Kurdwin Ayub

Kurdwin Ayub
Ayub in 2020
Born1990 (age 33–34)
Iraq
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, performance artist

Kurdwin Ayub (born 1990) is an Iraqi-Austrian filmmaker.[1] Her feature film debut Sonne (Son) was awarded the Best First Film Award at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Early life and education

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Ayub was born in Iraq; her family came to Austria as refugees when she was a child.[3] She was educated in Vienna, studying painting and animation at the University of Applied Arts and studying performance art at the city's Academy of Fine Arts.[1]

Career

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Ayub began directing short films in 2009 and was awarded the MehrWERT Short Film Award at the Vienna International Film Festival in 2011 and 2012.[1][4]

Paradies! Paradies! (Paradise! Paradise!), Ayub's feature-length directorial debut, followed her father Omar as he visited Kurdish relatives in Duhok after fleeing the city in 1991. The documentary screened at the 2016 Diagonale Film Festival, where Ayub was awarded the Best Camera prize.[5] Her 2018 short film Boomerang was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Max Ophüls Film Festival in 2019.[1]

In 2022, Ayub's full-length fiction debut Sonne (Sun), about three girls who film a music video while wearing burqas, received the Best First Film Award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was nominated for the European Discovery of the Year at the 35th European Film Awards.[6]

Mond (Moon), Ayub's 2024 fiction feature about a former martial artist traveling to Jordan to train the daughters of a wealthy family, premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in competition for the Golden Leopard.[3][6] The film received the Special Jury Award as well as the Europe Cinemas Label prize, and a special mention from the Ecumenical jury.[7]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year English title Original title Ref.
2016 Paradise! Paradise! Paradies! Paradies! [5]
2022 Sun Sonne [3]
2024 Moon Mond [3]

Short films

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Year Title Ref.
2009 Mutterkindpass [4]
2010 Kaiserschnitt [4]
Homevideo [4]
Die Intrige und die Archenmuscheln [8]
2011 Schneiderei [8]
Sommerurlaub [8]
Katzenjammer [8]
2012 Familienurlaub [8]
2013 sexy [8]
2014 VIDEO 1 [8]
2018 Affection von Violet Spin [8]
Boomerang [8]
Armageddon [8]
2019 pretty-pretty [8]
2020 LOLOLOL [8]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Diagonale Film Festival Best Camera Paradies! Paradies! (Paradise! Paradise!) Won [4]
2019 Max Ophüls Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Short Film Boomerang Won [1]
2022 Berlin International Film Festival Best First Film Award Sonne (Sun) Won [2]
European Film Awards European Discovery of the Year Nominated [6]
2024 Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard Mond (Moon) Nominated [3]
Special Jury Prize Won [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Kurdwin Ayub". Cercamon World Sales. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott. "Berlin: 'Alcarras' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Szalai, Georg. "Iraq-Born Austrian Auteur Kurdwin Ayub Keeps It Provocative With 'Moon': "I Want to Trigger People"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kurdwin Ayub". Vienalle. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Paradies! Paradies!". Austrian Films. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Barraclough, Leo. "Locarno Competition Title 'Moon,' About Martial Arts Fighter on 'Unsettling' Assignment in Jordan, Debuts Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. ^ Lodge, Guy (17 August 2024). "Lithuanian Teen Drama 'Toxic' Wins Big at Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kurdwin Ayub". Six Pack Film. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Locarno77: The Pardo d'Oro goes to Akiplėša (Toxic) by Saulė Bliuvaitė, a striking vision of the teenage female body as a battleground". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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