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BURHAN QURBANI
WRITER / DIRECTOR
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BIOGRAPHY
On Christmas Eve, 1979, a day before the Red Army marched into Afghanistan,
Burhan Qurbani’s parents fled their home to seek political asylum in Germany.
Growing up, Burhan moved around Germany to follow his father, who worked
for the US Army.
After completing his high school diploma in 2000 in Stuttgart, he started
working in the theatre, first as a dramatist’s assistant, then as assistant director.
In 2002, he enrolled at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg to study film
directing.
Burhan’s short films have been selected by film festivals around the world and
won a number of prizes, including, in 2008, the German Camera Award and the
German Film Critics’ Award for ILLUSION. The same year he was honored
with the “Black Pearl” for “Best Newcomer of the Year” from the Middle East
International Film Festival.
SHAHADA, Burhan’s graduation project from the Akademie, is his first
feature-length film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2007 ILLUSION (Short Film)
2006 „Vögel ohne Beine“ (TV Series)
2005 STILL ON EARTH (Short Film)
2004 NUR WENN SIE SCHLAFEN (Short Film)
2003 HEART SHAPED BOX (Short Film)