere at Tribeca in 2004, has died at 66.
Alwan, who had long been living in France, died surrounded by family at the Simone Veil Hospital in the French town of Eaubonne on July 4 after battling an unspecified form of cancer for a year, his daughter, Camille Alwan, said by email. He was buried at Saint-Ouen Cemetery in Paris.
Born in Babylon-Hills, Iraq, in 1957, Alwan graduated from Iraq’s National School of Drama and Arts and continued his studies at the Audio Visual School of Baghdad, which led to him doing TV work in Iraq. Then in 1980, he left Iraq to earn an advanced degree in philosophy of art and society from Paris’ prestigious Sorbonne university.
After making several shorts, Alwan...
Alwan, who had long been living in France, died surrounded by family at the Simone Veil Hospital in the French town of Eaubonne on July 4 after battling an unspecified form of cancer for a year, his daughter, Camille Alwan, said by email. He was buried at Saint-Ouen Cemetery in Paris.
Born in Babylon-Hills, Iraq, in 1957, Alwan graduated from Iraq’s National School of Drama and Arts and continued his studies at the Audio Visual School of Baghdad, which led to him doing TV work in Iraq. Then in 1980, he left Iraq to earn an advanced degree in philosophy of art and society from Paris’ prestigious Sorbonne university.
After making several shorts, Alwan...
- 7/14/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
We have just learned of the death, on July 4, of Iraqi francophone and francophile director Amer Alwan at the age of 66. We loved this man who always had a smile despite the hardships of life.
He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, studied film in France. He holds a DEA in Philosophy of Art and Society at La Sorbonne. He has directed many films.
At the 9th Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul 2003, we selected his documentary «Les enfants de l’embargo», and in the fiction competition at the 10th Fica Vesoul 2004, his first feature film «Zaman, l’homme des roseaux». This film was presented to an enthusiastic audience in a crowded room. His brother Sattar Alwan, the film’s producer, had come to Vesoul to defend the film that won the audience’s prize. We presented the film to the distributor Pierre-Richard Muller d’Artedis,...
He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, studied film in France. He holds a DEA in Philosophy of Art and Society at La Sorbonne. He has directed many films.
At the 9th Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul 2003, we selected his documentary «Les enfants de l’embargo», and in the fiction competition at the 10th Fica Vesoul 2004, his first feature film «Zaman, l’homme des roseaux». This film was presented to an enthusiastic audience in a crowded room. His brother Sattar Alwan, the film’s producer, had come to Vesoul to defend the film that won the audience’s prize. We presented the film to the distributor Pierre-Richard Muller d’Artedis,...
- 7/8/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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