Zirek

NEWS

CTC welcomes ZIREK!
Zirek is currently shooting in Mano Khalil’s new film NEIGHBORS.
He has played in many award winning films. Most recently:
THE MOVER (Torino Film Festival 2019) , GIRLS OF THE SUN (Cannes 2018), JEUNE FEMME( Cannes 2017), HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF (MUNICH FILM FESTIVAL 2016).
This year he played for the new international Finnish series “Peacemaker” directed by Antti-Jussi Anila scheduled to air in 2020.
Zirek speaks Kurdish and French as native speaker, Turkish well, English and some Arabic. Zirek lives in France.

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PROFILE

Playing Age	55+
Figure	Slim
Height	174 cm
Eyes	Dark Brown
Hair	Dark & Grey
Languages	Kurdish Native French Native Turkish Good English Moderate Arabic Some
Singing	Kurdish Folk Music
Sport	Kurdish Folk Dancing

Education

Life

FILM (Selection)

Year	Title	Role	Director	Production
2021	Neighbors (WT)	Hamo	Mano Khalil	tba
2018	Atlas	Said Afsari	David Nawrath	23/5 Produktion Torino Film Fest *Won International Competition
2018	Girls of the Sun	Zirek	Eva Husson	Manaki Cannes Film Fest *Nominated Palme d'Or
2017	La Vie de Chateau	Mourat	Modi Barry & Cedric Ido	Srab Film...
2017	Jeune femme	L'epicier	Leonor Serraille	Blue Monday Productions Cannes Film Fest *Nominated Palme d'Or
2016	House Without Roof	Ferhad	Soleen Yusef	Mitos Film Munich Film Fest *Won Young Grman Cinema Award
2013	Før snøen faller	Malo	Hisham Zaman	Paradox Film Mitos Film
1983	The Wall	Cafer	Yilmaz Güney	Güney Film Cannes Film Fest *Nominated Palme d'Or 1982

TV (Selection)

Year	Title	Role	Director	Production
2019	Peacemaker	Izmet	Antti-Jussi Anilla	MRP
2017	Le temps des égarés	tba	Virginie Sauveur	ARTE
2000	Paris City Cop (3 episodes)	tba	Div.	TF1
1999	La crèche	tba	Jacques Fansten	TF2

THEATER (Selection)

Year	Title	Role	Director	Theater
2017	Lettre d'un fou aux savants du monde	tba	Giuseppe Sollaza	Theatre du Nord-Ouest
2000	Azady, l'Etre kurde	tba	Anonyme	Theatre du Renard