Directing
Izer Aliu
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Directing
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7 titles
Izer Aliu (born 1982) is a Norwegian-Macedonian director and screenwriter. He is most well known for his 2016 debut feature film, Hunting Flies. He wrote and directed TV series Countrymen (Jordbrukerne) and a second feature film, 12 Dares (12 bragder), while a third feature film is under way as of May 2024. Izer Aliu, who is of Albanian descent, was born in Macedonia in 1982. He moved to Sweden when he was two years old, and grew up mostly in Norway and Sweden, later becoming a Norwegian citizen. He first studied international relations and philosophy, before studying filmmaking at the Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer. There he taught young people in filmmaking workshops, as part of Fil…
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Shepherd Isa must obey his father's strict order to bring back the lost lamb. On top of the mountain, his little brother and companion, Hamid, is wounded and Isa must decide whether he should do as told or follow his own instinct.
To Guard a Mountain
2012
8.5Sami is an illegal worker in Oslo that minds his own business and breaks his back to support a family in his home country.
The Good Life - Over There
2014
7.5A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
12 Dares
2022
7.8After losing his job on the first day of school, an idealistic teacher attempts to get rehired by locking his students in the classroom and forcing them to resolve a long-standing feud between their villages.
Hunting Flies
2017
Behind the camera
Shepherd Isa must obey his father's strict order to bring back the lost lamb. On top of the mountain, his little brother and companion, Hamid, is wounded and Isa must decide whether he should do as told or follow his own instinct.
To Guard a Mountain
2012
8.5Sami is an illegal worker in Oslo that minds his own business and breaks his back to support a family in his home country.
The Good Life - Over There
2014
8.5Sami is an illegal worker in Oslo that minds his own business and breaks his back to support a family in his home country.
The Good Life - Over There
2014
7.5A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
12 Dares
2022
7.5A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
12 Dares
2022
7.8After losing his job on the first day of school, an idealistic teacher attempts to get rehired by locking his students in the classroom and forcing them to resolve a long-standing feud between their villages.
Hunting Flies
2017
7.8After losing his job on the first day of school, an idealistic teacher attempts to get rehired by locking his students in the classroom and forcing them to resolve a long-standing feud between their villages.
Hunting Flies
2017