Huner Saleem Kurdish ????? ????? also transliterated as Huner Salim born 9 March 1964 is an IraqiKurdish film director He was born in the town of Aqrah Akre in Iraqi Kurdistan He left Iraq at the age of 17 and soon made his way to Italy where he completed school and attended university Later on he moved to France where he lives now In 1992 after the First Gulf War he filmed undercover the living conditions of Iraqi Kurds This footage was shown at the Venice Film Festival In 1998 he made his first movie Vive la mariée et la libération du Kurdistan His second Passeurs de rêves came out in 2000 and his third film Vodka Lemon released in 2003 won the San Marco Prize at the Venice Film Festival He wrote and directed all three He was honored with the prestigious title Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in 2005 His memoirs titled My Fathers Rifle has been published in French English Greek and Tamil His 2013 film My Sweet Pepper Land was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival He was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing for this film
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