Hussein Hassan is a renowned director, writer, and actor in Kurdistan, with a career spanning over a decade. In 2006, he made his debut as a feature film director with "Narcissus Blossom", which premiered at the Panorama section of the 56th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin and the Toronto International Film Festival. The film garnered international recognition, including the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlinale.
Hassan's subsequent feature film, "Herman", was released in 2009 and premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival. He also directed 29 episodes of the Kurdish TV-Drama "Dilan", which aired on KurdSat in 2008, and ten episodes of the TV-Drama "My Dream" from 2009 to 2010.
As an actor, Hassan has appeared in several award-winning films. He played the leading role in Shawkat Amin Korki's "Crossing the Dust" (2006) and was the main actor in Korki's award-winning film "Memories on Stone" (2014). He also acted in Batin Ghobadi's "Mardan" (2014),which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was the official "Oscar" suggestion from Iraq in 2014.
Hassan's feature film "Reseba: The Dark Wind" won several prestigious prizes, including the UNESCO Award at the Asian Pacific Screen Award, the Muhr Award at the Dubai International Film Festival, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Dhaka International Film Festival (2017). The film tells the story of a young Yazidi couple preparing for their marriage when radical Islamist militants attack their village in Iraq, turning their lives into a living nightmare and challenging the question "Does love truly conquer all?"
