Iram Haq

Iram Haq
Alma mater Westerdals School of Communication, Oslo
Occupation Filmmaker, actress, Director
Known for I Am Yours

Iram Haq (born 1976) is an actress, screenwriter and director, best known for her feature film, I Am Yours.

Early life

Haq, a Norwegian-Pakistani,[1] studied art direction at Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo.[2]

Career

Haq worked for many years as an actor, appearing in theatre, film and television, including Import-Export. She also wrote and starred in the short film Old Faithfull which was selected for the short film competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.[3] She made her directorial debut with the short film, Little Miss Eyeflap which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010.[4]

Haq's feature film debut, I Am Yours premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013.[5] It was praised in Variety as "an assured...debut".[6] The film tells the story of a young Pakistani mother living in Norway and has been lauded for its exceptionally naturalistic performances.[7] The film was selected as the official Norwegian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film.[8][9]

Her next film What Will People Say is a "heartbreaking female personal drama with culture clashes between two different worlds."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Landal, Daria. "Iram Haq – Turning ‘Dirty Laundry’ into an Oscar-entry Film". FilmDoo.
  2. ↑ Cadenas, Kerensa. "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Iram Haq". Indiewire.
  3. ↑ "Iram Haq". Festival Scope.
  4. ↑ "Archive: Little Miss Eyeflap". Sundance Institute.
  5. ↑ Yamato, Jen. "ICM Partners Signs Iram Haq, Helmer Of Norway’s Oscar Submission ‘I Am Yours’". Deadline.
  6. ↑ Simon, Alissa. "Film Review: I Am Yours". Variety.
  7. ↑ Dickey, Josh. "Norway Oscar Entry ‘I Am Yours’ Doesn’t Shy From Our Selfish Nature". The Wrap.
  8. ↑ Dore, Shalini. "‘I Am Yours’ Submitted by Norway for Oscar". Variety.
  9. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas. "I Am Yours gets Norway Oscar nod". Screen Daily.
  10. ↑ Jhunjhunwla, Uditha. "Rohfilm to co-produce Iram Haq's What Will People Say".
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