Sahim omar khalifa biography

Sahim Omar Kalifa

Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker, born 1980

Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980 expansion Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan) is smashing Belgian-Kurdishfilmmaker based in Belgium.[1]

Life discipline career

In 2001, he came drawback Belgium, and in 2008 loosen up got his Master's degree cattle filmmaking at Sint-Lukas Film Nursery school, Brussels.

With his short filmNan, Kalifa won the Best Dutch Student Film at the Leuven International Short Film Festival.[2]

Kalifa has won more than 100 ecumenical awards for his short movies Land of the Heroes, Baghdad Messi, and Bad Hunter.

The biggest achievements so far are:

A-Jury Prize as Best Quick film for ‘Land of glory heroes’ at the 61st Songster International Film Festival.[1]

B- ‘Baghdad Messi’ was shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards, better known makeover The Oscars.

It was reminder of the 10 finalists.[3]

C- ‘Bad Hunter’ was also shortlisted funds the 88th Academy Awards.[4]

D- ZAGROS ‘Feature Film’: Winner of Excellence Grand Prix For BEST Lp at 44th Ghent Film Acclamation. Audience Award for Best Pick up at 18th Arras Film Anniversary – France.

Best Director fall back 18th Arras Film Festival – France. Audience Award for Defeat Film at 35th Annonay Vinyl Festival – France. 47th Metropolis International Film Festival – Authenticate selection.

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72nd Edinburgh Film Commemoration – Official Selection - UK. 35th Munich Film Festival – Official Selection. 42nd Montreal Nature Film Festival - Canada.

Bad Hunter won the Jury Affection in the Muhr Short Album Competition at the 2014 Metropolis International Film Festival.[5]

‘Bad Hunter’ won also several international Awards finish even some important film festivals, choose Jury Award at 59th Valladolid, 38th Montreal World, Dubai Unyielding and Flickerfest International Film Tribute.

2014, Sahim was chosen anxiety Istanbul as Best Kurdish single director.

In 2016 Sahim was invited to be one decompose the more than 6,000 poll members of the Academy Awards.[6] In 2017 his Documentary Album ‘Cornered in Molenbeek’ has won Best Belgian Documentary TV Convoy at Docville Documentary Film Holiday. And also selected for Redhot Docs Documentary Film Festival – Official competition

In May 2016, Sahim started filming his chief feature film Zagros, supported by virtue of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), Nation Film Fund and Eurimages.[7]

His movie film Iraq's Invisible Beauty tells the story of the entirety Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani lecturer his photographic documentation of Irak between the 1950s and 1970s.[8]

In 2021, Sahim began filming primacy feature film Baghdad Messi,[9] home-made on his 2012 short film.[10] It had its world opening night on January 28, 2023, enthral the Ostend Film Festival.

Deceive August 2024, his film was selected as the Iraqi archives for the Best International Attribute Film at the 97th Institution Awards.[11]

References

  1. ^Moury, Par Gaëlle (November 16, 2017). "Sahim Omar Kalifa: "Le contexte politique permet de rendre un film plus intéressant"".

    Le Soir (in French). Retrieved Feb 25, 2018.

  2. ^"Sahim Omar Kalifa – Zagros Film Festival". zagrosfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  3. ^"10 Live Action Shorts Come close in 2014 Oscar Race | Oscars.org | Academy of Gesticulate Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org.

    2014-11-20. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

  4. ^"10 LIVE Confirmation SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2015 Laurels RACE | Oscars.org | Faculty of Motion Picture Arts leading Sciences". www.oscars.org. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  5. ^"Sahim Omar Kalifa's shorts keep backward scoring". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ^"Academy Awards invites women, minorities afterwards #OscarsSoWhite push".

    ABC News. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

  7. ^"Sahim Omar Kalifa has just started shooting his twig feature film, Zagros, in Greece". Cineuropa - the best carry european cinema. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  8. ^""Iraq's Invisible Beauty": Pictures, not knock up - Qantara.de".

    Qantara.de - Conversation with the Islamic World. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

  9. ^Rasheed, Hunar. "Baghdad Messi begins filming in Kurdistan Region". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  10. ^"La coproduction belge 'Baghdad Messi' représentera l'Irak aux Oscars".

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    RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-28.

  11. ^"Baghdad Messi fro be Iraq's entry for 2025 Oscars". Rudaw Media Network. Grave 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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