- Writer, Director, Producer and Editor of numerous narrative features, documentaries and series pilots, Rosebiani's work center on cross-cultural, human rights and gender equality themes. His film debut film was "Dance of the Pendulum" (1995) is a parody to exploitation in Hollywood b-movies. The film was shot entirely in the house of the late Liberace in Studio City, California.
His subsequent films include "Jiyan" (2001), the first film made in the autonomous Kurdistan region. "Jiyan" is about the aftermath of the infamous chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1987, thus often referred to as 'the Halabja movie'. "Jiyan" was nominated for the Tiger award at International Film Festival Rotterdam and became a festival favorite garnering numerous awards and high critical acclaim including four-star ratings by the Guardian and BBC World.
Rosebiani's "Chaplin of the Mountains" (2013) was penned as pick of the week by New York Times Critics during its USA theatrical run. "Chaplin..." is the first English language film made in the Kurdistan region with a mixed cast of locals, Americans, and Europeans.
His "One Candle, Two Candles" (2014) tackles domestic violence in a patriarchal society while depicting a headlong confrontation between the old school and the new generation. "Candles..." was chosen by HFPA for consideration as a Golden Globe candidate.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
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- Rosebiani has been listed in the top 35 world filmmakers in the book "Cineaste Uit De Schaduw" (Filmmakers from the Shadow) by Belgian celebrity photographer Kris De Witte.
- For Jiyan, Rosebiani hauled filming gear from London in 2000 but had to smuggle them across the border between Kurdistan and Turkey, as Turkey did not allow cameras to enter the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq. He later on smuggled the raw footage back across the border to Brussels where he did the post production.
- Rosebiani's Jiyan is the first Kurdish language film made in the autonomous Kurdistan region, shot in January of 2001.
- Rosebiani received the Who's Who in American Junior Colleges Award in 1985.
- Although "Dance of the Pendulum" is dubbed as his debut film, Rosebiani made his first feature length film for the Fairfax Public Access TV entitled "Come Back" during his college days in 1987.
- I consider myself an international filmmaker who knows no geographical nor ideological boundaries. I savor creating stories around cross-cultural themes.
- Film should make you laugh, make you cry, and then make you reflect and want to go back and see it again.
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