Taha Karimi

Taha Karimi

1976-09-01
36 (2013-05-08)
Baneh, Iran

Taha Karimi (born in 1976, in Iranian Kurdistan) is an award-winning director. He was studying for a master's in art research, when he was killed in a tragic car accident in Iraqi Kurdistan on 29 May 2013.

Baneh, Iran

Taha Karimi (born in 1976, in Iranian Kurdistan) is an award-winning director. He was studying for a master's in art research, when he was killed in a tragic car accident in Iraqi Kurdistan on 29 May 2013.

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Qandil Mountains 2010 (9)

Against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the Qandil Mountains, a film that asks the most basic yet painful of questions about war, love, and lost ones.
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1001 Apples 2013 (9)

In 1988 the Iraqi Ba'ath party murdered and buried 182,000 Kurds in 350 mass graves. Only 10 people managed to escape. Faraj climbed out from amongst the dead and was taken to the USA by 'Human Rights Watch'. Realizing that few people were aware of the genocidal 'Anfal' massacres, Faraj formed the 'Iraqi Mass Graves Survivors' group. He returned to Kurdistan where, with four other survivors, he bought 1001 red apples and cloves and distributed them to families who had lost members. These apples and cloves became symbols of reconciliation and peace.
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White Mountains 2006 (7)

An old man is collecting the bodies of the dead in the fighting between the local parties and believes that everyone is the same and fighting for the same purpose.