Jiyan is a 2002

2002 in film

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 film

Film

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 written and directed

Film director

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 by the Kurdish director Jano Rosebiani

Jano Rosebiani

Jano Rosebiani is a Kurdish/American film director and self-taught auteur of film with international, intercontinental and cross-cultural themes, in which diverse mores, values and traditions may be converged to make for a festive experience for the senses....

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Plot

Diyari, a Kurdish/American returns to his hometown of Halabja, to build an orphanage five years after the chemical bombing. There, he meets Jiyan and Sherko, orphan survivors of the attack. During his stay in the town, Diyari brings a short lived spark of hope and happiness to the children's lives, and as he leaves, the orphans go back to their lonely lives. Diyari leaves tearful Jiyan at the place where they met first: on a swing under a lonely tree on a small hill.

Awards

1. Special Jury Award, New Director's Showcase, Seattle International Film Festival
   Seattle International Film Festival
   The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
   
   , 2002.
2. Best Film Award, Man and his Environment, International Film Festival Festoria, Portugal, 2002.
3. Popular Jury Award, Rights to Have Rights Film Festival, Italy, 2003.

Cast

1. Kurdo Galali
2. Derya Qadir
3. Pirshang Berzinji
4. Choman Hawrami
5. Enwer Shexani
6. Rubar Ehmed
7. Niyaz Letif
8. Tara Ebdilrehman

External links

• Review by Jamie Russell, BBC Movies, Feb. 2003
• Jiyan (Boston Premiere) in Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 2003.
• Jiyan, The movie's official website.
• Awards