Huner Saleem

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. His 2013 film My Sweet Pepper Land was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing for this film.

• Name — Huner Saleem • Native Name — هونهر سەلیم • Born — 9 March 1964 • Birthplace — Aqrah, Iraqi Kurdistan • Occupation — Film director, Screenwriter • Years Active — 1997–present • Known for — Vodka Lemon, My Sweet Pepper Land • Notable Works — Vodka Lemon, My Sweet Pepper Land • Awards — San Marco Prize (2003), Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (2005)

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The authorities additionally record the headings Azad Shero Selim and Huner Salim. His recorded languages were Arabic and French.

• Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1997) • Passeurs de rêves (2000) (English Title: Beyond Our Dreams) • Absolitude (2001) (TV) • Vodka Lemon (2003) • Kilomètre zéro (2005) • Dol (2007) • Les Toits de Paris (2007) (English Title: Beneath the Rooftops of Paris) • Si tu meurs, je te tue (2011) • My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) • "Tight Dress" (2015) • Lady Winsley (2019)

• My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan, Translated from French by Catherine Temerson, 112 pp., Farrar, Straus and Giroux. January 2005,. • To doufeki tou patera mou Translated from French by Efi Koromila, 181 pp., Okeanida, Athens, February 2004,.