This query works without any error.
curl localhost:8080/query -XPOST -d '
{
steve as var(func: allofterms(name@en, "Stesven")) {
director.film {
fn as name@en
}
}
stevens(func: uid(steve)) {
director.film @filter(eq(val(fn), name)){
name@.
}
}
}' | python -m json.tool | less