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Peiman Azizpour

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Peiman Azizpour

Brwa Vahabpour at an event for My Uncle Jens (2025)
My Uncle Jens - Jennie Kermode - 19603
Brwa Vahabpour at an event for My Uncle Jens (2025)
Odd couple comedy gives way to something deeper and considerably more unsettling in Brwa Vahabpour’s South by Southwest hit about life in the Kurdish community in Oslo. It begins with school teacher Akam (Peiman Azizpour), who was born in Iraqi Kurdistan but pays no mind to that aspect of his heritage, and doesn’t feel any the poorer for it. One day, out of the blue, his uncle Khdr (Hamza Agooshi) turns up on his doorstep. This is a man he hasn’t seen since early childhood, who not only invites himself in but seems disinclined to go away again.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Aklam doesn’t live alone, but has flatmates – Stian (Magnus B Bjørlo Lysbakken) and Pernille (Theresa Frostad Eggesbø). Khdr doesn’t seem to care, quickly making himself at home, and even turning up at the school where Akam works, introducing himself as Jens because he.
See full article at eyeforfilm.co.uk
  • 3/21/2025
  • by Jennie Kermode
  • eyeforfilm.co.uk
'My Uncle Jens' Review: Immigration, Secrecy, Deportation
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How much would you sacrifice to hide a family member from the authorities? Sure, it's understandable for people to put their lives and freedom on the line for a parent or a child, but what about a niece? How long would you hide your nephew or second cousin for, if at all? What if you've only met them once in your life, and barely recall what they look like? What if they may not even be who they say they are? What are you willing to risk?

That's the interesting thought experiment at the heart of the new film, My Uncle Jens. However, it isn't the thriller it may sound like; if there is any dread, it's mostly of the awkward comedy type. Instead, My Uncle Jens is a loose, friendly dramedy that nonetheless comments on the hot-button issues of immigration and deportation. As Europe continues to grapple with constant...
See full article at MovieWeb
  • 3/10/2025
  • by Matt Mahler
  • MovieWeb
Intramovies Boards Norwegian Dramedy ‘My Uncle Jens,’ About Family Ties and Cultural Clash (Exclusive)
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Rome-based sales outfit Intramovies has picked up international rights to “My Uncle Jens,” the directorial debut of Norwegian helmer of Kurdish origin Brwa Vahabpour, credited for the hit series “Countrymen.”

Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski, associate producer on “The Worst Person in the World,” is producing for True Content Production, the Oslo branch of Scandi group True Content Entertainment, headed by Yellow Bird founder Ole Søndberg.

Anda Ionescu of Bucharest-based Tangaj Production serves as co-producer.

Crew members include cinematographer Jørgen Klüver (“Nudes”) production designer Kristian Lahn Vestby (“Nach”) and seasoned Romanian editor Cătălin Cristuțiu (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”) who collaborated with the Norwegian Brynjar Lien Aune.

Vahabpour first caught festival attention with his 2020 short film “Silence”, selected for the Palm Spring International ShortFest. He went on to direct two episodes of the Norwegian award-winning series “Countrymen”.

Known earlier as “Europa”, the feature about family ties and cultural identity stars Peiman Azizpour...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/14/2024
  • by Annika Pham
  • Variety Film + TV
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