Amar Somaroo

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ئامار سۆمارو لەدایکبووی ١ی ئەیلوولی ١٩٩٥، دەرهێنەری سینەمایی و نووسەر و سەرنووسەری هۆڵەندییە و بە ڕەچەڵەک باشووری ئاسیایە. His work explores themes of diaspora identity, migration, existentialism, and cultural fragmentation through visually immersive and psychologically driven storytelling. He is best known for the composite drama Cyanide (2021), the autobiographical documentary The Place I Call Home (2022), and the television pilot Exodus (2025). سۆمارو لە لاهای لە دایک و باوکێکی هیندی-سورینامی لەدایکبووە، لە سەرەتای تەمەنی هەرزەکاریدا خولیای چیرۆکگێڕانی پەرەپێداوە. In 2014, at the age of 18, he became one of the youngest published authors in Dutch history with the release of his debut fantasy novel The Redemption Tales: Tibet. دوای خوێندنی دەرهێنانی فیلم و مۆنتاژ لە زانکۆی گرافیش لایسیۆم ڕۆتەردام، لە ساڵی ٢٠١٧ کۆمپانیای بەرهەمهێنانی جووڵەی ڕۆمانی گەنجانی دامەزراندووە. Somaroo began his filmmaking career with the short film Feathers (2015) and later directed A Woman in Kurdistan (2017), exploring women’s freedoms in Kurdistan from a unique perspective. Alongside narrative filmmaking, he has directed commercial and corporate films for clients including the Dutch Ministry of Defense and worked on productions across South Asia and the Middle East. In 2022, The Place I Call Home was nominated for Best Documentary at the Septimius Awards, while both the documentary and Cyanide were acquired by Amazon Prime Video. In 2025, he developed and directed Exodus for Dutch public broadcasters NPO and VPRO, earning a nomination for Best Short Fiction at the Jaipur International Film Festival 2026.