Hussein Hassan Ali

Acting

Hussein Hassan Ali

Born

1974-06-13 (52)

Place of birth

Duhok, Iraq

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

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…

Known for

Rain poster
10.0

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 through rain

Rain

2023

Peacemaker poster
5.0

Finnish peace negotiator Ann-Mari Sundell has recently retired from her post as a crisis response adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Suddenly, she is invited by the UN mandate to lead an international conflict resolution process in Turkey. As the peace talks proceed, Ann-Mari has to reconcile with her past before her personal life comes in the way of the whole peace process.

Peacemaker

2020

House Without Roof poster
7.1

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 died in the war, in their home village in Kurdistan. The clan objects, but the three set out anyway. A risky journey to a homeland wracked by strife.

House Without Roof

2017

No artwork available
2.0

Gonzo journalist Jack gets involved with a new gang. Kat, his new female partner who is a fan of raw violence, gets dangerously close to Jack and he has to make a decision that might change his life for ever.

Car Jack

2008

Mardan poster
5.3

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.

Mardan

2014

The Exam poster
7.2

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 any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.

The Exam

2021

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Rain Bride poster
5.5

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. Thus, Lori searches to express her feelings in dance.

The Rain Bride

2022

The Rain Bride poster
5.5

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. Thus, Lori searches to express her feelings in dance.

The Rain Bride

2022

Reseba: The Dark Wind poster
9.0

Radical Islamist militants attack a village in Iraq where a young Yazidi love couple prepares for marriage. From that moment onwards their lives are turned into a nightmare.

Reseba: The Dark Wind

2016

Reseba: The Dark Wind poster
9.0

Radical Islamist militants attack a village in Iraq where a young Yazidi love couple prepares for marriage. From that moment onwards their lives are turned into a nightmare.

Reseba: The Dark Wind

2016

No artwork available
NR

While fighting Saddam’s dictatorship the Peshmerga never lost their hope of attaining freedom. During their struggle, which is their only way of surviving, they never once deserted their deep-seated conviction that war is no solution and that the future can only be found through peace and democracy.

Narcissus Blossom

2006

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NR

While fighting Saddam’s dictatorship the Peshmerga never lost their hope of attaining freedom. During their struggle, which is their only way of surviving, they never once deserted their deep-seated conviction that war is no solution and that the future can only be found through peace and democracy.

Narcissus Blossom

2006