Jamil Rostami was born 1971 in Sanandaj and is an Iranian film director. In 2002 he made his first short film titled "The Trouble of Being a Boy", which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes. He made his first feature length film, "Requiem of Snow", in 2005. The film was awarded the prestigious Crystal Simorgh for the best director in Asia and Middle Eastern Films section of the International Fajr Film Festival. A joint production of Iran and Iraq, "Requiem of Snow" was the first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. Jamil Rostami has been a Director in some movies:
Requiem of Snow ...is about that People are praying for rainfall... a Land parched in drought... the illusion of snow... Rozhin is engulfed in reveries of flight from an undesirable marriage... Rozhin seeks support from a stranger... and this is not the end of the story. In this film Jamil Rostami collaborates with Ahmad Miralaei, Hassan Ayoubi, Fariborz Lachini, Jalil Mohammadveisi, Mohsen Babaei, Abdollah Ahmadi, Anvar Farajpour, Delnia Farajpour, Mohayeddin Variani, Shadi Variani, Masoud Yousefi, Sholeh Shariati, Rasoul Tanhaei, Mohamad Emami
Bi Tar is about that The story of the film is about a musical group that travels to Iraqi Kurdistan and the events that have affected the region advance the story of the film. The basis of the music of this film - based on the group's characters who are from different parts of Iran - is derived from the melodies of Iranian tribes, including Kurds. In this film Jamil Rostami collaborates with Maryam Boubani, Mahmoud Kalari, Jahangir Mirshekari, Abbas Bolvandi, Mehdi Hosseinivand, Sattar Oraki, Mehdi Pakdel, Tinou Salehi, Mahya Dehghani, Hamed Hosseini, Pejman Teymourtash
The Agony of People is about that Sulaymaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan, in the 1940s. When his wife Kaleh goes into labor, her husband Jwamer runs to get the midwife. By ill luck, he runs into the middle of a political demonstration and is seriously wounded and arrested by mistake as the ringleader. After a rigged trial, Jwamer is sentenced to ten years in prison. He serves his sentence and, as soon as he is set free, goes in search of his wife and child. In this film Jamil Rostami collaborates with Nader Masoumi, Abbas Bolvandi, Karen Homayounfar, Zhian Ebrahim, Morteza Moeeneei, Nezar Selami Nezar Selami, Rinas Voria, Abdolhamad Javan, Asoo Omar, Navzad Majid Navzad Majid, Behadin Halabcheie, Ahmad Mahmod Mam Hajar, Solaf Mohammad Gharib, Ebrahim Ahmad, Khosro Sina, Mohamad Emami
The Eye is about that This film talks about the differences in view, the lost moments, and the untold words. In this film Jamil Rostami collaborates with Afsaneh Pakroo, Ladan Mostofi, Sadaf Ahmadi, Mehdi Ahmadi, Nazanin Farahani, Satyar Emami, Abbas Bolvandi, Hossein Ghazanfari, Arash Eshaghi, Behzad Abdi, Mohsen Babaei, Hamid Reza Salimi, Jalal Shamsian, Siavash Cheraghipour, Heshmatollah Aramideh, Alireza Pooramin, Monia Jamalipoor, Mohamad Emami