Dawood HILMANDI (1987, Afghanistan) is a filmmaker, actor, photographer, editor, cinematographer and video artist. He works and lives in Amsterdam. His first film <b>Bekhawy </b>was screened at IFFR in 2009. Hilmandi also collaborated with Robert Wilson and Jim Jarmusch. In 2016, he participates in the Master Film Research Program at the Dutch Film Academy.<br />

Dawood Hilmandi

Aboozar Amini

Afghan Ali has just arrived in Turkey where he has to start a new life surrounded by other refugees.

IFFR 2015

Angelus Novus, 

As Long As It Takes: Short

Angelus Novus

A frightened man is caught between two worlds; which path should you choose to find peace, rest and security?

IFFR 2009

Bekhawy, 

Spectrum: Shorts

Bekhawy

Frank Scheffer

A beautiful Frank Scheffer document about Dutch painter Robert Zandvliet's search for the essence of painting.

IFFR 2014

Seven Stones, 

Spectrum Shorts

Seven Stones

Two men are both looking for a little warmth and recognition for the identity they lost after fleeing their homeland for the Netherlands.

IFFR 2016

Where Is Kurdistan?, 

ID: Community Cameras

Where Is Kurdistan?

An intense portrait of the painter Robert Zandvliet that moves through his studio and his head. While the artist explains what interests him about a painting, we see him at work: mixing paints, stretching canvas, trying out different brushes, but above all being concentrated and busy at length.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Dawood Hilmandi

Filmography

Dawood Hilmandi at IFFR

Bekhawy

Seven Stones

Angelus Novus

De waarneming

Where Is Kurdistan?