Hatamikia shoots last scenes in Damascus

The last scenes of Ebrahim Hatamikia’s latest production titled ‘In the Levant Time’ are currently being shot in the Syrian capital city of Damascus.

The film focuses on terror acts while popular Iranian actors Babak Hamidiyan and Hadi Hejazifar portray the main characters of the film in addition to a number of Syrian and Lebanese actors.

Hatamikia studied Scriptwriting and began his career with writing screenplays for short films about the eight-year Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s.

He made his first feature film ‘Identity’ in 1986 before establishing himself as a director who addresses issues pertaining to the Iraq-Iran war and its aftermath with films such as ‘The Scout’, ‘From Karkheh to Rhine’ and ‘The Glass Agency’.

‘In the Levant Time’ director also has so far received several domestic and international awards for ‘In the Name of My Father’, ‘Red Ribbon’, ‘The Glass Agency’, ‘From Karkheh to Rhine’, ‘Mohajer (Immigrant)’, ‘The Scout’, ‘The Purple’, and ‘Che (Chamran)’.

Hatamikia’s last film ‘Bodyguard’ has been shown in many countries, including Germany, Canada, Australia, Britain, Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan.

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