Hussein Hassan Ali

Hussein Hassan Ali

Hussein Hassan Ali is a well-known director, writer, and actor from Kurdistan, Iraq. In 2006 he shot his first feature film “Narcissus Blossom” which was screened at the Panorama section at the 56th Internationale Film Festspiele Berlin and at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was awarded the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlinale. In 2009 Hassan Ali finished his second feature film as writer and director called “Herman” which premiered at Pusan International Film Festival. He directed 29 episodes of the Kurdish TV Drama “Dilan” for KurdSat in 2008. From 2009 to 2010 he directed ten episodes of the KurdSat TV-Drama “My Dream”. Although constantly working on his own film projects, Hassan Ali is also a successful actor. He played the leading role in Shawkat Amin Korki’s award-winning film “Crossing the Dust” (2006) as well as in Korki’s equally successful film “Memories on Stone” (2014). In the same year, he acted in Batin Ghobadi’s “Mardan” (2014) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was the official “Oscar” suggestion for Iraq. Hassan’s film (2016) “Reseba: The Dark Wind” won several prestigious prizes, including UNESCO Award at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards, the Muhr Award at the Dubai International Film Fest (2016), and the FIPRESCI Prize at Dhaka International Film Festival (2017). In 2019 Hussein shot his first international project in the English language in the Finnish TV series “Peacemaker” streaming online now

  • Popularity : 0.185
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1974-06-13
  • Place of Birth : Duhok, Iraq
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Hussein Hassan Ali Movies

  • 2022
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    The Rain Bride

    The Rain Bride

    6.3 2022 HD

    Young mother Lori must say goodbye to her husband, who decides to join the war against ISIS. She finds herself in a fight in midst her own society....

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  • 2021
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    The Exam

    The Exam

    7.3 2021 HD

    Rojin is a young Kurdish woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin's unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass at...

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  • 2023
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    Baghdad Messi

    Baghdad Messi

    6 2023 HD

    The talented Hamoudi is an 11-year-old boy with a passion for soccer and an ultimate dream to one day reach the level of his idol Lionel Messi. The...

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  • 2014
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    One Candle, Two Candles...

    One Candle, Two Candles...

    1 2014 HD

    Young Viyan, is forcibly given to wealthy elder businessman, Haji Hemmo. When she runs out of the bedroom and climbs a tree, refusing to sleep with...

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  • 2006
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    Narcissus Blossom

    Narcissus Blossom

    1 2006 HD

    While fighting Saddam’s dictatorship the Peshmerga never lost their hope of attaining freedom. During their struggle, which is their only way...

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  • 2006
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    Crossing the Dust

    Crossing the Dust

    5.8 2006 HD

    A road movie set in Iraq in 2003 during the fall of Saddam. Two Kurds are looking for the parents of a five-year-old boy who has been found in the...

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  • 2016
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    House Without Roof

    House Without Roof

    7.1 2016 HD

    Alan, Jan and Liya, born in Kurdistan, raised in Stuttgart, want to grant their deceased mother her final wish: to be buried beside her husband, who...

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  • 2014
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    Memories on Stone

    Memories on Stone

    6.2 2014 HD

    Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They...

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  • 2014
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    Mardan

    Mardan

    5.3 2014 HD

    A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a missing man in the rugged mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan,...

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  • 2006
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    Narcissus Blossom

    Narcissus Blossom

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2016
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    Reseba: The Dark Wind

    Reseba: The Dark Wind

    8 2016 HD

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  • 2006
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    Narcissus Blossom

    Narcissus Blossom

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Rain Bride

    The Rain Bride

    6.3 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Rain Bride

    The Rain Bride

    6.3 2022 HD

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  • 2016
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    Reseba: The Dark Wind

    Reseba: The Dark Wind

    8 2016 HD

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  • 2020
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    Peacemaker

    Peacemaker

    4.8 2020 HD

    Finnish peace negotiator Ann-Mari Sundell has recently retired from her post as a crisis response adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs....

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  • 2023
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    Rain

    Rain

    10 2023 HD

    Rain dramas the social phenomena that society suffers from now and in the past are mentioned in rain dramas, it wants to wash the ugliness of society...

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