Omer Chawshin

Born: 1942-06-16

He was born in 1942 in Sulaimani. In 1967 he became a member of the Sulaimani Acting Group. Due to the lack of female artists, from the 1960s to the late 1980s, she often played female roles.


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The Woman of My Life

as The father
Released: 2015-06-22

Six year old Azad (a Kurd from Iraq) was engaged to his cousin Vian but after that the two kids...

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Dol: The Valley of Tambourines

as Ahmed
Released: 2007-01-24

On his wedding day, a Kurdish man must flee through Turkish, then Iraqi and eventually Iranian...

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Before Snowfall

as Sufi
Released: 2013-01-15

Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her...

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Whisper with the Wind

as Mam Baldar
Released: 2009-10-18

An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication...

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Life

as Old man at teahouse
Released: 2001-04-12

"Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988....

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Mardan

as Omer (Hotel Owner)
Released: 2014-09-06

A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a...

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Kick Off Kirkuk

as Mam Karim
Released: 2009-10-10

Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's...

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Death Triangle

as Hawre's Father
Released: 2012-11-25

To escape to the European paradise, the only way is a tunnel that is hidden. A 70 years old...

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