Omer Chawshin

Omer Chawshin Trailers

The Woman of My Life TrailerMardan TrailerBefore Snowfall Trailer

Omer Chawshin is a Kurdish theater actor born in 1942 in Sulaymaniyah. He became a member of the Sulayymaniah Acting Troupe in 1967. Because of the lack of female actors and the restrictions on female actors, he wore and played female characters from the 1960s to the late 1980s.

Most Popular Omer Chawshin Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

Kick Off Trailer (2009)

10 October 2009

Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration.

The Woman of My Life Trailer (2015)

22 June 2015

Six year old Azad (a Kurd from Iraq) was engaged to his cousin Vian but after that the two kids were separated due to the political situation.

Dol: The Valley of Tambourines Trailer (2007)

24 January 2007

On his wedding day, a Kurdish man must flee through Turkish, then Iraqi and eventually Iranian Kurdistan.

Death Triangle Trailer (2012)

25 November 2012

To escape to the European paradise, the only way is a tunnel that is hidden. A 70 years old Christian man (Uncle Zuheir) lives among the Muslims, his wife and his daughter were victims of violence, he lives next to the tunnel so that he can help people and save their lives.

The General Inspector Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

When the governor hears that a general inspector has come to town, fearing that he'll uncover his corruption, he and his government officials panic.

Before Snowfall Trailer (2013)

15 January 2013

Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Mardan Trailer (2014)

06 September 2014

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, in this striking feature debut by Batin Ghobadi.

Life Trailer (2001)

12 April 2001

"Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988. Diyari (Kurdo Galali) has come from his new homeland, America, to put up a badly needed new orphanage.

Whisper with the Wind Trailer (2009)

18 October 2009

An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.