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Othman Karim is a Director and Scriptwriter Suédois born on 19 march 1968 at Kampala (Ouganda)
Othman Karim (born 19 March 1968) is a Swedish film director, documentary producer, television presenter and photographer.
Karim came to Sweden from Uganda in 1975 when his family fled Idi Amin's reign. He has studied at Brooks Institute of Photography, followed by employment with Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment.
For many years he hosted Swedish television program Mosaic.
His documentary The Promised Land about searching for your identity by going back to your roots was selected as one of Sveriges Television contributions to Prix Europa in 2001.
Karim's film About Sara won the Golden St. George Prize for Best Film at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival, and was the Viewers Choice at Kolkata International Film Festival. In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.
He received a lot of attention in Scandinavia when he cast Danny Glover in his upcoming 2010 film För kärleken (Dear Alice). Dear Alice centers on four people whose fates intertwine on one day when the decisions they make will have life-shattering results.
He is married to film producer Malin Holmberg-Karim. Othman Karim has two brothers, TV-director Baker Karim, and actor Alexander Karim.
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Karim came to Sweden from Uganda in 1975 when his family fled Idi Amin's reign. He has studied at Brooks Institute of Photography, followed by employment with Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment.
For many years he hosted Swedish television program Mosaic.
His documentary The Promised Land about searching for your identity by going back to your roots was selected as one of Sveriges Television contributions to Prix Europa in 2001.
Karim's film About Sara won the Golden St. George Prize for Best Film at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival, and was the Viewers Choice at Kolkata International Film Festival. In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.
He received a lot of attention in Scandinavia when he cast Danny Glover in his upcoming 2010 film För kärleken (Dear Alice). Dear Alice centers on four people whose fates intertwine on one day when the decisions they make will have life-shattering results.
He is married to film producer Malin Holmberg-Karim. Othman Karim has two brothers, TV-director Baker Karim, and actor Alexander Karim.
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Dear Alice (2010)
, 2hDirected by Othman Karim
Genres Drama
Actors Danny Glover, Tuva Novotny, Pierre Lindstedt, Regina Lund, Ulf Brunnberg, Peter Gardiner
Rating55%
Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi (Danny Glover) is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said (Tuva Novotny) is a lawyer who is about to enter a new important step in her career as a lawyer. Her husband Moses (Peter Gardiner) must send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but there are problems with the transaction and has issues with keeping up his work as a Social Worker. Bosse (Ulf Brunnberg) is the TV star who finds out he has been fired off his own show and finds his young wife with another man, Håkan (Stefan Sauk) is a charming celebrity with an alcohol problem and now once again needs help from his lawyer Karin Carlsson-Said.
About Sara (2005)
, 1h48Directed by Othman Karim
Genres Drama
Actors Alexander Skarsgård
Rating60%
À cause d'une mère malade mentale et de ses relations abusives, Sara recherche le bonheur d'une façon de plus en plus égoïste et désespérée, jusqu'à ce que son image d'une vie heureuse se brise complètement.
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Dear Alice (2010)
, 2hDirected by Othman Karim
Genres Drama
Actors Danny Glover, Tuva Novotny, Pierre Lindstedt, Regina Lund, Ulf Brunnberg, Peter Gardiner
Rating55%
Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi (Danny Glover) is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said (Tuva Novotny) is a lawyer who is about to enter a new important step in her career as a lawyer. Her husband Moses (Peter Gardiner) must send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but there are problems with the transaction and has issues with keeping up his work as a Social Worker. Bosse (Ulf Brunnberg) is the TV star who finds out he has been fired off his own show and finds his young wife with another man, Håkan (Stefan Sauk) is a charming celebrity with an alcohol problem and now once again needs help from his lawyer Karin Carlsson-Said.
About Sara (2005)
, 1h48Directed by Othman Karim
Genres Drama
Actors Alexander Skarsgård
Rating60%
À cause d'une mère malade mentale et de ses relations abusives, Sara recherche le bonheur d'une façon de plus en plus égoïste et désespérée, jusqu'à ce que son image d'une vie heureuse se brise complètement.